Diploma in Liberal Arts to University of Toronto Scarborough

at Centennial College - Morningside Campus Canada

At Centennial College's Occupational Therapist Assistant & Physiotherapist Assistant (OTA & PTA) program, you'll learn to support people whose ability to function and adapt has been impaired or compromised due to injury, illness, or conditions affecting participation in daily activities.

Through training in this health care diploma program, which will consist of current theoretical knowledge and practical experiences, you'll develop competencies to become a compassionate, client-centred and reflective rehabilitation practitioner who will be prepared with the knowledge and skills to work in the dynamic health care field.

The faculty members of this college health care program are experienced occupational therapists and physiotherapists working in their field of expertise, and will ensure you'll have the educational tools, training and hands-on experience necessary to meet career challenges with enthusiasm, professionalism, and current evidence-based industry knowledge and skills. High academic standards and personal attention are two standout features of this program.

Once you complete the Occupational Therapist Assistant & Physiotherapist Assistant program, you'll have the knowledge, skills and ability to work under supervised practice with registered occupational therapists and physiotherapists to provide rehabilitation services to improve people's quality of life.
 
Program Highlights

• Additional areas of instruction and development will include respect and caring for the uniqueness of individuals, effective communication, critical thinking and decision-making.
• You'll participate in several fieldwork experiences that will provide opportunities for the supervised application of skills in clinical settings with a range of client populations. The facilities at which you'll be able to complete placement vary, and when combined, offer diverse experiences in both occupational therapy and physiotherapy disciplines.
• The diversity of your placements will allow you to experience what your career can entail and help you to discover your areas of interest.
• As a graduate of the OTA & PTA program, you'll achieve vocational learning outcomes by demonstrating the ability to:

Appropriately and effectively communicate through verbal, nonverbal, written and electronic means with clients, their families, significant others, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and other health care providers;

• Participate in the effective functioning of interprofessional health care teams;
• Establish, develop, maintain and bring closure to client-centred therapeutic relationships;
• Ensure personal safety and contribute to the safety of others within the role of the therapist assistant;
• Competently practice in a legal, ethical and professional manner within the role of the therapist assistant;
• Document and complete client records in a thorough, objective and accurate manner;
• Develop and implement strategies to maintain, improve and promote professional competence;
• Effectively perform through the application of relevant knowledge of health sciences, psycho-sociological sciences and health conditions;
• Perform functions common to both physiotherapy and occupational therapy practices that contribute to the development, implementation and modification of intervention/treatment plans under the supervision of, and in collaboration with, the occupational therapist or physiotherapist;
• Enable the clients' occupational performance and optimal function by contributing to the development, implementation and modification of intervention/treatment plans under the supervision of, and in collaboration with, the occupational therapist and physiotherapist, respectively.

Centennial College’s Liberal Arts to Trent University program will teach you about a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods. More importantly, it will lay the foundation for future post-secondary education, letting you smoothly transfer into a program at Trent University.

This arts diploma program is for you if you're planning on:

• Applying to a Bachelor of Arts (honours) degree at Trent University;
• Applying to a Bachelor of Arts (general) in Communications and Critical Thinking at Trent University;
• Pursuing a college program in areas such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
• Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.

If you’re looking to get a practical college education but also want the theory found in a university degree, Centennial College's Liberal Arts to University of Toronto Scarborough Campus (UTSC) program can make it happen.

This offering will start by teaching you a wide range of subjects, including communications, research methods, humanities and social sciences, before setting you up to transition to the University of Toronto. This arts diploma program is for you if you're:

• Interested in applying to an honours degree program at the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus;
• Considering college programs in areas such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
• Exploring your ultimate career goals and different educational opportunities.

This special combined Liberal Arts program will teach you a wide range of subjects at Centennial College, among which will be the humanities and social sciences as well as communications and research methods. Then the program will set you up to transition to further education at York University.

This arts diploma program is for you if you're:-

• Interested in applying for an honours bachelor’s degree at York University;
• Considering college programs in areas of study such as business administration, child studies and community services, hospitality and tourism, journalism, and media and design;
• Exploring your ultimate career goals and various educational opportunities.

