Advanced Diploma in Graphic Design

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

Do you imagine being a professional actor and entrepreneur in today’s ever-changing film and television sector?

As an actor, you are a highly versatile and authentic storyteller who understands the importance of a meaningful connection with your audience and the value of creating your own opportunities for success in the entertainment industry.

Toronto – sometimes called Hollywood North – and the surrounding region known as “The Golden Horseshoe” ranks third in film and television production in North America and ranks second as an exporter of television programming in North America.

Our focus continues to be superior actor training with courses in voice, speech, movement, scene study and auditioning for film and television. We are also one of the few Canadian post-secondary institutions that offer direct instruction in The Meisner Technique, one of the foremost acting techniques taught today. But in light of the changing nature of the industry you will also study film editing, screenwriting, stunt training, voiceover acting, self-marketing and acting with technology (eg. Green Screen), with an emphasis on creating your own work.

Program Highlights:

• Extensive hands-on experience taking scene study and short film projects from script to screen using the latest technology.
• Establish a professional portfolio including a resume, headshots, demo reels, and voiceover demo that reflects your individual style and acting technique.
• Collaborate with future directors and producers in Niagara College’s renowned Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film program on short films, commercials and music videos.
• One of few Canadian programs to offer direct instruction in The Meisner Technique—one of the most popular techniques of modern acting.
• Recognized by the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) with graduates granted immediate ACTRA apprentice status.
• Interact with working industry professionals (our instructors as well as directors, actors and producers) through our ‘Up Close and Personal’ series.

Internationally trained nurses are eligible to register for this intensive 1-year program, which awards an Ontario College Graduate Certificate.
The Healthcare Leadership and Management program helps students to develop their leadership ability and capacity to manage the multiple factors influencing healthcare at the organizational and system levels.

Program Highlights:

• Unique interprofessional education experience with other nursing and allied health programs.
• Access to Co-Curricular Record program in which individuals gain recognition for student engagement, leadership and co-curricular activities pursued outside of the classroom.
• Experiential learning including a capstone project.
• Access to international student specific advisement and transition supports through the International Division.

Do you enjoy helping people and have an interest in a community service career, but haven’t decided on a specialty?
As a Pre-Community Services graduate, you have determined your career goal and are well-prepared for academic success in postsecondary community service programs at Niagara College.

Program Highlights:

• Program is designed to meet individual needs and facilitate the transition to post-secondary education.
• Benefit from individual educational support and planning with assistance from an academic student advisor.
• Graduates may be eligible to receive limited transfer credits based on their chosen post-secondary program.

Internationally trained are eligible to register for this intensive 1 year program, which awards an Ontario College Graduate Certificate.

The Palliative Care program is ideal for graduates of healthcare programs who are interested in enhancing their foundational knowledge and skills to care for patients with life-limiting illnesses. Graduates of this program will combine their new, advanced learning with their previous education and experience to provide exemplary care to patients and their families who are coping with the physical, psychosocial, and spiritual complexities associated with the dying process.

Program Highlights

• Unique interprofessional education experience with other nursing and allied health programs.
• Access to Co-Curricular Record program in which individuals gain recognition for student engagement, leadership and co-curricular activities pursued outside of the classroom.
• Experiential Learning with standardized patients.
• State-of-the-art simulation lab.
• Access to international student specific advisement and transition supports through the International Division.

Looking for a career where you can put your investigative skills into action to protect an individual or organization?
As a graduate of the Protection, Security and Investigation (Private Security) program, your critical thinking and investigative skills will serve you well in effectively responding to potential threats to organizations or private citizens.

Program Highlights:

• Curriculum is taught by former police officers with extensive investigative experience.
• Gain practical, in-field experience via volunteer opportunities with local service agencies.
• Hands-on experiential learning takes place in the Justice Studies Simulation Lab.
• Students who successfully complete first year and the First Aid course are eligible to write the Ontario Security Guard licensing exam.

Do you have an interest in becoming a skilled craftsperson with a career in a high-demand machining field?
As a general machinist you will have the ability to set up and operate a wide variety of precision metal cutting and grinding machines utilized in this growing sector of specialty machining industries.

Program Highlights:

• Program emphasis on building broad-based knowledge and critical problem-solving skills.
• Access hands-on experiential learning opportunities in current, large-scale facilities and labs.
• Strong job prospects due to a shortage of skilled machinists in the Niagara Region and across Ontario.
• Program is continuously updated to meet current industry standards and enable students to develop highly
• Relevant, market-ready skills.

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.

Do you thrive on finding solutions to computer hardware challenges and want to turn your passion into a rewarding career?
As a Computer Engineering Technician graduate your ability to quickly and effectively troubleshoot and implement computer system solutions will put you in high demand by employers in multiple sectors and industries.

Program Highlights:

• Establish broad knowledge and understanding in the latest networking, software, hardware and programming applications.
• Develop market-ready computer problem-solving skills that translate across many industries.
• Gain extensive hardware troubleshooting skills in computer systems support, electronics, digital, microprocessor technology and data communications.
• Qualified graduates may apply for Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) certification.

Looking to turn your fascination for solving electronic problems into a positively charged career?
As an Electronics Engineering Technician graduate you will solve complex technical problems with a high degree of accuracy and speed to improve organizational efficiency.

Program Highlights:

• Modern equipment and spacious lab facilities provide an optimal, applied learning experience.
• Further your studies by transitioning to the Electronics Engineering Technology (Co-op) program.
• Students are eligible to complete the Amateur Radio Operators & Technician-Level Certification.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians & Technologists (OACETT) certification.
• Program is approved by the Canadian Navy Subsidized College Education Program. Students may enter the following occupations: Naval Electronics Technician – Communications, Naval Electronics Technician – Radar, Naval Electronics Technician – Sonar, Naval Weapons Technician.

Do you like the news? Music? Sports? Do you enjoy being in the spotlight?
As a Radio or Television Broadcaster, you are as versatile as the evolving media industry platforms that you report from.

Program Highlights

• Introduction to the radio, television, and film industries including hands-on learning in music, talk and news radio, electronic news gathering (ENGs), and in-studio hosting.
• Broadcast 24/7 on CRNC The Heat available LIVE online at crnc.ca.
• Facilities include a radio production training lab, fully HD television studio, digital radio broadcast studio and a $1-million high-definition (HD) production truck.
• LIVE weekly TV magazine show broadcasted and streamed in conjunction with Television Production students.
• Immersive seven-week broadcast industry field placement.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of their program.