Graduate Certificate in Virtual Reality Multimedia Production

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

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.

Learn intervention, protection and rehabilitation skills to help victims of crime, at-risk youth and incarcerated adult offenders.

Program Highlights

• Upon completion of a common first year, you may choose to transfer into second year of one of the following programs:
  • Police Foundations (218-258)
  • Protection, Security and Investigation (293-294)
• Focus on physical fitness will prepare you for the fitness testing required for a career in corrections, Canada border security and/or policing.

What you'll learn

• Explore both the community and institutional sectors of the criminal justice system.
• Work toward rehabilitation of those in conflict with the law.
• Intervene with clients to address and manage problems constructively to change behaviour.
• Obtain public protection skills and learn to secure staff and clients in institutional, residential, community correction and group home settings.
• Train in the legal aspects of crime and behaviour, security measures and techniques including interviewing and intervention skills for young offenders, adult offenders and victims.
• Understand issues related to female and Indigenous offenders, addiction, group dynamics, behaviour management and victims within the criminal justice system.
• Explore community programs, restorative justice initiatives and preventative measures.
• Receive specialized training in correction systems enforcement, safety restraints and rehabilitation strategies including tactical communication.

International Business Management
This graduate program is designed to provide, in 8 months, the essential product management skills required to support the strategic development of products and services for domestic and international markets.

Program Highlights

• Forms product managers by strengthening tactical and strategic business skills needed to develop and introduce products and services in the global marketplace.
• Product Management is one of the seven career fields representing the highest demand areas for talent with tech companies (Breaking into Tech Report).
• Benefits from entrepreneurial perspectives and other industry insights from professionals who work in international trade, investment, and product management.
• Mohawk College is located in the midst of the Toronto - Waterloo Innovation Corridor, home to more than 15,000 technology companies and thousands of start-ups that require talented people to help them turn their research strength into global commercial success.

What you'll learn

• Understand customer needs and gather product/business requirements
• Research potential opportunities considering cultural, financial, legal and distribution issues
• Develop the roadmap of a product or service that includes outlining Its features and target market to help meet global company goals
• Manage projects using more flexible project management methods that are becoming industry standard for making technology-based products and services
• Bring the product to market, that includes launching the product, communicating product features to the company and potential customers and driving global demand for the product
• Gather the body of knowledge required to attempt the New Product Development Professional Certification

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.

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.

Fulfil your entrepreneurial vision with a career in the residential and light commercial renovation sector.

Program Highlights

• Award-winning faculty.
• Community construction projects.
• Provincial leader in student success.
• Blended theory classes that are face-to-face and on-line.

What you'll learn

• Develop skills and training required to join the entrepreneurial trend of home and commercial renovation.
• Explore design and architectural styles, interior and exterior finishes, cabinetry, and millwork.
• Acquire specialized training in carpentry hand and power tools, construction materials, wood and wood products, and workplace safety.
• Apply construction and project management principles to renovation projects including project scheduling, materials resourcing, cost estimating, risk analysis, sub-contracting, cost control strategies and project closeout.
• Understand the importance of waste management and incorporate the 3R’s (reduce, reuse, recycle) into renovation projects.
• Experience an intensive hands-on education consisting of various lab and practical projects; participate in a local community renovation project.
• Acquire practical knowledge and skills needed to operate a small business.

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.

Specialize in the creative or business stream, experience working with real-world clients and join the ranks of award-winning alumni.

Program Highlights:-

• Program is well-recognized by industry professionals locally and nationally.
• Specialize after first year in a creative or business stream.
• Interview industry professionals, tour agencies, participate in mock interviews and build your portfolio.

What you'll learn:-

• A solid foundation in integrated marketing communications including advertising, sales promotion, direct marketing and public relations.
• Art direction, copywriting, layout design, basics of photography and graphic design, and idea generation techniques.
• Account and project management, media buying and placement, and the strategy behind ad campaigns.
• How to professionally present materials to real clients.
• An understanding of Adobe Creative Suite for photo editing, layout design, and video editing and effects.
• Grads from our program can easily find work in advertising agencies of all sizes. You’ll find Mohawk Advertising and Marketing Communications Management grads working in Media Planning and Media Buying, Account Management, Project Management, Print Production, Studio production and assembly, and in Creative Departments as Art Directors and Copywriters.

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Program Highlights

• Specialize in Building Design or Construction by choosing a preferred path in third year.

What you'll learn

• Residential design and Industrial, Commercial and Institutional (ICI) design and construction, green building fundamentals and sustainability concepts.
• How buildings work by learning the science of their design, function, materials, construction techniques and building services.
• AutoCAD, Revit, plan reading and 3D visualization skills needed to create drawings, contracts and specifications for today’s modern structures.
• Explore building and construction materials, interior and exterior finishes, building services and mechanical systems.
• Design in steel, timber, masonry and concrete.
• Construction surveying skills, estimating, building code applications and regulations.

Experiential Learning

• How you’ll gain skills
  • Attend industry events and field trips.
  • Participate in department research.
  • Explore applications for new technology including AR/VR, drones and laser scanning.
  • Create capstone projects involving industry experts.
  • Gain valuable experience during co-op work terms.

Co-op Content

• Architectural Technology - Design
• Architectural Technology - Construction

International Business Management program is designed to provide, the essential product management skills required to support the strategic development of products and services for domestic and international markets.

Program Highlights

• Forms product managers by strengthening tactical and strategic business skills needed to develop and introduce products and services in the global marketplace.
• Product Management is one of the seven career fields representing the highest demand areas for talent with tech companies (Breaking into Tech Report).
• Benefits from entrepreneurial perspectives and other industry insights from professionals who work in international trade, investment, and product management.
• Mohawk College is located in the midst of the Toronto - Waterloo Innovation Corridor, home to more than 15,000 technology companies and thousands of start-ups that require talented people to help them turn their research strength into global commercial success.

What you'll learn

• Understand customer needs and gather product/business requirements
• Research potential opportunities considering cultural, financial, legal and distribution issues
• Develop the roadmap of a product or service that includes outlining Its features and target market to help meet global company goals
• Manage projects using more flexible project management methods that are becoming industry standard for making technology-based products and services
• Bring the product to market, that includes launching the product, communicating product features to the company and potential customers and driving global demand for the product
• Gather the body of knowledge required to attempt the New Product Development Professional Certification

Cyber Security Analytics program is designed to 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.

Program Highlights

• You will gain the skills needed to obtain entry-level employment in the automotive industry. 
• Curriculum is modelled after the Automotive Service Technician (310S) apprenticeship program. 
• This is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) program where you will learn, and then apply, automotive skills in a shop environment.

What you'll learn

• Analyze and solve motive power system problems. 
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical and electronic components and systems using a variety of troubleshooting techniques and test tools.
• Safe work practices and skills in project management, quality control and assurance. 
• Enhance communication, customer service and computer skill.

Experiential Learning

• How you'll gain skills 
  • Gain practical hands-on lab experience, using state-of-the-art equipment.