Continuing Studies Courses

Learn how to create professional and attractive documents quickly and easily with Word. Use character, paragraph, and page formatting effectively, add ClipArt, set page borders, and use Smart Art to enhance your documents. Finally, take advantage of Office 365 features to speed up productivity...

Develop the skills you need to successfully manage projects - on time and on budget. Learn how to analyze risks, define tasks, develop a project scope, build teams, and create resource plans. Conclude with a peak at Microsoft Project and discover how to effectively use this tool to administer and...

Use Excel to create effective and attractive spreadsheets. Enhance their appearance with borders, shading, font, and formatting. Introduction advanced features such as formulas, relative and absolute references, goal seek, and calculations with dates. Analyze your results with charts and format your...

This course is for students with good conversation skills and basic reading and writing ability. This in-depth study of selected readings includes well-known Chinese poetry, common expressions, and idioms. Students participate in composing short essays and presentations.Prerequisites: Adult Mandarin...

Level 4 focuses on the most cherished and significant holidays in Canada. During these holidays, at events, including Canada Day and the Lion Dance of Chinese Spring Festival, Canadians from different backgrounds and across the country congregate to celebrate and preserve our traditions. Not only is...

Lessons in this level begin to introduce presentations alongside conversation in the classroom. With a solid foundation from past levels, this class will acquaint students with a narrative style of speech when sketching persons and scenarios. At the same time, conversations for each lesson reflect...

This course is for students with a range of vocabulary and good conversation skills, as the instructor will converse in Mandarin only. Through a series of essays and other activities students will expand their ability to read Chinese, as well as improve verbal expression. Course materials vary...

This beginners course starts with an introduction of the Pinyin system, a tool for mastering the pronunciation of Chinese words. The next lessons present a variety of situations which students may encounter in their everyday lives, including meeting people, asking about jobs, talking about hobbies...

This Level 2 course provides scenarios set in a wide range of locations where students are likely to use Chinese. These settings include the clinic, the airline counter, their college or language school, a Chinese supermarket, a Canadian clothing store, and during a rental home viewing. Content...