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Accounting
Whether you want to learn the fundamentals of accounting, progress to a more advanced level, earn a professional designation, or develop expertise in specialized business applications, the following accounting courses, along with the courses listed under Finance and Financial Planning, will meet your needs.
Caribbean Studies
These courses will explore topics of culture, race, ethnicity, religion, and the social, economic, and political developments in the diverse Caribbean region.
Child and Youth Care
Child and youth care is a practice-based discipline, with roots in psychology, sociology, medicine, social work, and education. The following courses will allow you to explore a field focused on research and practice which integrates developmental, preventative, and therapeutic requirements into the life space of children, youth, families, and communities.
Communication
These courses can help you develop a high level of skill in written and oral communications and are especially relevant to business and government environments. They focus on building and integrating writing, analytical, and research skills so that your business presentations make your point and achieve your purpose.
Computer/Information Technology Studies
Information technology is a rapidly changing and growing field, and training in this field must address the needs of the learner and the business community. The high-end courses offered through Information Technology Studies have been specially designed to meet the needs of the adult learner. Whether you need to develop leading-edge computer skills to advance your career in business or simply have a personal interest in computers, you'll find suitable courses are available in Internet, programming, and networking technologies.
Please visit the Information Technology Studies website for the most up-to-date information on course offerings, schedules, and fees.
Website Design and Development
These courses will provide learners with the foundation to design and develop websites by providing the skills required to control the way a website is displayed, as well as incorporating dynamic functionality. Candidates who complete all required courses for the Website Design and Development program and earn an overall average of 70% or higher are eligible to earn a Website Design and Development recognition from Ryerson University. (See www.ryerson.ca/ce/its for further information.)
CXCP 663 — HTML and Cascading Style Sheets
Disability Studies
Disability Studies focuses on society's definition and response to disability. Students explore the social context and experiences of people with disabilities.
Early Childhood Education
These courses introduce you to the challenging field of early childhood education. Whether working with children who have special needs or those from different ethno-racial backgrounds, diversity is key. Those who flourish in the field know that teaching, assessing, and guiding children begins with an understanding of the Canadian cultural mosaic. Early childhood educators' contribution to society is immeasurable.
Economics
These courses offer you the opportunity to become competent in economic analysis and the application of economics to national and international problems.
English
We offer courses in the English language in several specializations: Academic Skills, English as a Second/Additional Language, English Literature, and English Writing Development.
Academic and Professional Skills - ESL/EAL
Is difficulty with the English language hurting your performance as a student or causing you to hesitate in applying for university or college admission? If so, The Chang School can help.
Our ESL/EAL Academic Skills courses offer you the opportunity to develop the language skills you need to succeed in your chosen area of study. They will help you improve your reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills; become a better note-taker; improve your grammatical accuracy; develop a better vocabulary; and prepare for the Ryerson Test of English Proficiency and other English proficiency tests.
Seeking admission to Ryerson this September? Successful completion of COEN 460 and/or COEN 461 will improve your chances of being offered admission to a selected number of degree programs at Ryerson.
For placement assessment, complete the online placement test. For more information, applicants can attend an information night or contact Marju Toomsalu, ESL/EAL Programs Director, at 416.979.5000, ext. 4196, or mtoomsal@ryerson.ca.
These intensive courses are offered online throughout the year and in class during the Spring term.
The online course offerings of COEN 460 and COEN 461 would be a wise course choice for prospective students of Ryerson and other Canadian universities, or individuals who are planning to move to Canada as professionals. By taking an online intensive course, you will be able to familiarize yourself with the requirements and conventions of academic and professional writing in Canada and North America, improve your accuracy and vocabulary use, and gain confidence in your ability to communicate in English.
COEN 460 — Upper Intensive
COEN 461 — Upper Advanced Intensive
English as a Second/Additional Language
If English is not your first language, and you need to develop greater fluency to advance your career, these courses are ideally suited to you. Ranging from general to specialized, from intermediate to advanced, they give you the opportunity to develop your reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills in English.
For placement assessment, complete the online placement test. For more information, applicants can attend an information night or contact Marju Toomsalu, ESL/EAL Programs Director, at 416.979.5000, ext. 4196, or mtoomsal@ryerson.ca.
CLNG 100 — Language and Identity
CLNG 200 — Language and Public Life
COEN 296 — Industry-Specific Writing for Professionals
English Literature
Students enrolled in Ryerson degree programs are responsible for ensuring that any course selected from those listed below meets the specific requirements of their program. For more detailed information regarding specific program restrictions, check the Undergraduate Calendar.
