Advanced Diploma in Applied Music (Drums and Percussion)

at Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology - Fennel Campus Canada

Cyber Security Analytics
Protect the digital systems of today and beyond. Graduate with the essential skills for cyber threat detection and mitigation. Combine experiential learning in our cyber labs with independent online learning.

Program Highlights

• Design cyber security solutions to protect business resources.
• Create best practices in protecting mobile devices, smart homes and Industry 4.0 factories from cyber attacks.
• Participate in simulation labs where you will defend against cyber attacks.
• Engage in hands on experiential learning in our state of the art cyber labs facilitated by our expert faculty
• Study using extensive online learning and night classes to fit your busy schedule

What you'll learn

• Develop, implement and evaluate cyber security strategies and solutions for various operating systems, networks, application software, and packages.
• Respond to the cyber security needs of internal stakeholders.
• Recommend processes and procedures for maintenance and deployment of cyber security solutions.
• Design and implement cyber security solutions in compliance with current security policies, ethical standards, and industry regulations.
• Design and implement project management principles throughout the organization’s information security processes.
• Risk mitigation and auditing of information systems.
• Develop and deliver appropriate internal cyber security training.
• Communicate security policies, audit results and related documentation to any level of the organization.
• Monitor and analyze various attackers’ tactics, strategies and techniques to design vulnerability assessment procedures. 
• Implement vulnerability assessment procedures to find and solve existing security issues in a network.

Project Management
Learn the latest tools, techniques, and mindset that will prepare you for a fulfilling career as a project manager.

Program Highlights

• Study in a field that is both highly sought after and relevant to today’s business problems and opportunities. ?
• Learn from industry-experienced professionals. ?
• Considered the cornerstone in many organizations, Project Managers are highly sought after in a wide range of industries. ?
• This program addresses emerging trends in project management through courses in Agile project management ?
• Earn micro-badges in Process Mapping and Analytics with the Mohawk/IBM partnership ?
• Upon completion of the first semester of the program, you’ll be eligible to write the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) certification (an entry-level designation offered by the Project Management Institute, PMI). ?

What you'll learn

• Use a variety of project management techniques, skills, and knowledge to support improved business outcomes. 
• Develop strategies to bridge the gap between business needs and the desired outcome using appropriate project management tools, techniques, and mindset. 
• Assess approaches to solving business problems using established evidence-based decision-making techniques. Understand what the project performance data that you are collecting is telling you and how to guide projects to successful completion. 
• Use a project management approach to communicate technical and business information to a variety of stakeholders. 
• This is a BYOD (Bring your own device) program. See Laptop Requirements under Additional Information.

Develop the ability to foster a sense of belonging, engagement, expression and wellbeing for children and their families in this rewarding career.

Program Highlights

• Living lab provides a realistic early years environment for hands on learning.
• Receive support developing a professional e-portfolio.
• Preplacement course prepares you for entry to field practice.
• Opportunities for specialized placements.
• Strong community partnerships providing volunteer experiences.

What you'll learn

• How to foster the development of the whole child through an understanding of child development and intentional planning.
• Collaborative skills to support children and their families through responsive relationships.
• Observation, pedagogical documentation and reflection of best practices.
• Current legislation and guiding principles of the Early Years System.
• Implement an integrated community approach to engage with children, families and professionals.

Monetize your creativity by developing and exploring ways to fund, brand, launch, market, manage and maintain a financially viable creative arts business.

Program Highlights

• Arts and business focused program.
• Join a diverse group of students including musicians, artisans, videographers, photographers, graphic designers and dancers.
• Participate in showcase presentations and multimedia based assignments.
• Learn from industry leaders.
• Master Class structured classes.
• Program is open to both domestic and international students.

What you'll learn

• Develop and implement a promotion plan that includes: web-based marketing and consideration of audio-visual branding.
• Explore audio-visual branding.
• Create a realistic business plan for a creative arts profession or company.
• Legal principles, government legislation and regulations, copyright and contract requirements, and professional and industry codes.
• Engage in accounting practices for your business, including interpretation of financial statements.
• Source capital to support your business plans, such as crowdfunding and other methods to generate revenue.
• Project management tools, strategies and principles of marketing a creative product or service.
• Analyze industry-specific trends for decision making.
• Professional communications, contracts for creative arts, and sales and service presentations.

Contribute to business and individual insurance planning and security while preparing to earn important industry credentials.

Program Highlights

• Over 90% of our graduates obtain an insurance career position once they graduate.
• Mohawk has over 40years experience in educating insurance professionals. The insurance industry provides awards and scholarships in the amount of $10,000 annually.
• Very close links with the property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry.
• Upon completion of a common first semester, you may choose to transfer into second semester of one of the following programs:
  • Business - Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Business Administration - Accounting
  • Business Administration - Human Resources
  • Business Administration - Marketing
  • Business - Financial Services)
  • Business - General
  • Business - Marketing

What you'll learn

• Prepare for the Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario License.
• Complete, on an accelerated basis, eight out of ten credits required for the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation from the Insurance Institute of Canada.

