Diploma in Law Clerk (Co-op)

at Niagara College - Niagara on the Lake Campus Canada

Do you have an interest in health care and want to be part of the fast-growing area of medical office administration?
As a graduate of the Office Administration – Health Services program you will support patient relations and effectively handle medical office practices in community health-care and hospital settings

Program Highlights

• Gain practical experience using a simulated clinical management system for patient scheduling, electronic health records, and OHIP billing.
• Learn to accurately transcribe medical correspondence and reports, including a comprehensive study of anatomy and medical terminology.
• Practicum experience provides hands-on, experiential learning in the field.

Do you have a knack for crunching numbers and want to gain program-related industry experience to help jumpstart your career?
As a Business Administration – Accounting (Co-op) graduate you will have the knowledge and industry experience required to open doors to a successful professional accounting or financial management career.

Program Highlights

• Hands-on, experiential learning via case studies, computer applications and role-playing.
• Individualized support from professionally designated (CPA, CA, CMA or CGA, CGA) accounting faculty.
• Network with industry leaders while working on course projects.
• Option to acquire a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation via diploma articulation to a qualifying degree program recognized by CPA Ontario.

Are you interested in exploring college-level courses of interest before committing to a specific field of study?
Design your own interdisciplinary program to help you determine which postsecondary path to pursue. Rady yourself for further postsecondary education as you prepare to enter the workforce with marketable skills.

Program Highlights

• Individual educational support and career planning from an academic student advisor.
• Gain marketable skills with the possibility of receiving transferable credits to other college or university programs.
• Complete the one-year General Arts and Science-College Exploration certificate and transfer to the two-year diploma program if desired.

Are you looking for a dynamic and rewarding career that enables you to contribute to the management of global supply chains?
As a Supply Chain Management graduate you will be working in an industry that influences the purchasing, production, warehousing and distribution of goods.

Program Highlights

• A focused curriculum provides students with a comprehensive understanding of supply chains, logistics management, related technology, and business processes.
• Students partner with organizations, using course competencies to address real world problems.
• Applied research is present throughout the program, culminating with a capstone course in the final term.
• Software-based simulations provide learners with competencies in team based, real time, competitive business scenarios.
• Program is a member of the SAP University Alliance, a global business provider of integrated enterprise resource planning software.

Are you passionate about the environment with a desire to help establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and our highly industrialized world?
As an Ecosystem Restoration graduate you will be skilled in the restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems and will be prepared to play a leading role in the environmental labour market.

Program Highlights

• Centred on ‘hands-on, boots-on’ learning opportunities via community-based, year-long ecological restoration projects.
• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake includes restored wetlands, The Wetland Ridge Trail, and is part of the Niagara Escarpment.
• Supports bio-monitoring, bio-engineering and plant material management training via the Greenhouse/Nursery, community nurseries and a full complement of field equipment.
• Restoration-oriented certifications and training provide graduates competitive advantages in the environmental labour market.
• Engaged Program Advisory Committee with representatives from sectors involved in the planning, implementation, regulation and promotion of ecological restoration activities.
• Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) has reviewed program curriculum and successful graduates of this program will be immediately eligible for certification designation as a CERPIT (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner in Training).

Do you have a natural ability to influence others and want to explore a career in sales and marketing?
As a Business Sales and Marketing graduate you will have the specific skills and abilities needed to play a leading role in today’s competitive business environment.

Program Highlights

• Exposure to all aspects of a sales and marketing career via applied learning opportunities that incorporate project-based learning, computer training and a flexible 120-hour immersive internship working with industry leaders. 
• Graduates have a 90 per cent success rate finding employment.
• Faculty mentorship and outstanding student success competing in provincial, national and international sales and marketing competitions.
• Sales and Marketing graduates will also earn the Certified Sales Associate (CSA) designation from the Canadian Professional Sales Association (CPSA), a national association that offers tools, sales training and resources to support the success of sales professionals. 

Are you curious about global commerce? Do you want to understand international markets and engage in cross-border trade?
As an International Business graduate you will be prepared for work in a wide variety of agencies that promote global economic trade.

Program Highlights 

• Immersive global education opportunities through study exchanges and international summer school with nearly one in four companies more likely to hire someone with international experience.
• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides unparalleled practical experience.
• Faculty with diverse international business experience provide a competitive global business perspective.
• Curriculum is grounded in the real-word application of business theories to encourage the development of the broad-based business skills needed to compete on the global stage.
• Builds your communications, organization, and analytic skills for employment in domestic and multinational enterprises.

Are you a global thinker interested in expanding your knowledge of international commerce to pursue employment in the global marketplace?
As an International Business Management graduate you will have mastered the core concepts of international commerce and will be well prepared to take on a challenging role in the international business sector.

Program Highlights

• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides high-value experiential learning opportunities in the international commerce arena.
• Hands-on learning.
• Faculty members have diverse international business experience.
• Designed to compliment prior education in various fields.

Are you a working professional with a focus on human resources (HR) or management who dreams of playing a lead role in caring for an organization’s most important asset – its people?
As a Human Resources Management graduate, you possess specialized knowledge in labour law, occupational health and safety, labour relations and compensation and recruitment, enabling you to work in all aspects of HR.

Program Highlights

• Designed to complement prior education in other disciplines.
• Professors have significant HR industry experience.
• Applied learning opportunities including an internship with 300 hours of practical HR experience.
• Courses prepare you for the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and/or Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designations.
• Connect with industry leaders via guest speakers, alumni, industry events and associations including the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) and the Human Resources Professional Association of Niagara (HRPAN).

Note: Courses required to write the Comprehensive Knowledge Examination (CKE) in order to achieve your Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation, must have an overall average of 70 percent, with no course mark below 65 percent.

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment and have communication skills and attention to detail that would make you an asset to any organization?
As a graduate of the Office Administration – Executive (Co-op) program you will have advanced administrative skills and will be market-ready to assist top executives at today’s leading organizations.

Program Highlights

• Highly regarded curriculum meets current industry needs.
• Comprehensive computer training prepares students for the Microsoft Application Specialist certification.
• Extensive hands-on industry experience gained via two co-op work terms.
• Graduates may pursue the Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) designation through the International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)