Programs offered at each campus may vary, so be sure to check other campus offerings for the course you are most interested in.
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Learn industry-leading makeup and beauty trends and techniques, taught by creative, qualified, and experienced instructors in a modern classroom environment. Work on real clients and models and have your looks shot by pro photographers as you build your portfolio for a dynamic career. The Makeup Artistry Technician Diploma in Halifax is the only dual-licensed program in Atlantic Canada that offers you both a Makeup Artistry and Eyelash Technician License. You will gain practical application techniques for various makeup artistry topics including Bridal, Introduction to Special Effects (SFX), High Fashion, Film and Television, Glamour, and more. You will also master the latest lash techniques including lash extensions, lash lift and tint. Throughout the advanced makeup diploma, you will learn skills for retail, commercial and personal capacities; greatly expanding your options and increasing your career opportunities. Unlike other makeup schools in the Atlantic province, all our students are provided with a 4-week work license so they can confidently demonstrate and develop skills for real-world experiences.
Career Opportunities
Open doors to a well-rounded career with our makeup artistry courses. You will have the opportunity to pursue positions in film and television, theatre, beauty salons, spas and retail as well as self-employment as a freelance artist. Graduates can expect to find work as a makeup artist, eyelash technician, fashion show artist, makeup consultant for bridal and glamour, brand ambassador and more.
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Become essential to any organization. Gain the skills you need to excel in every aspect of accounting. The accounting and payroll courses in this program will cover accounting and payroll principles including bookkeeping, internal control, intermediate and management accounting and payroll fundamentals. The Accounting and Payroll Administrator diploma program in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick offers a 10-week field placement to gain hands-on experience in the field. The program will provide you with practical experience in essential areas, including financial accounting and payroll, business application software, and the setup and management of computerized accounting systems. Graduates will also be eligible to pursue their Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) designation from the National Payroll Institute. Throughout the Accounting Program you will build a strong accounting base and develop the professional skills needed to unlock your career potential.
Career Opportunities
Accounting and Payroll Administrators are in demand, often working across disciplines in finance, human resources, data management and information management. These roles can be both client-facing, and behind the scenes ensuring finance-based operations run smoothly.
As an Accounting and Payroll Administrator, you will qualify for positions such as: Accounts Clerk, Payroll Administrator, and Pay and Benefits Administrator.
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Digital marketing is constantly evolving. Obtain the right skills and experience to excel in the growing field of Digital Marketing and stay ahead of trends. The Business and Digital Marketing Specialist diploma program teaches you search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, content marketing, marketing analytics, and how to build and optimize pay-per-click ads (Google ads). The program also includes a 12-week field placement so you can get hands-on experience on real-world projects.
Career Opportunities
As a Business and Digital Marketing Specialist graduate, you will qualify for positions such as: Digital Marketing Specialist, Social Media Coordinator, Integrated Marketing Strategist, and Email Marketing Coordinator.
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Get specialized training in medical terminology, medical office administrative skills, medical transcription and word processing to help you succeed in a career as a healthcare professional and play an important role in ensuring that the healthcare setting is organized and functional. The 53-week Medical Administrative Specialist diploma program will provide you with an understanding of medical terminology, pharmacology, medical office and clinical administration, anatomy and physiology, and more. Gain real-world experience with an 8-week field placement in the growing healthcare industry.
Career Opportunities
As a Medical Administrative Specialist graduate, you will qualify for positions such as Medical Office Assistant, Medical Secretary, and Ward Clerk.
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Gain the clerical skills you need to be successful in an office environment and play a vital role in ensuring a workplace runs professionally and efficiently. Throughout program, you will develop interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills to assist in the smooth operation of an office. The Administrative Specialist diploma program includes a 4-week field placement for hands-on experience.
Career Opportunities
As an Administrative Specialist graduate, you will qualify for positions such as Administrative Assistant, Office Clerk, and Office Administrative Assistant.
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Supply chain and logistics continue to evolve and areas such as handling raw materials, purchasing, transportation and distribution are intersecting. Join a dynamic and multi-faceted field that powers the global economy. The Supply Chain and Logistics diploma program offers a 4-month field placement for students to gain hands-on experience and build their professional network. Supply chain management courses will take you through the entire system involved in moving a product from the raw material stage to the end consumer. It links together multiple processes including the movement, planning and timing of materials to save costs and meet demands while logistics focuses on the movement of goods.
Career Opportunities
The Supply Chain and Logistics program will qualify grads to pursue positions such as Logistics Coordinator, Dispatcher, Purchasing Agent, Materials Management Analyst, Scheduler, Loss Prevention Agent and Cargo and Freight Agent.
