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College Fundamentals is a flexible, barrier-free recognition for completing a variety of college courses offered through City School.
Program Highlights
- Experience the postsecondary environment
- Gain insight into multiple employment sectors
- List a college certificate on your resume upon completion
- Discover pathways to education and employment
Eligibility
Applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
- 19 years of age or older
- Not currently enrolled in high school or postsecondary
Program Delivery
Face-to-face, online, and blended modules through City School.
Requirements
To achieve the College Fundamentals Certificate, applicants
must complete all of the following:
- College 101
- Any other City School postsecondary course
- 120 hours of City School non-postsecondary courses

College Fundamentals Certificate Checklist
Have you completed these 3 requirements?
College 101 (This includes College 101 - Indigenous, Bundled Arrows, and Introduction to Postsecondary Experiences)
Any other City School postsecondary course
120 hours of City School non-postsecondary courses
How do I get there?
Example 1
If you have:
- Requirement 2: City School postsecondary course
- Introduction to Marketing (postsecondary course)
- Requirement 3: 120 hours of City School courses
- Small Business Foundations (24 hours)
- Introduction to Horticulture (60 hours)
- Customer Service Engagement Workshops (24 hours)
- Business Success Strategies (postsecondary course, 42 hours)
What do you need?
- Requirement 1: College 101
Example 2
If you have:
- Requirement 1: College 101
- Requirement 2: City School postsecondary course
- Intro to Health & Wellness
- Requirement 3: 120 hours of City School courses
- Helping Professions Career Discovery (32 hours)
What do you need?
- 88 hours of City School non-postsecondary courses
Example 3
If you have:
- Requirement 1: College 101
- Requirement 3: 120 hours of City School courses
- Material Handling (60 hours)
- Explore Careers in Goods Movement (16 hours)
- Introduction to Manufacturing (78 hours)
What do you need?
Postsecondary Courses
Advertising Applications
Advertising Concepts
Advocacy and Community Social Action
Analyzing Video Games
Anatomy
Bodies: The Social Perspective
Business Success Strategies
Child Development & Behaviour
Computer Skills for Business
Computers for Business
Concrete Forming and Finishing Techniques
Creative Team
Digital Photojournalism
Drafting Fundamentals
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Technology
Family Dynamics
Foundations 1 PSW
Foundations of Pharmaceutical Products
Group Dynamics
Health, Safety, and Nutrition
Human Services Career Discovery
Interactive Web Design
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Child & Youth Care
Introduction to Health & Wellness
Introduction to Marketing
Introduction to Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Introduction to Social Service Worker
Introduction to Welding
Layout and Art Direction
Me, We, Community
Operations and Supply Chain Management
Popular Culture
Popular Music & Society
Positive Psychology
Production Framing Techniques
Sociology for Social Service Workers
Surveying and Layout
Using Music for Health & Wellness
Workplace Safety
Non-postsecondary Courses
Careers at the Port (16 hours)
Careers in Community and Long Term Care (32 hours)
Coding Bootcamp (60 hours)
Customer Service Engagement Workshops (24 hours)
Explore Careers in Food & Beverage Processing (32 hours)
Explore Careers in Goods Movement (16 hours)
Explore Careers in Steel Construction (16 hours)
Explore Careers in Sustainable Development (24 hours)
Explore Careers in Tech (32 hours)
Foundations of Food & Beverage Processing (60 hours)
Foundations of Horticulture (60 hours)
Green Building Technologies (28 hours)
Helping Professions Career Discovery (24 hours)
Horticulture Bootcamp - Landscape Design (12 hours)
Horticulture Bootcamp - Rooftop Garden (12 hours)
Indigenous College Success Workshops (16 hours)
Intro Welding (42 hours)
Introduction to Construction (56 hours)
Landscape Construction (60 hours)
Landscape Maintenance - Bootcamp (30 hours)
Landscape Maintenance & Employability Skills (112 hours)
Manufacturing 4.0 / Introduction to Manufacturing (78 hours)
Material Handling 4.0 (60 hours)
Residential Settings: Culinary Arts and Environmental Services (120 hours)
Ship Repair & Fabrication (84 hours)
Skills Advance Employment Workshops (42 hours)
Small Business Foundations (24 hours)
STEM Boost (30 hours)
STEM Career Discovery (40 hours)
WAGE Employment Workshops (21 hours)
Welding Fundamentals (60 hours)
Women in Meat (112 hours)
Questions?
Phone: 905-575-2489
Email: cityschool [at] mohawkcollege.ca