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Business owners in trades, such as plumbing, automotive service, heating and cooling repair, electrical contracting and carpentry, have a difficult task in marketing their business. This course provides a brief overview of selected marketing theory before engaging participation directly in practical exercises on how to improve a trades business through proven marketing strategies. Participants...

Students will develop a generic business plan by using a prescribed template provided by a banking institution. They will complete the business plan by expanding on its detailed components. Major modules: Comprehensive Business Plan and Business Presentation.

This course introduces the student to the fundamental skills of fashion drawing for the fashion designer. These include the use of line, space shape, texture and colour. Further studies include the application of proportions, balance and movement to the fashion figure. Students will be introduced to a variety of medium to encourage their drawing skills. The students will become acquainted with the...

This course is designed to develop observation and illustration skills. Working from objects, models and photographic reference, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of drawing. You will explore various media: pencil, coloured pencil and pen and ink. Pencil sketching skills lay the foundation for a good artist.

Course will include the history and chemistry of Acrylic painting. Guided discussions of the advantages and disadvantages of Acrylic paint as compared to oil, egg tempera, watercolour and others. Practical hands on studio work.

American Sign Language 104 introduces basic ASL conversation and features core vocabulary, common signing phrases, non-manual components (facial expression, body postures), signing space, fingerspelling, numbers, loan signs, cultural protocols, rules of ASL grammar and structure. Deaf cultural behavior is introduced in the classroom and through readings, videotapes, and Deaf community events.

In this course students will improve their competence in writing skills for successful communication in business, specifically in the quality assurance profession. Students will learn to plan, draft, write and edit business documents with attention to grammar. The course will stress the importance of adapting communication to the needs of the intended audience, selecting the appropriate writing...

This online course focuses on the principles of quality management as practiced in Total Quality Management (TQM) and outlined in the ISO 9001 standard. Students will learn about the definition of quality, the philosophies of leading "quality gurus" such as W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, and Philip Crosby and the guiding principles that represent the foundation of Quality Management. Students...

Do you love the smell of freshly baked pies and pastries? Then this course is for you. Building on the basic skills learned in Lets Bake 1, the student will learn the advanced techniques to create a variety of high quality pies, tarts, and pastries. With the entertainment season rapidly approaching, this hands on course will teach students additional skills requires to create delicious desserts...

This intermediate level course will further enhance the student's ability to take more control of piping and decorating skills. Learn the art of working with rolled fondant to cover and crimp cakes and further explore gum paste techniques to create detailed and realistic floral decorations. Students will also learn airbrushing and painting techniques to create designs using a variety of paints and...