Camosun College

Personal & Professional Development

Learning for Practice. Learning for Change.

Expand your knowledge, advance your career, or gain college credit by enrolling in one or more of our professional development classes. Contact the School of Health & Human Services main office for personal & professional development and other program details 250-370-3180, hhsinfo@camosun.bc.ca. *Cost savings apply when registering for multiple classes.

All courses subject to change based on availability. Please contact us for additional information.

Community, Family & Child Studies
Community Support & Education Assistant
Early Learning & Care
Health
Mental Health & Addiction
Practical Nursing

Community, Family & Child Studies

The Community, Family & Child Studies diploma program leads you towards a career as a caring, ethical professional in the community and social services sector.

CFCS 211 – Professional Practice 2
Tuition and fees: approximately $245

Learn about personal and professional ethics and accountability as they apply to your ECE career. In this course, you will develop skills and strategies necessary for effective communications and teamwork, and learn how lifelong learning relates to professional development throughout your career. Textbook required.

CFCS 220 – Personal Leadership
Tuition and fees: approximately $290

In this course you will learn essential skills for enhancing the effectiveness of individuals, teams and organizations. You will also explore the theory and application of personal leadership philosophies. Textbook required. * Also part of ELC.

CFCS 260 – Family and Community 2
Tuition and fees: approximately $290

Explore relationships and interactions between practitioners and families in the context of their communities. The emphasis will be on relationship development, respect and building community partners. Textbook required.

 

Community Support & Education Assistant

As a Community Support & Education Assistant student you will learn to effectively support and enhance the quality of life of citizens with developmental disabilities in our community.

CSEA 110 – Community Living Foundations
Tuition and fees: approximately $290

Learn about key social justice topics that impact the disability community. Explore the values, principles and practices associated with community living philosophy while learning about the community resources that promote equality and inclusion. Textbook required.

CSEA 120 – Health and Wellness
Tuition and fees: approximately $425

Through a combination of theory and practice you will learn to support the health and wellness of people with disabilities. You will acquire the skills for safe, effective and respectful personal assistance including lifts and transfers, personal hygiene, nutrition, bathing, and positioning. Textbook required.

CSEA 140 – Development and Diversity
Tuition and fees: approximately $290

This course will introduce you to typical growth and development patterns through the lifespan. Building on this knowledge, you will explore the causes and characteristics of developmental and acquired disabilities, and the common health and physical conditions that can affect the quality of life of children, adults and families living with disabilities. Textbook required.

CSEA 150 – Development and Diversity
Tuition and fees: to be determined

This course introduces students to positive supports for teaching and learning in home, school, work and community settings. Students will design practical support strategies that assist children and adults in the development of social, academic, daily life, and augmentative/alternative communication methods. Textbook required.

CSEA 160 – Citizenship & Quality of Life
Tuition and fees: to be determined

This course explores both formal and informal supports that enhance the quality of life and citizenship of people with disabilities. Topics include people, relationships and practices that enrich and contribute to full and satisfying lives of people with disabilities. Textbook required.

CSEA 170 – Working in Organizations
Tuition and fees: to be determined

Work as a CSEA requires effective teamwork in a variety of settings. This course introduces students to the structure, systems and culture of teams, schools, non-profit, private, government and community living organizations as they relate to the roles and responsibilities of the CSEA practitioner. Textbook required.

CSEA 180 – Professional Practice
Tuition and fees: to be determined

This course provides students with an opportunity to develop a framework for ethical and professional practice as a CSEA. Professional responsibility and accountability to oneself, the individual, the organization and the profession are examined and students will begin to develop a philosophy for practice.

 

Early Learning & Care

The Early Learning & Care program will get you started in an exciting career working with and advocating for young children. Learn to provide care and education that focuses on the needs of children and their families.

ELC 110 – Developmental Perspectives
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

This course examines the theories that explain human growth from conception to early childhood. Explore the image of the child in society and the influence of family and culture on children’s growth. As you progress through this course, you’ll learn to apply theory to early childhood practice. This course uses an academic child development textbook and requires good reading and writing skills. Textbook required.