Centennial College's Esthetician program is the only undertaking of its sort in Toronto to offer both clinic and placement components. It will provide you with the knowledge and skills for spa applications, medical esthetics and business operations.
During your time in this college health program, you'll learn from qualified instructors who have many years of experience in the industry and explore a comprehensive curriculum that will incorporate:

• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Pathology
• Histology
• Chemistry
• Infection control
• Practical applications
• Product knowledge
• Sales techniques
• Business practice

As a Centennial College Esthetician student, you'll have the advantage of developing your skills in esthetician lab facilities using cutting-edge equipment that is common in today's wellness and medical spas. The lab facilities, located at Morningside Campus, also serve as the faculty-supervised Censation Esthetics Student Clinic, in which you'll gain real-world experience. Each semester, new services will be added to the curriculum to prepare you for applying your knowledge.

To round out your training in this college diploma program, you'll apply your skills to field placement experiences in both industry clinics and established businesses. This aspect of the offering will allow you to learn in an atmosphere that will build the confidence and skills to enter this challenging and exciting career.
Upon graduation, you'll be able to provide the entire range of professional services offered in today's spas, medi-spas and doctor's offices and have the skills required to successfully operate a private business.

Program Highlights

• A strong curriculum will emphasize preparing you for the current workplace by providing the latest knowledge.
• Medical esthetics embedded in semesters 3 and 4 will include:
  • Microdermabrasion
  • Micro current lifting
  • Photobiostimulation
  • Low level coherent light and ultrasound
  • Laser/IPL (55 hours of theoretical and practical training)
  • Chemical peels
• Among specialized body equipment you'll become familiar with will be:
  • Vichi capsule/showers
  • Body contouring, drainage
  • Ultrasound
  • Non-invasive meso therapy
• You'll learn to effectively use computer software commonly utilized in spas.
• Your education will allow you to apply knowledge of business operations, exceptional customer service and diverse population needs to the daily operations of an esthetic business in a professionally managed salon or spa environment.
• Faculty members who have extensive experience and knowledge are all accomplished and well respected in the field.
• Many placement sites hire Esthetician program students upon completion of the program/placement. Up to 95 per cent of the placement sites have hired grads.
• The Esthetician program receives high Key Performance Indicator satisfaction rates from students, graduates and employers. It has received 100 per cent employer satisfaction and 100 per cent student satisfaction for program quality, learning experience, clinical experience and quality of teachers with current industry skills.

The Massage Therapy program at Centennial College will provide you with both the fundamental and advanced massage therapy skills to become a successful massage therapist. The program will emphasize professionalism and teach an evidence-based approach to assessment, treatment planning and implementation.

Recognized as a distinctive and rigorous offering within the School of Community and Health Studies, this program will balance a combination of theory and practical application through in-class lectures, lab experience, an onsite public clinic and offsite outreach placements.

You'll learn the proper assessment tools and techniques to deal with a wide variety of conditions that involve lymph, muscle, nerve, fascia and joints of the body as well as a wellness focus that maintains physical health, function and mobility.

Program Highlights

• Programs at Centennial College are awarded Key Performance Indicator Awards based on student satisfaction survey statistics. The Massage Therapy program has received the President’s Academic Gold awards for Graduate Satisfaction and for Quality of Learning Experience.
• The Massage Therapy program will offer strong clinical components through onsite labs and clinics and offsite placements. 
• At Centennial’s Morningside Campus, you'll obtain hands-on practice in modern clinical spaces where you'll meet clients who experience injuries, dysfunction and disease. Your responsibility will be to offer assessment and treatment, under the supervision of experienced RMT faculty members, to help improve patients’ physical ability and quality of life.
• When you graduate, you'll be eligible to write the registration examinations administered by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) to obtain the Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) designation. Centennial students have demonstrated an excellent success rate at the CMTO entry-to-practice examinations (see www.CMTO.com for results).

The Massage Therapy program at Centennial College will provide you with both the fundamental and advanced massage therapy skills to become a successful massage therapist. This advanced diploma health program will emphasize professionalism and teach an evidence-based approach to assessment, treatment planning and implementation.

Recognized as a distinctive and rigorous offering within the School of Community and Health Studies, this college health program will balance a combination of theory and practical application through in-class lectures, lab experience, an onsite public clinic and off-site outreach placements.

