Students registering in post-secondary level courses (numbered 100 to 499) will be required to meet the requirements. Students in ELS or the University Foundations programs can register in those courses identified in the with lower levels of language proficiency.
Please note that not all courses are offered every semester.
1.5 credits
Workplace Numeracy and Problem Solving
Prerequisite(s): UUP Department permission
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
This course helps students identify their existing numeracy skills and then build on those skills through applied problem solving. Topics include money math; scheduling, budgeting, and accounting; measurement and calculation; and data analysis. Completion of this course will help students move on to trades training or work.
Prerequisite(s): ENGL 061 or UUP department permission
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
The goal of Education and Career Planning is to enhance life, educational, and employment readiness skills of adult learners. Learners will devise a realistic employment plan for themselves in a changing and diverse world with clearly stated and achievable preliminary and intermediate goals. Personal, education, and career development is an ongoing process through which learners integrate their personal, family, school, work, and community experiences to facilitate career and lifestyle choices. Learners will examine their lives and lifestyles and be encouraged to make made adjustments as necessary to achieve their goals.
Prerequisite(s): None. ENGL 071 or English 10 recommended
Corequisite(s): None.
Pre- or corequisite(s): None.
Students in this course will demonstrate, evaluate, and document personal management, academic, and teamwork skills that are transferable to the workplace, propose steps to develop or strengthen personal training and employability skills, consider educational and labour market options, and prepare their education and/or work search action plan. To build a realistic action plan outlining steps to manage their educational and career plan, students will determine appropriate program and course selection to reach employment goals, including course entrance requirements, financial costs and resources needed, time commitment, and support services within the institution and community.