ELC 150 – Health, Safety and Nutrition
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

This course examines the health, safety and nutritional needs of children. Emphasis is placed on the role and responsibilities of the educator in establishing and maintaining safe, nurturing environments for children in cooperation with families. Students learn how to write health, safety and nutrition curriculum and policies. Textbook required.

ELC 220 – Inclusive Child Care
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

This course critically examines all aspects of creating an inclusive caring and learning environment for children with diverse abilities. Students explore working collaboratively with families and interdisciplinary teams. Advanced skills in observation and program planning using a strengths-based perspective are emphasized. Textbook required.

Please note: you must have a ECCE certificate to take this course.

ELC 230 – Infant and Toddler Care
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

Utilizing knowledge of the growth of children under age 3, students apply the principles of responsive care to nurturing relationships, program planning and designing environments. Working collaboratively with families to support children’s cultural identities are examined. Textbook required.

Please note: you must have a ECCE certificate to take this course.

ELC 241 – Practicum 4 ITE
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

This practicum consolidates theory and practice. Students are involved in all aspects of providing care and learning experiences that supports children under age 3 and their families. Students take the initiative to demonstrate practice as an early childhood educator. This practicum satisfies credentials for an infant toddler educator (ITE).

Please note: you must have a ECCE certificate to take this course.

ELC 242 – Practicum 4 SNE
Tuition and fees: approximately $300

This practicum consolidates theory and practice. Students are involved in all aspects of providing care and learning experiences that support children with diverse abilities and their families. Students take the initiative to demonstrate practice as an early childhood educator. This practicum satisfies credentials for a special needs educator (SNE).

Please note: you must have a ECCE certificate to take this course.

 

Health

Are you interested in learning more about your personal health and behaviour change? Are you interested in learning more about holistic health and healing to supplement your professional practice or as a basis for self care? Think about taking a Health or Health UT course as an elective!

HLTH 110 (UT) - Health in Today's World
Tuition and fees: approximately $440

This one semester course offers the student information and practical assistance relating to health maintenance and promotion. Health/wellness is viewed as an interaction between physical, emotional, social, cognitive, spiritual and environmental dimensions, with choices in one dimension affecting all the others. Textbook required.

To find where this course transfers, check the BC Transfer Guide

HLTH 111 - Indigenous Community Health
Tuition and fees: approximately $440

This course will introduce students to present realities of and future possibilities for Indigenous community health and will explore traditional Indigenous health and healing practices. A brief overview of the impact of colonization on Indigenous health will also be explored. Textbook required.

To find where this course transfers, check the BC Transfer Guide

HLTH 112 (UT) - Holistic Health and Healing
Tuition and fees: approximately $440

Introduction to the philosophy and practices of holistic health and healing. This knowledge can be used as an adjunct to professional practice and as a basis for self-care. This course is theoretical and experientially based. It does not prepare participants to practice as holistic health practitioners. Textbook required.

To find where this course transfers, check the BC Transfer Guide

 

Mental Health & Addiction

(formerly Community Menatl Health)

With Camosun's Mental Health Certificate, you will have the grounding necessary for beginning employment in the mental health field.

The Community Mental Health program is currently under review and several changes will occur. The web will be updated with the changes to the personal and professional development courses in January 2012.

 

Practical Nursing

In the Practical Nursing program, you’ll acquire the practical and theoretical grounding you’ll need to give professional nursing care to individuals, families and groups in a variety of settings. You’ll work through a combination of course work and practical clinical placements, completing a program that will prepare you for your subsequent work as a Practical Nurse.

PNUR 101 - Human Anatomy & Physiology for Practical Nursing
Tuition and fees: approximately $350

This course is an introduction to the human body. Learners explore the structure and function of main organ systems and discuss health promotion strategies to support optimal function of each system. The terminology of human anatomy and physiology will be stressed. Textbook required.

Please note: This course does not count towards A&P credit for any program at Camosun College other than Practical Nursing.

 

Last updated: 28-Mar-2012 4:18 pm