Co-operative Education: Co-op integrates relevant work experience with your academic studies giving you an edge on the competition following graduation. Students must maintain an overall 70% GPA per semester in order to maintain co-op status and have no more than one failed or withdrawn course.

Program Highlights

• Graduates are highly trained to work in modern automated factories including those implementing Internet of Things and Industry 4.0.

What you'll learn

• Acquire competence in Computer Engineering with both hardware and software skills.
• Explore automation and robotics, computer networking, mobile and web applications through theory and hands-on practice.
• Study curriculum and contents from organizations including IEEE, CompTIA and Cisco Academy, Altera, Siemens and other industrial partners.
• Learn about computer hardware and interfacing, microcontrollers and embedded systems, computer networks and internet technologies, web and mobile applications, electronics and electrical systems, robotics and industrial automation.

Computer Engineering Technology ties together Automation and Robotics with networking and data handling. Graduates will be well placed to work in modern automated factories including those implementing IoT and Industry 4.0. Industrial applications include PLC programming, Human Machine Interfacing, pneumatic and hydraulic interfacing and control and Electrical Drive implementations. In addition students gain an understanding of the basics of electrical and electronic systems, microcontrollers and embedded systems on their way to the development of web interfaces and network enabled applications.

The program is a three-year program that can be studied with or without coop. Students can fast-track their studies by opting out of coop and graduating in three years. An early exit option permits students to graduate with a technician diploma after the first four semesters. The technician program does not have the coop option.

Experiential Learning

• Approximately 70% of the program is delivered in a lab where you will use, apply, design and build mechatronic and smart systems just as you would in the real world.
• Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.

Experience the full animation process of character performance stories with a focus on creating finished animation productions.

Program Highlights

• Taught by industry professionals.
• Bring stories and characters to life through cinematic animation.

What you'll learn

• Industry standard hardware and software.
• Transferable skills to entertainment, gaming, virtual reality (VR), commercial and industrial productions.
• Develop real-world industry production work practices.
• Business of art for profit.
• Pre-production skills:
  • Writing skills to develop character and story structure.
  • Figure drawing to develop strong drawing skills.
  • Traditional drawing skills used for visual design of environments, characters, storyboards/animatics.
• Production skills:
  • Laptop computer skills for digital construction, rigging and animating characters.
  • Construction of props and environments with texture and lighting to complete the scene.
  • Camera, rendering and editing techniques to create a finished production.

Orchestrate your musical future with practical and theoretical training in classical, jazz and contemporary genres.

Program Highlights

• Personalized instruction by passionate professional musicians.
• Perform at the 1,000 seat McIntyre Performing Arts Centre at Fennell Campus.
• Clinics and workshops with world-renowned musicians.

What you'll learn

• Perform in a variety of ensembles, coached by faculty.
• Use the latest music technology in a state-of-the-art facility.
• Compose your own arrangements and works and have them performed by student groups under your direction.
• Participate in professional recording studio experiences.
• Write musical scores for various productions.
• Explore the business side of the music profession
• Gain the advice of industry experts.

Make a difference as an Educational Assistant providing support to exceptional students experiencing physical, emotional or behavioural challenges.

What you'll learn

• Understand the role of an educational assistant on a school team.
• Develop skills to work with and support students with exceptionalities across a variety of settings  - elementary, high school and college.
• Assist students with academics, behaviour, life skills and personal care in a school or alternative setting.
• Utilize technology and implement strategies to maximize student learning and success, an IPad is required to use the many Education Apps available.

Use behaviour analysis to teach socially significant skills to improve quality of life for individuals with autism and their families.

Program Highlights
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neuro-developmental disorder that affects 1 in 66 individual in Canada. ASD can affect an individual’s ability to communicate, socially interact and will often engage in repetitive/ restricted behaviours. ASD is a spectrum therefore the degree to which an individual experiences these challenges will vary.

What you'll learn

• Apply evidence-based treatments and how they are used to teach individuals with autism.
• Design, implement and evaluate treatment plans using behavioural strategies.
• Comprehend and respond to needs of family members.
• Train caregivers to implement techniques with their children.
• Develop an understanding of the field of Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA), in the intensive behaviour intervention application with children with autism.

Explore the technology and science geared toward protecting the environment and human health.

Program Highlights

• State-of-the-art lab equipment and facilities.
• Excellent reputation among environmental stakeholders and government agencies.
• High graduate and co-op placement rates.
• Studying with professional faculty experts in environmental technology.

What you'll learn

• Characterization of pollutants and their impacts on health and the environment.
• Standardized analytical methods for analyzing air, water and soil samples.
• Quality assessment and control protocols.
• Water and wastewater treatment processes.
• Brownfield remediation methods, including site assessment, monitoring, mitigation and remediation.
• Air pollution monitoring and control