This program will equip students for planning, designing, implementing and instructing outdoor programs for public and private agencies in ecotourism and outdoor areas. Students can expect to find employment in a wide variety of positions upon completion of this program, including working as guides for eco-adventure tourism businesses, operating their own small businesses, teaching and leading others in developing outdoor skills, working as ski patrollers and in search and rescue operations. Communication and information technologies are changing at a rapid rate, resulting in greater globalization and a need for highly skilled individuals who can keep pace with these transitions. Advancements in the marketing, formatting, storage, access and delivery of data are transforming the way we produce and deliver information. These changes create new economic and career opportunities.
Electronic publishing is one of the key growth areas of the modern economy.
That's why we need this new applied degree program. The new stream enables students to take courses from the Department of Computer Sciences and Information Systems and the School for Business and Entrepreneurial Studies, in addition to fulfilling work terms in which they can operate their own venture. With this combination of skills, graduates will be ideally suited to starting their own businesses, acting as consultants to small business, and working in large corporations. Our graduates, with their combination of technical and business skills, are ideal candidates for placement in this area. Bell Canada has estimated that the electronic sector will grow at an annual rate of 100 per cent in the next few years.