Program Learning Outcomes and Curriculum

Your program curriculum is designed to ensure graduates acquire the essential skills, knowledge, and attitudes appropriate and relevant to both the needs of students and employers.

Program Vocational Learning Outcomes

Program vocational learning outcomes describe what graduates of the program have demonstrated they can do with the knowledge and skills they have achieved during their studies. The outcomes are closely tied to the needs of the workplace. Through assessment (e.g., assignments and tests), students verify their ability to reliably perform these outcomes before graduating.

The program vocational learning outcomes for this program are:

Technician – Design:

  • Complete all work in compliance with current legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines.
  • Apply quality control and quality assurance procedures to meet organizational standards and requirements.
  • Comply with current health and safety legislation, as well as organizational practices and procedures.
  • Apply sustainability* best practices in workplaces.
  • Use current and emerging technologies* to support the implementation of mechanical engineering projects.
  • Analyze and solve mechanical problems by applying mathematics and fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Interpret, prepare and modify mechanical engineering drawings and other related technical documents.
  • Contribute to the design and the analysis of mechanical components, processes and systems applying fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Manufacture, assemble, maintain and repair mechanical components according to required specifications.
  • Verify the specifications of materials, processes and operations to support the design and production of mechanical components.
  • Contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of projects.
  • Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance.

Technology – Design:

  • Monitor compliance with current legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines.
  • Plan, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate quality control and quality assurance procedures to meet organizational standards and requirements.
  • Monitor and encourage compliance with current health and safety legislation, as well as organizational practices and procedures.
  • Develop and apply sustainability best practices in workplaces.
  • Use current and emerging technologies to implement mechanical engineering projects.
  • Analyze and solve complex mechanical problems by applying mathematics and fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Prepare, analyze, evaluate and modify mechanical engineering drawings and other related technical documents.
  • Design and analyze mechanical components, processes and systems by applying fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Design, manufacture and maintain mechanical components according to required specifications.
  • Establish and verify the specifications of materials, processes and operations for the design and production of mechanical components.
  • Plan, implement and evaluate projects by applying project management principles.
  • Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance.
  • Apply business principles to design and engineering practices.

Technology – Industrial:

  • Monitor compliance with current legislation, standards, regulations and guidelines.
  • Plan, co-ordinate, implement and evaluate quality control and quality assurance procedures to meet organizational standards and requirements
  • Monitor and encourage compliance with current health and safety legislation, as well as organizational practices and procedures.
  • Develop and apply sustainability best practices in workplace
  • Use current and emerging technologies to implement mechanical engineering projects.
  • Analyze and solve complex mechanical problems by applying mathematics and fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Prepare, analyze, evaluate and modify mechanical engineering drawings and other related technical documents.
  • Design and analyze mechanical components, processes and systems by applying fundamentals of mechanical engineering.
  • Design, manufacture and maintain mechanical components according to required specifications.
  • Establish and verify the specifications of materials, processes and operations for the design and production of mechanical components.
  • Plan, implement and evaluate projects by applying project management principles.
  • Develop strategies for ongoing personal and professional development to enhance work performance.
  • Apply business principles to design and engineering practices.

Essential Employability Skills Outcomes

Essential Employable Skills (EES) are skills that, regardless of a student’s program or discipline, are critical for success in the workplace, in day-to-day living, and for lifelong learning. Graduates will reliably demonstrate abilities in six skill categories:

Global Citizenship and Equity Learning Outcomes

There are six Global Citizenship and Equity (GCE) learning outcomes integrated into Diploma and Advanced Diploma programs as a component of Centennial’s Signature Learning Experience (SLE). The SLE reflects the College’s promise to provide students with a distinctive and inclusive educational experience that builds on a foundation of global citizenship, equity, and social justice. Certificate and Graduate Certificates also include at least two GCE learning outcomes. The GCE learning outcomes are:

  1. Identify one’s role and responsibilities as a global citizen in personal and professional life.
  2. Identify beliefs, values and behaviours that form individual and community identities and the basis for respectful relationships.
  3. Analyze issues of equity at the personal, professional, and global level.
  4. Analyze the use of the world’s resources to achieve sustainability and equitable distribution at the personal, professional, and global level.
  5. Identify and challenge unjust practices in local and global systems.
  6. Support personal and social responsibility initiatives at the local, national, and global level.

Global Citizenship and Equity Portfolio

As a component of the SLE, Diploma and Advanced Diploma program students will complete the Global Citizenship and Equity (GCE) Portfolio. Building the GCE Portfolio is a process of documenting your GCE learning. Each item selected for inclusion in the portfolio demonstrates growth and understanding of Global Citizenship and Equity within your program of study.

 

Icons outlining the skills and competencies demonstrated in the GCE Portfolio
Global mindset and self-awareness Personal and social responsibility Empathy and global citizenship Recognize diverse perspectives Strategic communication Intercultural intelligence

Students are encouraged to develop their GCE Portfolio beginning in their first semester. You will add artifacts from coursework and accompanying reflections as well as artifacts arising from co-curricular activities, volunteering, etc. to your portfolio as you progress through the program. You are encouraged to use the ePortfolio tools available on eCentennial, as well as to develop an online professional portfolio presence through LinkedIn and/or other personal websites/blogs.

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