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Continuing Education for Interest and Professional Development
In its third year offering non-credit continuing education, the University has established a tradition of innovative, quality programming. The Continuing Education team is continually looking to new trends and opportunities, as impetus for its courses. This fall, in response to an opportunity identified in partnership with Peterborough’s business community, four professional development certificate courses are offered in:
Upon completion, students will receive Julian Blackburn College certificates. "With these certificate courses, we are hoping to target people who are looking to develop their career skills. For example, the wine appreciation course, to be taught by a local wine writer, will appeal to those in the hospitality industry, while communication and conflict resolution skills are almost mandatory in today’s workplace," says Lisa Clark, Continuing Education program manager. Some of the course instructors are faculty members or professional experts from the area, while others come from larger centres like Ottawa and Toronto. This year’s interest programs are almost all new offerings, with the exception of favourites like Botanical Drawing and Painting and literary tradition courses like More Shorts with a Twist, Irish Short Stories and Where the Shadows Lie: The Lord of the Rings and the 21st Century Hero. Among courses new to the General Interest program this fall are Telling Poems with author and poet Betsy Struthers, Secrets of a Pro: The Complete Fishing Course with certified master angler and president of The Canadian School of Fishing School Paul Grant, and French Gastronomy: Paris A Table with Yves Thomas, professor of French civilization and literature. At an academic level, these courses respond to community members’ interests and ideas. Each is unique in its approach and instruction. Also new to the program this fall are Storm Warning: Gambling with the Climate of Our Planet with science journalist Lydia Dotto and Aboriginal People in Contemporary Society with Vern Douglas, Doug Williams and Mark Phillips from Trent’s own Native Studies department. For further information on these courses and others, please call 748-1229 or visit http://www.trentu.ca/continuinged/. Posted: September 15, 2003 |
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The
opportunity to explore the diversity of education at Trent University
is at your doorstep this fall as the Continuing Education program has
been enhanced and expanded to include courses focussed on everything
from professional development to CSI for the novice and French food.