CENG 602 — Women's Writing
English Writing Development
The ability to write clearly, effectively, and in a voice that is distinctly your own can be learned. These courses are designed to develop your feeling for language, your knowledge of its forms and structures, and your skills in composition. As you master these fundamentals, your writing will begin to reflect a more powerful and purposeful use of language.
COWD 108 — Literary Types I
Family Supports
Individuals seeking admission to the certificate program are strongly encouraged to contact the academic coordinator, Catherine Moher, by e-mail. For general information on the program, phone 416.979.5035 or attend an Information Night.
Finance and Financial Planning
Whether you want to learn the fundamentals of finance, progress to a more advanced level, earn a professional designation, or develop expertise in specialized business applications, the following finance courses, along with the courses listed under accounting, will meet your needs.
Food Security
These courses address issues of hunger, malnutrition, distribution of food, and environmental sustainability.
Fundraising Management
These courses provide a sound understanding of the role that fundraising can play in the nonprofit and voluntary sector. Interested students are encouraged to email Cathy Mann, Academic Coordinator.
Gateway for International Professionals
International professionals often come to Canada with a breadth and depth of experience and credentials that simply aren’t recognized here. The Chang School's Gateway for International Professionals offers programming in several areas that accurately assesses your skills and provides you with the education and experience needed to succeed in the Canadian workplace at levels that correspond with your qualifications.
For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/gateway.
Geography
The Department of Geography offers a range of career-oriented and liberal studies opportunities. Courses in Digital Geography provide both basic and advanced knowledge and skills in geographic information systems (GIS) and their various applications. Courses in Geography present professionally related electives to complement various undergraduate programs and liberal studies options to give a broad perspective on human/environment interactions in different contexts.
Gerontology
These interdisciplinary courses cover topics concerned with aging and the promotion of quality of life for older adults.
Graphic Communications
The printing business is one of the most vigorous industries in Canada today. It is on the leading edge of developments in advanced technology and demands increasingly higher levels of knowledge and skill from its practitioners. The courses listed are just a small sampling of the extensive professional development opportunities available during the academic year.
Health Services Management
Health Services Management is a unique part-time program, the first of its kind in Canada. It is designed to meet the needs of present and aspiring managers in health service organizations. In keeping with Ryerson’s tradition of professionally relevant education, the program has been designed in close consultation with leading practitioners, employers, and professional associations. It provides education in management theory and practice which builds on previous professional education and experience. Individual courses in the Health Services Management part-time degree completion program are available to all Chang School students who wish to upgrade their knowledge and skills in the health services management area. Courses examine the Canadian health system and the manager’s role in the health services organization. For full details on the Health Services Management degree completion program, please call Dr. Winston Isaac, Director, at 416.979.5000, ext. 6643.
History
The Department of History offers a wide selection of courses to students in every program in the University. These range from general, introductory surveys in the history of Western civilization and Canadian social, political, and intellectual history, to specialized courses in modern Chinese history and the history of science and technology. Students enrolled in degree programs are responsible for ensuring that any course selected from those listed meets the specific requirements of their program.
Hospitality/Tourism
If you are already active in the hospitality and tourism industry, the courses listed offer an ideal opportunity to upgrade your skills. If you are planning to pursue a career in hotel, resort, or restaurant management, they provide an excellent base for your professional development.
Human Resources
These courses give you the opportunity to develop your knowledge and skills in human resources management. With their intensive focus on contemporary issues and management techniques, they can help you upgrade your professional qualifications or prepare you to pursue accreditation in this challenging and rewarding field.
Information Technology Management for Business
The explosion of information technology has transformed the way business is done in today’s world. It has also created a need for a new type of management professional - the information management specialist. The courses offered here will give you the foundation of knowledge and technical tools to manage your information resources effectively.
Interdisciplinary Studies
In the professional world of community services, no discipline or profession operates in isolation. The following courses, many of which are available by distance education, will develop your understanding of issues faced in the field from an interdisciplinary perspective. They will provide the knowledge and skills you need to work effectively across professional and disciplinary boundaries.
Landscape Design
Landscape Design combines the fields of art, science, and humanities. The certificate program offers an excellent education in the fundamental components that comprise the field of landscape design. Through course offerings, you will learn how to analyze, plan, design, manage, and sustain the built and natural environment.