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Take digital marketing courses online to learn the latest industry best practices and tools wherever you are. With this online diploma program, you can prepare to succeed in the constantly-evolving world of digital marketing. In as short as 33 weeks, our online courses in digital marketing can teach you how to identify target markets, develop and implement strategies, evaluate results, and manage online reputation and social media accounts for organizations.
Take advantage of our digital marketing online courses such as social media marketing, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, email marketing, and web design. Gain knowledge of budgeting, brand style guides, and analytics dashboards to become a digital marketing professional in this rapidly growing industry.
Career Opportunities
Taking the best online digital marketing courses can help you land a job in a wide cross-section of businesses with online presence. These include retail companies, engineering consultancies, organizations in healthcare, and management consultancies, and many other sectors.
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Join the growing healthcare field with a quality program that contains hands-on clinical experience and a quality curriculum. All of our campuses are CMTCA-accredited. Begin a rewarding career in healthcare and make a difference in the lives of your patients each and every day by enrolling in this Massage Therapy program. Learn from highly qualified instructors, build practical, hands-on experience through your clinical internship, and graduate confident and job-ready. With a 100% employment rate in 2021, our Massage Therapy graduates were employed in a relevant job within 12 months. Students are also able to take advantage of scholarships and employment opportunities through our industry partnerships.
Career Opportunities
The Massage Therapy diploma program will qualify graduates to pursue positions in private clinics, multi-disciplinary clinics, spas, wellness centers, and self-employment.
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Learn the skills to become a registered Continuing Care Assistant in Nova Scotia. You will be trained in how to provide long-term care assistance to the aging community. The Continuing Care Assistant Diploma program is recognized by and licensed through the Health Association of Nova Scotia (HANS) and overseen by the Nova Scotia Department of Seniors and Long-Term Care (DSLTC). You will receive the necessary theory and hands-on training to prepare you for this vital, in-demand career. You’ll cover all aspects of CCA modalities, including speciality training in dealing with Alzheimer’s, dementia and palliative care.
Right now you can take advantage of free tuition for the Continuing Care Assistant (CCA) program which is being funded by the Seniors and Long-Term Care division of the Nova Scotia Government. You must be a Canadian permanent resident or citizen to qualify.
Career Opportunities
As a Continuing Care Assistant graduate, you will qualify for positions such as Continuing Care Assistant, Care Team Assistant, Home Support Worker, Home Care Worker, and Personal Care Worker.
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Pharmacy assistants work under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist assisting them with the tasks required to keep the pharmacy or related department running smoothly and efficiently. The 32-week Pharmacy Assistant diploma program will provide you with an understanding of pharmacy compounding, pharmacy laws and ethics, preparing and dispensing medications, billing and inventory and more. Throughout the program, you will learn in a classroom environment that simulates real-world pharmacy settings. Pursue a 6-week field placement for hands-on experience and for the chance to grow your professional network.
Career Opportunities
As a Pharmacy Assistant, you’ll work as part of a health care team to ensure that consumers receive the best possible pharmaceutical care. Graduates of the Eastern Pharmacy Assistant program may work for Pharmacists in retail pharmacies, home healthcare divisions/companies, insurance companies, institutional settings and pharmaceutical distribution wholesalers/manufacturers.
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As a Pharmacy Technician, you will work under the direction of licensed pharmacists to carry out pharmacy-related tasks. Your role will enhance a patient’s health by ensuring patients receive accurate prescriptions. Gain knowledge relevant to the technical and clerical aspects of the pharmacy profession including inventory maintenance, record keeping, pharmacy equipment, device demonstration, mathematical skills related to pharmacy, compounding, and prescription preparation in both hospital and community pharmacies. Throughout the program, you will learn in a classroom environment that simulates real-world pharmacy settings. Pursue a 9-week field placement for hands-on experience and for the chance to grow your professional network.
Career Opportunities
The Pharmacy Technician diploma program will qualify graduates to pursue positions in hospitals and retail pharmacies.
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Learn the skills to become a registered Continuing Care Assistant in Nova Scotia. You will be trained in how to provide long-term care assistance to the aging community. Continuing Care Assistants (CCAs) are highly sought after in Nova Scotia and remain one of the fastest-growing fields in health care. This is mainly due to the rise of the Canadian aging population. Canadians are now living longer lives than previous generations and the demand for care workers is also increasing.
Our Continuing Care Assistant – Progressive Education Program (CCA – PE), is a great way to put your learning into practice early on in this ‘Work and Learn’ program. Starting from week 12 of this unique program, students will attend classes virtually three days a week and work two days a week in the continuing care sector.
We are currently working with placement opportunities at the following locations. We are continuously expanding our partnerships and adding new locations. Let us know which facility you are interested in your community.
Right now you can take advantage of free tuition for the Continuing Care Assistant – Progressive Education program which is being funded by the Seniors and Long-Term Care division of the Nova Scotia Government. You must be a Canadian permanent resident or citizen to qualify for free tuition.
