Practical Academics for the Workplace

Admission Requirements

• Attend a personal interview with the instructor

• Be an individual with an identified developmental or mental health challenge

Course Requirements

• AED - 020 Career Exploration and Assessment

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  Plus a total of 8 credits taken from the following courses: 

  Note: Students are required to take one course from each of the academic domains (literacy, numeracy, and computer literacy). 

   

  Literacy

• AED - 038 Literacy for Life
• AED - 047 Emergent Literacy
• AED - 048 Literacy: Book Club
• AED - 054 Literacy for Life 2
• AED - 055 Literacy for Life 3
• AED - 056 Workplace Safety Literacy
• AED - 057 Advanced Literacy
• AED - 058 Workplace Literacy
• AED - 060 Contemporary Issues
• AED - 063 Advanced Literacy 2
• AED - 064 Advanced Literacy 3
• AED - 065 Literacy Book Club 2
• AED - 066 Literacy Book Club 3

• Numeracy

• AED - 032 Math, Money & Managing it All
• AED - 042 Budgeting and Managing Your Money
• AED - 053 Schedule, Clock and Calendar Skills
• AED - 059 Math and Money Basics

• Computer Literacy

• AED - 030 Basic Computer Skills
• AED - 036 Intermediate Computer Skills
• AED - 037 Exploring the World with Computers
• AED - 041 Computer Foundations
• AED - 046 Introduction to Inspiration Computers
• AED - 067 Adaptive Technology for Communication
• AED - 068 Basic Computer Skills 2
• AED - 069 Computer Foundations 2
• AED - 070 Intermediate Computer Skills 2

Completion Requirements

Pass in 10 credits.

Course offerings for the Practical Academics for the Workplace program change from year to year based on enrolment and community need.