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NorQuest College operates as an accredited high school and offers courses that follow the Alberta Education curriculum, and prepare you to continue your studies at NorQuest or another post-secondary institution. All courses are four months long. Free placement testing is available.

Essential across all industries, accounting professionals play a key role in organizational success. This program provides the basic theory and technical skills required to perform a range of accounting services.

This post-diploma certificate builds upon students’ previous training and experience and provides health and human services professionals with the knowledge and skills to work with clients experiencing substance use and concurrent disorders.

The Administrative Professional program equips you with the skills and knowledge you need to become an office professional in today’s business environment. You will learn essential office skills such as basic accounting, software applications, event management, and business communication.

Begin your post-secondary journey at NorQuest College with our Arts and Sciences university transfer program. Complete up to 30 credits, which can be transferred to the second year of a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Sciences degree, or towards completion of a NorQuest College post-secondary program.

Build the skills you need to thrive in a dynamic business world and choose from five specializations in the second year—Management (entrepreneurship or business operations), Accounting, Human Resources Management, Finance (financial services or financial planning), or General Studies—in which you will develop a core understanding of business fundamentals for any career you choose.

Business analysis professionals play a vital role in helping organization create efficiencies, update processes, and modernize to meet the challenges of today.

The Child and Youth Care program is designed to prepare students to support children and youth who have experienced social, behavioural, and emotional challenges. Focused on diversity, inclusion, and Indigenous culture, the program teaches students the foundational skills of child and youth care practice, as well as perspectives and strategies for supporting all children and youth in culturally respectful ways.

This exciting certificate program provides you with the knowledge and skills to work with marginalized communities and individuals at the front line in a human service delivery setting.

Acquire the skills needed to support individuals with disabilities in early intervention, community settings, schools, recreation, and employment. You will be prepared to create, implement, assess, and modify plans to help utilize individual strengths and abilities to increase opportunities for meaningful participation in the community.

Learn to provide quality child care in a variety of settings and plan appropriate activities for children in your care. Knowledge of child development, family dynamics, play, and program planning will equip you to support the healthy development of children though child-centred learning experiences.

The certificate program prepares graduates for Early Childhood Educator II certification.

Learn to provide quality child care in a variety of settings and plan appropriate activities for children in your care. Knowledge of child development, family dynamics, play, and program planning will equip you to support the healthy development of children though child-centred learning experiences.

The diploma programs prepare graduates for Early Childhood Educator III certification from Alberta Children's Services.

The Educational Assistant program prepares students to work in educational and community settings. The program focuses on diversity and inclusion, training students to support children and youth with a variety of learning needs, and helping them to reach their potential.

By providing inclusive classroom learning and hands-on practicum experience, the program equips graduates with the knowledge, interpersonal, and practical skills to support students both one-on-one and in small group environments.

Energy Management is an interdisciplinary program that provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary for the growing workforce needs in the energy sector. You will learn to apply emerging renewable energy sources, understand energy efficiency, and navigate energy policy so that you can support and direct the energy needs of organizations and communities.

Are you passionate about the environment? Start a rewarding career to protect and sustain the health of our environment and ecosystems.

Through extensive, hands-on training in both laboratory and field settings, you will prepare for technical work in the environmental sector and gain practical knowledge and skills in compliance auditing and contaminated site management to impact assessment and pollution prevention and monitoring.

Improve your English language listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills to prepare for further education or employment. All courses are fourteen weeks long. Free placement testing is available after you have applied.

This one-year professional certificate program will prepare you to become a leader in the food and beverage industry. Learners will be ready to manage existing establishments or take their first step in launching a business.

NorQuest College’s Health Care Aide program is among the largest in Canada and prepares you to be a part of a health-care team in a variety of different settings, providing a high level of front-line care to clients in need of assistance.

Demonstrate your leadership potential! Develop management fundamentals and acquire relevant skills so you can engage with current and emerging health care issues and respond as a bold, authentic leader.

Assist patients to overcome injuries or impairments as a valuable member of an interdisciplinary health-care team. You will develop a strong occupational and physical therapy assistant background, and learn to incorporate essential assistant-level skills in speech language therapy and therapeutic recreation.