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C. Progress Towards Achieving Board Ends and College Strategic Directions
C.1 Vision and Mission (Policy A-05) (cont’d)
The College is awaiting approval from the Post-secondary Education Quality Assessment
Board (PEQAB) so that it can launch the Interior Design degree. In addition, the College
continues work on the development of four business degree programs:
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Bachelor of Commerce - Accounting degree
Bachelor of Commerce - Leadership and Management degree
Bachelor of Commerce - Digital Marketing degree
Bachelor of Commerce - Human Resources Management degree
The launch of the Aviation Technician (Maintenance) diploma program represents the
continuation of the College’s strategy to create Aerospace Canada International (ACI) in
partnership with Sault College. The College has allocated resources for the implementation
of this program including $500,000 for capitalization of equipment and will allocate additional
resources as required going forward. The existing Aviation Technician (Avionics) program
launched in September 2011 is planning to have its first full intake of international students
in September 2012. To support ACI, the College has designated a facility where all the
aviation programs, including both the Aviation Technician (Avionics) and Aviation Technician
(Maintenance) and the Aircraft Structure program from Sault College will be located. Over
the next year the business plan for renovating this facility will be finalized.
To support the development of the four new Business degrees, additional faculty resources
have been allocated to the Lawrence Kinlin School of Business (LKSB). These new
positions will require PhDs to meet PEQAB requirements and will be hired over the Summer
of 2012. The College will be submitting the four degree proposals to PEQAB over the
Summer of 2012. These new positions are critical to obtaining approval to offer the degrees
because of the qualification requirements to have the appropriate number of faculty with the
appropriate credential.
The Faculty of Arts, Media and Design’s (FAMD’s) commitment to program quality
assurance is being enhanced by the introduction of a new quality assurance checklist to be
completed by Chairs and program coordinators, in conjunction with faculty teams, on an
annual basis. This will improve the quality of programs with FAMD and ensure that they
remain current outside of the Program Review process.
The School of Information Technology received approval in 2011 to offer a Paralegal
program after completing a lengthy and thorough accreditation process required by the Law
Society of Upper Canada. The Paralegal Graduate Certificate program will run for the first
time in September 2012.
A grant was received from the Research Innovation Fund (RIF) at Fanshawe to pilot a
program that had proven successful for teaching children with autism social skills in the early
year’s settings. With the overwhelming support for project from the community, Thames
Valley Children’s Centre, All Kids Belong, and Fanshawe applied for additional funding from
Autism Speaks Canada to implement the new program in fifteen childcare centres in the
London area. The application was recently approved and program roll-out will occur in
2012/13.
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