Intensive Academic Preparation
Intensive Academic Preparation (IAP):
In this course, students will complete activities and assessment tasks that use the same standards of English required at the university level.
Students will develop English language and study skills that they will use throughout the program, including skills in these four main areas: listening, reading, speaking, and writing.
Program duration:
- This program is 30 hours total, over 3 weeks.
- Estimated 20 hours of homework with reading, studying, and assigned coursework.
Note: This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. As such, PTIB did not review this program.
| Fees apply to all locations at which the program is offered. | ||
|---|---|---|
Domestic Students |
International Students |
|
| Tuition | $2,250 | $2,250 |
| Application Fee | $50 | $50 |
| Administrative Fee | $120 | $120 |
| Administrative Fee - Description & Breakdown | LMS fees, subscriptions & resources | LMS fees, subscriptions & resources |
| Lab Fee | $0 | $0 |
| Textbooks Fee | $50 | $50 |
| Materials Fee | $0 | $0 |
| Other Fee | $55 | $55 |
| Other Fee - Description & Breakdown | GST on books/materials | GST on books/materials |
| Testing/Assessment Fee | $2,525 | $2,525 |
| Total | $5,050 | $5,050 |
Upon completion of the program, students will be prepared to demonstrate the following:
- Define the eight parts of speech and their roles in forming sentences.
- Explain how words are used as different parts of speech in sentences. Identify the elements that make a complete sentence.
- Recognize independent and dependent clauses and essential and nonessential phrases in a sentence.
- Form plurals of irregular nouns.
- Correctly place the apostrophe when forming possessives.
- Identify different types of pronouns and correctly use them in sentences.
- Correctly form possessives of pronouns.
- Expand your knowledge and use of business terminology.
- Apply rules of subject-verb agreement with singular and plural subjects.
- Identify subjects and verbs in various types of sentences and apply rules of subject-verb agreement.
- Use adjectives and adverbs correctly as modifiers.
- Identify different types of adjectives and use them correctly.
- Apply commas correctly to separate a series of items or adjectives in sentences.
- Properly place commas in sentences containing names of locations, people, dates, and quotations.
- Use the apostrophe to show possession and to form contractions.
- Use quotation marks correctly when quoting the words of others.
- Apply the various uses of the hyphen, including forming compounds and dividing words.
- Write complete sentences and avoid fragments and comma splices.
- Write clearly and concisely and improve the style of your writing.
- Correctly use abbreviations in workplace communications.
- Correctly express numbers in workplace communications.
- Correctly apply the rules of capitalization, abbreviations, and numbers when editing and proofreading your writing.
- Proof of high school graduation OR minim 18 years of age
- Proof of valid legal status in Canada
Textbook:
Smith, Leila R, and Roberta Moore.
English for Careers: Business, Professional, and Technical. , 2014.
Note: This program does not require approval by the Private Training Institutions Branch (PTIB) of the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. As such, PTIB did not review this program.