You'll learn the proper assessment tools and techniques to deal with a wide variety of conditions that involve lymph, muscle, nerve, fascia and joints of the body, as well as a wellness focus that maintains physical health, function and mobility.

Program Highlights

• Programs at Centennial College are awarded Key Performance Indicator Awards based on student satisfaction survey statistics. The Massage Therapy program has received the President’s Academic Gold Award for Graduate Satisfaction and the President’s Academic Gold Award for Quality of Learning Experience.
• The Massage Therapy program offers strong clinical components through on-site labs, clinics, and off-site placements. At Centennial College’s Morningside Campus, you obtain hands-on practice within modern clinical spaces where you meet clients who experience injuries, dysfunction and disease. Your responsibility is to offer assessment and treatment under the supervision of experienced RMT faculty members to help improve patients’ physical ability and quality of life.
• Graduates are eligible to write the registration examinations administered by the College of Massage Therapists of Ontario (CMTO) to obtain the Registered Massage Therapist (RMT) designation.
• Centennial College students have demonstrated an excellent success rate at the CMTO entry-to-practice examinations (see www.CMTO.com for results.)

This Biotechnology - Advanced program will prepare you with the scientific principles, techniques and skills required in industrial microbiology and chemistry. In this applied science program, you'll also study biotechnology applications, biochemistry, microbial genetics, and clinical and environmental microbiology.

Your Biotechnology - Advanced courses will teach you to: 

• Isolate, enumerate and identify microorganisms from many types of samples;
• Accurately calibrate and use instruments such as pH and BOD meters, gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers, HPLCs, centrifuges, PCR thermocyclers and gel electrophoresis equipment;
• Prepare media and reagents to culture pathogenic microbes;
• Design and perform advanced microbiology and microbial genetics experiments;
• Isolate DNA and perform gel electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on samples.

Centennial College's Architectural Technology Fast-Track program allows qualified graduates with a university degree in architecture (including those from foreign universities) to gain direct admission into the third semester of the three-year Architectural Technology program to receive their diploma in four academic semesters.

In this engineering program, you'll use state-of-the-art computer technology to prepare the designs, construction drawings, specifications and reports needed to communicate with clients, builders and approval authorities. Program activities will include preparing drawings for commercial, institutional, complex and multi-use buildings. You'll also be introduced to building materials, construction methods, structural design, mechanical and electrical services, building codes, contracts, specifications, and the business environment for providing design and construction.

Program Highlights

• Program faculty members have advanced degrees, licences and credentials in architecture, architectural technology, building science, engineering and green building. Among them are many current industry practitioners.
• The courses include a strong focus on energy-efficient, sustainable design and construction strategies, and protecting the environment.
• A project-based curriculum that highlights a different building type each semester, and provides you with a strong foundation in technical knowledge to give you an advantage.

Centennial College's Biotechnology - Advanced Fast-Track program sees qualified college or university graduates gain direct admission into Year 2 (Semester 3) of the three-year Biotechnology program and receive their technologist advanced diploma in two years (four semesters).

In the Biotechnology - Advanced (Fast Track) courses, you'll learn the scientific principles, techniques and skills to work in industrial microbiology and chemistry. Specialized study in biotechnology applications, biochemistry, microbial genetics, and clinical and environmental microbiology will also be included.

Your opportunity to understand theory and gain technical practice will be combined with many opportunities for you to enhance your experience. Additionally, project work, in consultation with faculty, will help you to further develop your skills in research, laboratory techniques, report writing and presentation.

You'll learn to:

• Perfect your aseptic techniques;
• Isolate, enumerate and identify microorganisms from many types of samples (the human body, water, soil, air, food, and pharmaceutical and cosmetic products);
• Accurately calibrate and use a range of instruments such as pH and BOD meters, gas chromatographs, spectrophotometers (regular/IR/UV), HPLCs, centrifuges, PCR thermocyclers and gel electrophoresis equipment;
• Prepare microbiological media and reagents;
• Culture pathogenic microbes;
• Design and perform advanced microbiology and microbial genetics experiments;
• Use microorganisms to assay pharmaceutical products.