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Hotel managers require knowledge about the operations of all departments within their hotels. Students will examine the Emerit® National Occupational Standards for Hotel General Manager to learn what is required for success in the hotel management sector. Hotel managers must have human resource management skills and acquire skills necessary to offer quality service. This course provides students with the skills and knowledge to manage day-to-day processes including operations, human resource management, leadership, guest service, sales, suppliers, marketing and capital projects.

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History and Traditions of the Carrier People. This course is based on the traditional knowledge holders of our communities who are versed in the traditional ways of knowing that is not written down in any text but passed down through oral traditions. The course provides students with an in-depth study of Yinka Dene culture, language, spirituality, community, and social structures. Elders and topics will focus on the Yinka Dene of the north central interior of British Columbia.

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This course focuses on the diversity and development of Aboriginal communities and organizations in Canada. Attention is placed on the nature of Aboriginal/Euro-Canadian interactions from contact to present day in order for students to understand contemporary perspectives and issues relevant to Aboriginal peoples

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This course is designed for students who have no knowledge of the Carrier/Yinka Dene language. Participants are introduced to the Carrier language, spoken and written, with an emphasis on basic conversation and culturally important vocabulary and phrases. Through lecture and lab work, participants will have an understanding of basic level Carrier and be able to create simple sentences.

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This course provides an introduction into research methods used in and by Indigenous communities in the movement towards the decolonization of the western model of research. Aboriginal research frameworks and methodologies will be explored by examining some of the unique issues and principals involving ethical research in Indigenous communities. Students are provided an opportunity to prepare a small research project using the techniques learned in class.

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This course surveys Aboriginal literature. Students assess traditional tales from an oral storytelling tradition, as well as poems, plays, and short stories by contemporary writers. As well, students learn effective composition skills and the techniques of literary analysis.

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This course will introduce students to the relationship between nutrition and health. Students will focus on healthy eating, understanding strategies for modifying food patterns within the context of lifestyle and culture, and identifying standards of healthy eating in Canada. Since nutrition is a science, the course will break down food into its chemical components, known as nutrients, and discuss the functions and health implications of nutrients.

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This course examines the development of modern psychology from its founding to the present. Attention will be paid to the work of philosophers, physiologists, and physicists beginning in Ancient Greece through the Renaissance to the founding of contemporary psychology in the 19th century. Special attention will be paid to the 19th-and 20th-century evolution of psychological thought, including psychoanalysis, neobehaviourism, and cognitive, humanistic, and biological psychology.

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The Introductory Medical Terminology course introduces students to medical terminology in both the written and the spoken forms. Students will be introduced to the construction of medical terms and will learn to analyze words to determine meaning. Students will learn and identify a variety of suffixes, prefixes and roots that compose medical terms. A knowledge of word parts and a comprehension of building skills will aid the student in understanding medical terminology, anatomical relations, and diseases.

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This course is an introduction to the responsibilities of a medical office assistant in a fully computerized, team based medical office. Topics covered include: office organization, medical procedures, scheduling, preparing clients for medical exams and external care providers. Students learn, as custodians of the client's chart, they are responsible for ensuring the patient data is accurate, current and confidential. They will learn to assist the physician or nurse practitioner with patient care, with managing chronic disease registries, and with related medical services. This course focuses on patient-centred care and communications skills.

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The Medical Office Assistant practicum will allow students to apply the skills and knowledge they have acquired in the classroom during the Medical Office Assistant program. Practicum placements are scheduled for 40 hours and will be in a medical office.

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This course is a general introduction to billing in a fully computerized general practitioner's office. Topics covered include optimizing billing opportunities for all visits including medical procedures, emergency visits, facility visits, maternity, delivery, chronic diseases, mental health and palliative care.

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This introductory course is designed to provide students with basic knowledge about mental illnesses and substance use. Through lectures and discussion, students will be offered the opportunity to gain an understanding of the impact of living with mental illness and/or substance use, and the essential tools and resources that may assist them to engage with people who might be struggling.

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The Industrial Mechanic/ Machinist Foundation program combines classroom-based theory with hands on practical training in a shop setting. Skills learned in the program will provide students with skills to seek an apprenticeship in the Industrial Mechanic (millwright) or Machinist trade. Topics include: safety related functions, tools and equipment, routine trade activities, measuring and layout of work pieces, cutting and welding, refurbish components, drilling machines, power saws, lathes, milling machines, rigging hoisting/lifting and moving, and communication and mentoring techniques.

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This course introduces students to the sonographic principles of imaging in the normal abdomen and pelvis. The focus is on normal anatomical appearance, variants and common pathologies. Concepts include relational and cross-sectional anatomy and physiology. Students will apply theoretical concepts to scan structures of interest in the abdomen, male pelvis, and non-pregnant female pelvis..