Diploma in Recreation Therapy – (Fast-Track)

at Niagara College - Welland Campus Canada

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 have a desire to make a difference in your community and an interest in serving and protecting the public by upholding the law?
As a Police Foundations graduate you will play an active role in the law enforcement system, ensuring public safety by maintaining law and order: protecting members of the public and their property; and preventing, detecting and investigating crime.

Program Highlights:

• Reality-based curriculum taught by former police officers with extensive investigative experience.
• Gain practical, in-field experience via volunteer opportunities with municipal police services and local service agencies.
• Hands-on experiential learning 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.

Are you fascinated by the scope of infrastructure development and envision a career where you can help design and build your community?
As a Civil Engineering Technician graduate you will play an important role in the design and construction of buildings, bridges, highways, dams, drainage and irrigation systems, streets, parks, subdivisions, and water supply and sewer systems.

Program Highlights:

• Gain broad knowledge and hands-on, experiential learning in computer-aided drafting applications, lab testing, structural design, geotechnical analysis, project management, and more.
• Graduates are eligible to write the house component of the Ontario Building Code exam.
• Immediate associate member status, upon application, with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) post-graduation.
• Program is nationally accredited by Technology Accreditation Canada.
• Graduates can choose between workforce entry and progression into Niagara’s College’s Construction Engineering Technology program.

Do you want to turn your interest in video games into a career and move your gaming ideas from concept to reality?
As a game developer you will be a leader of innovation in the digital game and interactive media industry.

Program Highlights:

• Explore, experience and develop skills in all major game development areas including; design, art, programming and production.
• Hundreds of hours of hands-on, applied learning in state-of-the-art computer labs with dual full HD monitors.
• Curriculum focused on game programming and scripting, digital art production techniques, game design principles and game production practices.
• Full access to industry leading programming, art, design and production game development tools.
• Practical individual and collaborative game development experience, culminating in a team project to conceive, design, develop and showcase an original game.

Are you interested in a high-impact career at the forefront of leading computer systems technology?
As a computer systems technician in network and cloud technologies you will have the advanced skills needed to combine hardware, software, and network technology to improve business operations using conventional and cloud-based models.

Program Highlights:

• Students learn to provide support for databases and websites as well as a variety of computer hardware, operating systems, application software and network architectures.
• The CST lab has dedicated high speed Internet access and provides student access to wired, wireless and fiber optic media for lab work.
• Faculty dedicated to helping students explore new technologies.
• Industry advisors from small to large employers assist in determining industry trends and enhancements to program content such as Cloud computing, mobile device management and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL).

Are you a visual storyteller with a keen interest in learning how to write, direct and produce cinematic masterpieces?
As a Film Production graduate, you work on sets, at production houses and in editing rooms across Canada and around the world.

Program Highlights:

• Introduction to all areas of filmmaking including writing, directing, cinematography, lighting, sound, editing and producing.
• Build a diverse professional portfolio of edited and mastered films including dramas, documentaries, and music videos.
• Cross-programming opportunities in Niagara College's Acting for Film and Television, Television Production and Game Development programs.
• New state-of-the-art equipment, film studio, colour correction suites and sound mixing board.
• Students apply to Broadcasting – Radio, Television and Film and select a program concentration during the first year of the program.

As a Personal Support Worker, you will be a skilled and compassionate health care provider who assists clients with physical and psychosocial challenges during all life stages.

Program Highlights:

• Unique interprofessional education course designed to strengthen collaboration skills as a member of the health care team.
• 42 hours of hands-on experience in Niagara College’s state-of-the-art lab facilities and 266 hours of clinical placement in both long-term care and community settings.
• Graduate with 2 additional certificates: Managing Food Safety certificate, offering unique culinary curriculum focused on food preparation; and Gentle Persuasive Approach certificate, focused on caring for individuals with dementia and other cognitive diseases.

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.

Do you want to positively impact the quality of life of others and are seeking a pathway to a rewarding health sciences career?
As a Pre-Health Sciences-Pathway to Certificates and Diplomas graduate you will have streamlined your interests and will have the solid health sciences foundation needed to pursue further postsecondary studies to achieve your dream.

Program Highlights:

• Enjoy small class and lab sizes.
• Gain 75 hours of practical, hands-on, health-focused lab experience.
• 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 postsecondary program.
• Niagara College’s Pre-Health Sciences programs are the preferred preparatory programs for admission to postsecondary health programs at Niagara College. For competitive health programs (the number of qualified applicants exceeds the number of available seats), selection will be based on your academic average for all required courses at the time of ranking and selection. Your academic average can be based on a combination of high school and postsecondary courses. Additional recognition will be applied to your ranking during the evaluation process. This offer will be conditional upon you completing all graduation requirements of your Pre-Health Sciences Pathway program one (1) month before the start of classes.

Do you have an interest in developing advanced electrical and electronic equipment to help power new systems?
As an Electrical Engineering Technician graduate you will work closely with engineers on the design and development of the innovative technology used for communications, power systems, computers and monitoring systems in a wide variety of fields.

Program Highlights:

• Gain a solid understanding of electrical power systems, machines and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and benefit from learning about new trends in electrical motor controls, power electronics and renewable energy.
• Receive practical, hands-on experience in state-of-the-art labs.
• Further your studies by transitioning to our Electrical Engineering Technology (Co-op) program.
• Graduates with relevant experience can apply for the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) certification.