Law
The following courses span a range of legal issues. Some investigate general legal principles, theories, and procedures; others, the laws that govern various industries and activities within those industries; and some, the law as it concerns consumer rights and protection, management and labour, or safety in the workplace. These courses are of value to professionals in any field who wish to understand the legal environment in which Canadian business is conducted.
Management
These courses and workshops introduce you to business basics: how companies are created, organized, and run to achieve their objectives. They will give you an excellent foundation, whether you plan to launch your own enterprise or simply want to understand the dynamics of a successful operation. Please note that many Ryerson courses have a management focus; consult the other listings in this calendar for specific areas of business expertise and specialization.
Marketing
There is scarcely any field of professional activity that does not require the expertise of a skilled and knowledgeable marketing specialist. The following courses can help you develop broad-based or industry-specific marketing skills, either to upgrade your present qualifications or as preparation for a new career.
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Management
The Chang School has created these distinctive, interdisciplinary program offerings in response to the demand for education that focuses on the specialized needs of the sector.
Nursing
The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, in co-operation with the Ryerson School of Nursing, has been highly responsive to the needs identified by nurses for high-quality, accessible, degree-level educational opportunities. Credit courses are offered in three categories:
(a) degree-credit professional courses selected from the BScN program,
(b) prerequisite and professionally related elective arts courses, and
(c) specialized credit electives in the Certificate in Leadership and Management for Nurses.
Nursing website: more information and resources are available online, including room numbers, regional access centre locations, course outlines, information on the 19- and 30-month part-time degree in Nursing, and the Nursing Academic Planner.
Please note that all nursing courses involve computer use. Students require access to a computer with Microsoft Windows (Windows 98 minimum) and Internet Explorer.
Occupational Health and Safety
These courses explore occupational health and safety.
Philosophy and Music
In Music, we offer a range of courses in the traditions, development, variety, and cultural implications of various kinds of music.
In Philosophy, we cover both the ‘Big Questions,’ such as “What can we know?” or “How should we live?” or “Does God exist?,” as well as subject-oriented areas, such as philosophy of religion or ethics and health care. Sometimes, we deal with questions that have been discussed for thousands of years. Each generation has to answer them again, either expressly or by the implications of the choices they make and the beliefs they adopt. At other times, we deal with questions arising from the social arrangements and technologies we face right now - situations which may never have existed before. What unites these inquiries is the ‘philosophical turn;’ we learn how to uncover, evaluate, and use the most basic principles appropriate to the questions we tackle.
Physical Activity
These courses will impart the critical physical activity knowledge and hands-on skills required to promote, assess, and develop physical activity approaches for individuals, families, and communities.
Politics/Public Administration
This program is specifically designed for people working in the public and para-public sectors, non-governmental organizations and advocacy groups. These courses may also be of interest to those aspiring to careers in the broader public service, private-sector employees in regular contact with the government, and those interested in gaining knowledge about public administration and public policy in Canada.
Project Management
These courses in project management provide you with an opportunity to acquire a level of knowledge and expertise that will permit you to contribute effectively to the management and the control of costs within any project environment.
Psychology
Psychology courses address questions about the nature of human behaviour: how and why we act, think, feel, and reason, and how these questions are investigated through research.
Public Relations
This program provides a curriculum that is relevant to the current and emerging practice of public relations in order to equip students with the skills necessary to perform.
Publishing
Learn how to turn a manuscript into a book, a report, or other document. Editing, design, production, sales and marketing, new electronic workflows – master all the skills involved in this complicated process through our Publishing courses and certificate program. For more information, visit the Publishing website.
Residential Care for Children and Youth
The following courses will allow you to build on your understanding of the principles, values, and philosophies underlying residential care for children and youth, along with the practical knowledge that you can apply on the job.
Retail Management
Far-reaching trends in everything from technology to philosophy have transformed the retail industry. Today you must keep a watchful eye on global advancements while you master electronic communications and devise strategies to keep one step ahead of the competition. Ryerson, the only university in Ontario to offer a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Retail Management, can prepare you. Our Retail Management program was designed with the input of industry leaders and blends the most modern aspects of retail with the traditional components.
Sociology
Courses offered in Sociology are designed to encourage the critical examination of today’s complex society and to broaden individuals’ understanding of the world in which they live.
Writing Workshops and Seminars
You can be the writer you’ve always dreamed of becoming. Let our group of talented instructors help unlock and develop your talents in short fiction, novel, poetry, or dramatic writing. Explore specialized genres. Tell your own life story. Enhance your business writing skills.
To find out more about your instructor, see Writing Workshop Instructor Biographies.
For more information, visit www.ryerson.ca/ce/writing.
