In order to ensure Sheridan graduates have the skills they need to excel in their field of employment, we consult regularly with employers through Program Advisory Committees and through research into the skills required of employees in today’s complex workplace. One of the most essential skills is that of effective communication.
Essential Communications Skills (ECS) (course code COMM19999), is a communications course intended to help you develop the written and spoken communication and presentation skills your future employers tell us you will need. This course will also help you develop the academic writing skills you will need throughout your program.
For more information on the course curriculum, check out the course outline for COMM19999. Students who are required to take Essential Communications Skills as part of their program must first complete a Language Assessment prior to the start of classes so they can be placed into the correct Communications Skills course.
Fall 2012 Term
Students who are admitted to the following programs are required to complete a Language Assessment at Sheridan before classes begin in September:
| Davis |
Trafalgar |
| PANCR – Animal Care |
PARTF – Art Fundamentals |
| PCYWK – Child and Youth Worker |
PCYWK – Child and Youth Worker |
| PCAJS – Community and Justice Services |
PCTAM – Cosmetic Techniques and Management |
PCWOD – Community Worker - Outreach and Development |
PCRDC, PCRDF, PCRDG, PCRDT – Crafts and Design |
| PECED – Early Childhood Education |
PECED – Early Childhood Education |
| PFITL – Fundamentals of Fitness Leadership |
PINDE – Interior Decorating |
PPHTO – Pharmacy Technician |
PSSWK – Social Service Worker |
| PPSWK – Personal Support Worker |
PSSWG – Social Service Worker – Gerontology |
| PPOLF – Police Foundations |
PCVAD, PCVAT – Visual and Creative Arts (Year 1) |
| PPNSG – Practical Nursing |
PVMAS – Visual Merchandising Arts |
| PSSWK – Social Service Worker |
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| PSSWG – Social Service Worker – Gerontology |
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| PVETT – Veterinary Technician |
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