Courses

Consultation with faculty and student representatives, employers, and Co-operative Education & Career Action staff has resulted in four required courses and seven elective courses being developed for the Professional Development program. Required courses are dependent on your faculty and all faculties have a choice amongst the elective courses. For more detailed descriptions please view the course-specific links.

Required Courses

Applied Health Studies, Arts, Environment, Mathematics, Science

• PD1: Co-op Fundamentals
• PD2: Critical Reflection and Report Writing

Engineering

• PD20: Engineering Workplace Skills I: Developing Reasoned Conclusions
• PD21: Engineering Workplace Skills II: Developing Effective Plans

Elective Courses

All Faculties

• PD3: Communication
• PD4: Teamwork
• PD5: Project Management
• PD6: Problem Solving
• PD7: Conflict Resolution
• PD8: Intercultural Skills
• PD9: Ethical Decision Making → coming fall 2013
• PD22: Professionalism and Ethics in the Workplace

Unsure what course to pick? Former students have created a mini-questionnaire to help you identify the PD course that’s best for you.

PD Elective Course Questionnaire (PDF)