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Career Opportunities
As a Continuing Care Assistant graduate, you will qualify for positions such as Continuing Care Assistant, Care Team Assistant, Home Support Worker, Home Care Worker, and Personal Care Worker.
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Do you have work experience as a pharmacy assistant? You can now advance your career with our part-time Pharmacy Technician Diploma Program. The Pharmacy Technician Bridging program is designed as a pathway for pharmacy assistants with work experience to advance their careers to become a Pharmacy Technician. This part-time program is 100% remote and incorporates training in the workplace to ensure that students develop the “hands-on” skills they need to be employed as a Registered Pharmacy Technician.
Career Opportunities
The bridging diploma program will provide a pathway for pharmacy assistants to pursue a career as a pharmacy technician in community or hospital pharmacies, long term care pharmacies, and specialty pharmacies.
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Make a difference in the lives of youth and their families by supporting the different aspects of development and wellness. The Child and Youth Care Worker (CYCW) diploma program prepares students with the skillset they need to work with adolescents, children, and families with diverse needs: including social, emotional, behavioural and mental health concerns. This program is recognized and aligned with competencies as per Nova Scotia Department of Community Services and graduates are eligible to receive admission with advanced standing to the Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) Child and Youth Study Degree Program. CYCWs work with their clients and other stakeholders/institutions to ensure the best course of action is taken to promote the wellbeing of children, youth and their families.
Career Opportunities
The Child and Youth Care Worker Diploma program will qualify grads to pursue positions such as Family Support Worker, Outreach Worker, Child Life Worker, Direct Support Professional, Youth Wellness Counsellor, Residential Program Worker, Disability Worker, Family-School Liaison Worker, Case Worker or Corrections Worker.
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Play an important role in the legal field by enrolling in Eastern College’s Paralegal diploma program. Graduate with the knowledge and skills you need for careers in law firms, government agencies, or the court system. The Paralegal diploma program equips you with the fundamental knowledge of Canada’s legal system. As a paralegal you can work in various areas such as real estate, immigration, intellectual property, bankruptcy, criminal, and family law. Develop real-world work experience through an 8-week internship so that you graduate with the skills and experience that employers want.
Career Opportunities
The Paralegal program will qualify grads to pursue positions within law firms, administrative tribunals, government agencies, legal aid clinics and the courts.
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Pursue a career in the corrections and community services field with a criminology college program. Gain insight into the concepts of crime, criminality, and the functioning of the criminal justice system. The Criminology diploma program provides the opportunity to pursue a 6-week field placement for hands-on experience. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of the Canadian criminal justice system through a criminological lens. The criminology program will cover aspects such as crime, law enforcement, the court system, sentencing procedures, correctional methods for both male and female offenders, as well as youth, and the processes of rehabilitation and reintegration. This will give you the foundation on which further criminology courses can be decisively analyzed, critiqued, and understood. Criminology jobs include working alongside the government, law enforcement, judicial institutions, correctional institutions, social workers, and educational institutions.
Career Opportunities
The Criminology program will qualify grads to pursue positions within Community Corrections Programs for Youth and Adults, Youth Custody Facilities, Security-Related Agencies, Adult Community Residential Centers and OutReach/Cognitive Life Skills Programs.
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Get on the path to a career in the exciting and growing field of cybersecurity and information technology administration. The IT Systems and Security Administrator diploma program provides hands-on knowledge required to configure, manage, and secure computer systems and networks. Learn technical skills to protect digital environments for all types of industries. The program also includes 10 free certification examination vouchers (including Microsoft, CompTIA, and Cisco) and a 16-week field placement so you can gain valuable hands-on experience.
Career Opportunities
As an IT Systems and Security Administrator graduate, you will qualify for positions such as: Windows Server Administrator, Active Directory Administrator, Windows Network Administrator, Smartphone Administrator, Messaging Administrator, Email Server Administrator, Linux Administrator, Open Source Specialist, and Data Mining Specialist.
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Learn best practices for a career in animal care, including specialized skills in veterinary nursing and receptionist skills for the veterinary office. The Veterinary Administrative Assistant diploma program will provide you with the skills to be successful as a veterinary assistant or administrator. Gain an introduction to the field of veterinary medicine and learn about the breeds of cats and dogs, the behaviour associated with the various breeds, body language, behaviour concepts and animal nutrition and nursing. You will also gain skills in veterinary office management which includes maintaining medical records, processing pet insurance claims, scheduling appointments and an understanding of veterinary office management software such as eVet.
Career Opportunities
The Veterinary Administrative Assistant Diploma program will qualify graduates to pursue positions in veterinary clinics, animal care agencies, or positions in pet stores.
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