Fleming College
Fleming College
Fleming College, also known as Sir Sanford Fleming College was named after Sanford Fleming, a famous engineer and inventor. Fleming College boasts more than one hundred programs from Arts to Health and Community Development. The campuses of the college are located in Peterborough, Cobourg, Lindsay and Haliburton, but all in the province of Ontario.
Programs
College offers programs on different levels: full-time, continuing education, apprenticeships and post-graduate programs. For example, the Cook Apprentice program is offered on two levels: basic and advanced. There are also Culinary Management and Culinary Skills programs for the ones who intend to connect their future with culinary art or desire to set up their own cafes or restaurants. As for the Cook Apprentice program, it’s a good start either for students who want to build their career in culinary and for the ones who are already working in the sphere but wish to hone their skills, getting an opportunity to get a promotion or a more prestigious job in the sphere. The program at College is part-time, which allows students to work simultaneously with studying thus implementing their newly acquired skills in practice. Both on the basic and advanced levels, students learn how to manage a kitchen, menu creation and the foundations of artisanal cookery such as making bacon themselves.
The Culinary Management program leads to achieving a college diploma and lasts for four terms. Fleming College prepares the students who decided to take the program of Culinary Management for the future work as chefs, catered, kitchen and cafeteria managers, entrepreneurs and other positions in food supplying and catering companies. This program at Fleming College requires a minimum of 480 hours of work experience as a part of the field placement. The cost of the Culinary Management diploma program is around $9600 for a term. Fleming College students have a unique opportunity to transfer their credits to achieve a degree in George Brown College on the program of Bachelor of Commerce in Culinary Management or obtain a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Ontario Tech University.
Another program which is offered by College is Fish and Wildlife Technician with an optional cooperative education term. The program at College lasts for four terms overall, each of which will cost about $8500 for international students. The program of Fleming College aims at instructing students on the subjects as Wildlife Observation Skills, Fisheries Management Concept, Forage Fish Collection, Freshwater Ecology, Animal Disease and Pathology and a number of others. So at the end of the studies in Fleming College students will have profound knowledge of ecosystems both aquatic and terrestrial, how to manage fish and wildlife resources, how to support and regulate the standards of fish and wildlife planning, ensuring the quality of their habitats. After graduation from Fleming College, you can work in provincial governments, the Ministry of the Environment Conservation and some non-government organizations which deal with ecology preservation and protection. If you have successfully completed the diploma program at Fleming College, you may go for the third year of the diploma program Fish and Wildlife Technology which will open up many more career opportunities for you.
Fleming College also has a number of certificate programs, one of them is Jewelry Essentials which lasts for a year. Two semesters of studying the program at Fleming College will cost an international student around $16500. Students study the following disciplines during their studies in the program of Jewelry Essentials at Fleming College: Art History of Jewelry, Design, Drawing, Jewelry Fabrication in three stages, Jewelry Stone Setting and Surface Decoration. During their studies, students learn how to develop their own portfolio of jewellery works to gain a better marketability right upon finishing their studies. If you are fascinated with different kinds of jewelry and wish to make your own, with unique designs and incrustations then this program at Fleming College is the right choice for you. Moreover, you’ll be provided with tips on how to effectively sell your product and taught a set of soft skills.
In case you need additional preparation for the diploma and degree programs in the sphere of health sciences,College can offer you a program which was devised for you to acquire all the necessary competencies for applying to them. Graduates of the Pre-Health Science program at Fleming College can further their education by studying for a Bachelor of Science in Nursing or Bachelor of Health Science in Queens University. The applicants from Fleming College with a 3.0 GPA will be awarded with twelve credits which is tantamount to one semester in the Queens University. A student may also consider obtaining an Advanced Diploma in Fleming College upon successful completion of Pre-Health Sciences, studying Biotechnology or Massage Therapy. The semester of the program will cost an international student approximately $8700, but keep in mind that you may need to spend extra $700 for books and supplies during an academic year.
If you always wanted to know how to make a massage and what special points and muscle parts you need to stretch to soothe a pain, then try to apply for the Massage Therapy program at Fleming College. The program lasts for five semesters after completion of which you will have a chance to become a professional massage therapist. During the studies in Fleming College, a student learns how to access a client to work out the best ethical treatment plans in the safe environment both for a client and themselves. Students of Fleming College practice their skills not only in the classrooms equipped with massage tables, but also every week they visit a special spa clinic at Fleming College to have hands-on experience. The Advanced Diploma Massage Therapy program of Fleming College combines theoretical and experimental learning which contributes to the fast, accelerated studying of all the skills important for such a challenging occupation. After graduation from Fleming College, former students and current Registered Massage Therapists have an opportunity to work in Spas, Hotels, Chiropractic clinics, Hospice and Palliative Care centres.
As was mentioned earlier, you may undertake a number of continuing education courses in College such as Project Management, Business Law, Canadian Criminal Justice System, Fabric Printing, Forest Pathology, Ergonomics, Essentials of Writing Fiction and a wide range of other courses. For example, during the course of Essentials of Writing Fiction at Fleming College, a student acquires the skills and techniques essential for creative writing, learn how to arrange a piece of writing via correct usage of plotting and setting, practice their use of dialogues and try to find their unique individual style.
One may also earn a certificate and specialization in Fleming College on the programs of HR management, leadership development, Office Administration, Client - Customer Relations, Small Business Accounting and other.
On the post-graduate level, College offers the following programs: Expressive Arts, Independent Studio Practice, Sustainable Waste Management, Applied Planning, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Supply Chain Management, Wireless Information Networking etc. One of the post-graduate programs is Museum Management and Curatorship which leads to a Graduate Certificate. It will take a student only three semesters to finish the program after which they may work as curator in museums, museum interpreters, education officers, fundraisers and exhibit designers. The program of Fleming College will be the right choice for you if you are interested in history, cultural heritage and, of course, museums. If you already possess the important skills in public relations, teamwork, planning, organizing and writing, then it would much more easier for you not just to study on the program of Museum management, but also find an employment easier as the enlisted occupations presuppose working and communicating with people, moreover being able to influence and reach out to them. So that students won’t be lost in the real workplace after graduation from Fleming College, the third semester will be dedicated to their full-time unpaid internship lasting for four months. The internship can also be done abroad in Australia, Ireland or the UK as well as in Canada in museums, zoos and archives.
Accommodation
There are two on campus living options offered by the College: the residence in Peterborough and in Lindsay. Both of the residences of the College are equipped with all the necessary for a comfortable living furniture and you can alway have support from the mentors working in the residences. A student may also choose whether they want to live in a mixed gender suite or with people of the same gender in a single sex suite. The rooms usually have private bathrooms and bedrooms, with a shared common room and a kitchen. Fleming College Residence provides students with the services of a special restaurant run by the students of Culinary Skills and Culinary Management program, where they practice their skills in the culinary arts and management skills. As for the cost of living in Fleming College Residence, it ranges from $7200 to $7700 per two semesters.
Future Prospects
After graduation from Fleming College, former students can apply for a Canadian special visa, functioning as permission for work for international students, or extend their study permit if they wish to continue their education in Canada. To be eligible for the work permit after graduation from Fleming College, you need to meet a number of requirements such as having completed a full-time program in Canada and some others.
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