Advanced Diploma in Business Administration - Accounting

at Sheridan College - Davis Campus Canada

Our professors are not only outstanding teachers, but also successful business people who are highly experienced in their respective fields. Through their connections in the business world, they are able to enhance your education by bringing in real-world examples of business issues.

Things you'll learn
Through practical, hands-on classroom activities, you’ll learn to make business decisions, plan, work with a team, use business computer applications and write effective business correspondence. The first year will provide you with a solid grounding in business fundamentals, and the second year will allow you to specialize, taking courses that meet your particular career interests and goals.

Sheridan Business Career Fair
You’ll have an opportunity to network with prospective employers, distribute your résumé and learn about local career opportunities at the annual Sheridan Business Career Fair. Recruiters from more than 50 top-level local and national employers regularly attend this event.

Your Business diploma program will cover such topics as:

• Analysis of the business environment
• Managing a business
• Marketing
• Accounting
• Human resources
• Finance
• Business Information Systems

This program was created specifically for students who have already completed university or college programs in a related field and want to fast-track their early childhood education career. The ECE – Intensive program is of particular interest to those returning to a second career educating children or for those who have international credentials not currently recognized as equivalent to ECE.

What you'll learn

• Best practices for supporting young children's learning and development
• Current issues and theories of child development
• Roles and responsibilities of the early childhood educator
• Curriculum theory and approaches
• Programming for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
• Professionalism and advocacy in early childhood education

Sheridan’s Veterinary Technician program prepares you to join a professional team in a veterinary medical setting
Outstanding career preparation
This program is a pathway to a rewarding career working with animals in a medical capacity. You’ll learn from Registered Veterinary Technicians and Veterinarians, and apply your learning with a field placement in a veterinary clinic.

Accredited by the Ontario Association of Veterinary Technicians, you’ll be able to sit for the Veterinary Technician National Exam when you graduate.
A humane approach
We strongly believe in a humane and caring approach to veterinary education, so we replace the use of live animals with manikins for teaching purposes whenever possible. Using manikins, you'll fine-tune your skill dexterity in procedures ranging from bandaging to catheter placement and intubation. You will also apply your learning to live animals while in field placement each semester.

Stand out from the field as a computer engineering technologist! Sheridan’s advanced diploma program builds on the two-year Computer Engineering Technician diploma by teaching you how to integrate software and hardware components. When you graduate, you’ll know how to design, build, test, implement and maintain embedded devices, computer applications and network systems.

Demonstrate your skills through a capstone project and co-op
Prove yourself to employers before you graduate! In your third year of studies, you’ll put your expertise to work in a capstone project that will be showcased to industry. You’ll also have the option of a three-term co-op placement, allowing you to graduate with one year of work experience. Some of our past students have secured employment as a result of co-op participation.

Work towards your degree or other certifications
When you graduate, you’ll have completed all academic requirements for professional certification with the Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists. You may also be able to transfer into the third year of degree programs at various universities and colleges, including Sheridan’s engineering and applied computing degrees (some bridge courses may be required).

Gain skills in an emerging technology
Use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is projected to triple by 2030 as industry and individuals become more reliant on smart technology. Learn how to build and maintain equipment that makes our world better, safer and more efficient. You’ll study concepts that are pillars of the Industry 4.0 revolution, including artificial intelligence, sensors, robotics, cybersecurity and cloud computing

Understand all three aspects of IoT systems
Sheridan’s Internet of Things and Machine Intelligence certificate is the first program of its kind in Ontario to cover each of the three aspects of intelligent IoT systems:

• Machines and devices that collect and process data
• Networks and systems that allow devices to communicate
• Artificial intelligence algorithms that allow these systems to make intelligent actions

Hands-on training led by industry experts
Learn to work with industry-standard equipment and technology. Our dynamic mix of labs, case studies, project work and other interactive assessments is designed to prepare you for real-world environments. You'll be supported by professors who not only hold PhD and PEng credentials but also have extensive experience working in IoT and automation.

Upgrade your existing skills
This program is designed for graduates of technology programs and mature students who are already working in industry. Expand your career options by learning skills in IoT and artificial intelligence that will make you an asset in Industry 4.0 environments. Part-time, hybrid and remote learning options enable you to study when it’s most convenient for you.

You may be able to transfer previously earned credits towards this credential or receive credit for relevant work experience. Completion of this program will also provide you with advanced standing towards future pursuit of any computer engineering diploma program within Sheridan’s School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Technology.

Sheridan’s Early Childhood Education program helps you provide young children with the best possible education and care

State-of-the-art education
You'll learn from our highly qualified professors who have strong academic backgrounds and extensive experience working with young children, their families and the community. Our uniquely designed curriculum room will encourage and support your learning by providing hands-on experiences in a simulated early learning classroom.

What you'll learn

• Best practices for supporting young children's learning and development
• Current issues and theories of child development
• Roles and responsibilities of the early childhood educator
• Curriculum theory and approaches
• Programming for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and school-age children
• Professionalism and advocacy in early childhood education

This diploma program gives you the specialized training you need to practice as a registered pharmacy technician
Critical training
This program is accredited by the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs. You'll learn in state-of-the-art facilities designed to replicate the drug distribution systems used in today's pharmacy settings, and will receive the specialized training you need to work as a pharmacy technician in a community, hospital or other pharmacy practice site.

Things you'll learn to do

• Read and interpret drug orders.
• Process prescriptions using industry software.
• Complete third-party (insurance) billing.
• Prepare, package, label, and dispense medications.
• Perform sterile and non-sterile compounding.

Think critically and identify problems pertaining to drug therapy.

Learn the general principles and applications that modern accountants rely on. Expert professors will guide you through foundational concepts in a small classroom environment, supporting their lectures with hands-on learning opportunities. You’ll gain experience using spreadsheets and databases. You’ll also learn to use accounting and tax software programs such as Sage 50, MS Access and Profile.

Software and hardware skills taught in this program are valued by employers and can be applied in a wide variety of fields. First, you'll study basic concepts that are relevant to both electronics and computer engineering. You'll then learn more specialized skills and tools, including:

• Programming
• Operating systems
• Programmable logic devices
• Microprocessors and microcontrollers

Hands-on learning opportunities
Put your new skills to the test and gain experience using cutting-edge technology in the labs of our state-of-the-art Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Design. There, you'll work with and be inspired by students and professors from our entire suite of engineering programs, including our Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering degrees.

21st century journalists work in an ever-changing global media landscape. They're tech-savvy storytellers who find and report the news using sounds, images and words, seamlessly weaving these elements together for a variety of platforms: websites, social media, newspapers, magazines, radio and television. Our program will help prepare you for this new media world.

As a Sheridan Journalism student, you'll learn from the best. Our award-winning and forward-thinking professors are drawn from Canada's busiest and most progressive newsrooms. They'll guide you through a cutting-edge digital curriculum that emphasizes: reporting, writing and editing, social media branding, research techniques, story pitching, web and print design, and data journalism.