October 2018

External Counsellor's Update

Treaty Territory &Homelands of the Metis People

Changing mindsets

Today’s students

Updates

Resources

Universities

Reputation-stakeholder influence or

previous attend (family)

perception

Polytechnic

Value (lower debt)

Job opportunities

University is thought of

as has a “higher

prestige” type of

education leading to

better jobs…

Many Saskatchewan

Polytechnic

graduates go onto

excellent positions in

their field, often

earning equal or

even surpassing

University trained

counterparts …

If I don’t make it through

University I can still go

to Sask Polytech…

Many students

come to us with

post secondary

experience or even

a degree, and have

stated that Sask

Poly programs are

much harder than

the courses they

took at university…

The average age of

our graduates is 28

Sask Polytech only

offers Trades training

and Nursing…

Learning Options

Full-Time On-Campus

Flexible Learning

• Online

• Televised

• Print

• Lecture

Regional Colleges

Dual Credits

Today’s students

are:

• Portable

• Flexible learning

options

• Engaged

• Future skills

• Job

opportunities…

Sask Polytech leverages:

• Connection to industry

and the economy

• Diversity of

programming and

learning options.

• Transfer Credit options

for future

enhancement

• Engaged programming

Learn by doing75% of our programs offer a work-integrated learning

95 % of Graduates are

satisfied by the overall

quality of their

educational experience,

greater than both

universities …

97 % of employers

said they’d hire a Sask

Polytech grad again.

PROGRAM

UPDATES

• Online Domestic Applications increase to $75.00 from $50.00

• Paper Domestic Applications increase to $100.00 from $75.00

• International Document Assessment fee for Domestic Applications decreases to $75.00 from $100.00

• Seat deposits increase to $600.00 from $500.00

• International Applications remain the same at $150.00

• SCBScN one time application fee remains the same at $100

Application Fee ChangesEffective July 01, 2019

• student profile of registrations (enrolment verification, course schedule) **this must originate from the school

• Ministry of Education transcripts (paper or electronic)

• An email from secondary/post-secondary staff supplying required information for conditional admission, that must clearly originate with the school and contains a full signature block (i.e., name, position, school)

Preliminary statement of high school standing form eliminated, current HS students still must submit this information through one

of the following options:

Applicants will submit only one application each year and indicate one location of site preference.

Applicants are accepted on the basis of their competitive admission average and the number of seats available at each location.

If applicants become waitlisted at their location of choice, and a seat becomes available to the applicant at a different location than the one that was chosen, the applicant will be contacted and offered that as an alternative

site. The applicant will have the option to accept the seat at the alternate

site, or decline it and remain on the waitlist at their location of choice.

The site options for this year are Regina, Saskatoon, and North Battleford; not admitting to Swift Current this year.

SCBScN 2020 admission process:

Power Engineering Technology

• the program will no longer be High Demand

and will return to FQFA status for the 2020-

2021 intake.High Demand Programs for

2020/2021 intake:

Dental Hygiene

Medical Radiologic Technology

Practical Nursing

Power Engineering Technician Certificate

• Location: Regina Delivery is subject to needs assessment

• Duration: 36 Weeks

• Additional Requirements: Grade 12 with Foundations of

Math 30 or Pre-Calculus 30*. Minimum overall average

of 65%

Interactive Design and Technology

• Effective for the September 2019 intake, the Interactive Design

and Technology program will move from the Prince Albert

Campus to the Saskatoon Campus and the number of seats will

increase to 30. The program is also offered in Regina

Computer Systems Technology• Effective for the September 2019 intake, the program will be

offered at the Regina Campus. The program continues to be offered in Saskatoon.

Business Information Systems Technology• Effective for the September 2019 intake, the program will be

offered at the Regina Campus. The program continues to be offered in Moose Jaw.

Addictions Counselling Diploma

• English Language Requirement specific to Addictions

Counselling effective January 2020 (refer to Addictions

Counselling in the ELP chart)

All Nursing and Health Science Programs

• Accepted applicants are required to provide evidence of 2015

WHMIS Globally Harmonized System (GHS) certification upon

admission into the program.

Psychiatric Nursing Diploma

• Effective July 01, 2019 Accepted applicants must provide

evidence of:

• TLR certification

• Professional Assault Response Training (PART)

• 2015 WHMIS GHS Certification

Software Developer• Location: Saskatoon

Cyber Security• Location: Saskatoon

Technology Management• Location: Moose Jaw

Supply Chain Management • Location: Moose Jaw

Post Graduate Certificates

COET(Creating Opportunities for Entry into the Trades)

Skilled Trades Awareness and Readiness (STAR) • The COET program is designed to provide trades training opportunities to underrepresented groups such

as:

• Indigenous peoples

• Newcomers

• Persons with disabilities

• Women

• exploration into the construction and transportation trades today with our three-day tours, one-week

intro programs and our 12-20 week applied certificate programs.

• Free tuition for your chosen program or activities (seat fee may apply).

• Free textbooks and/or required learning resources.

• Access to online course materials during your in-class learning journey.

Emergency Communications Certificate

• suspended at the Prince Albert Campus

Youth Care Worker Diploma Year 2

• suspended at the Saskatoon Campus effective July 01, 2019

due to low enrollments

Civil Technician Certificate

• suspended at the Moose Jaw Campus effective July 01, 2019

Diabetes Education for Health Care Providers- Advanced Certificate

• Dynamic Web Development (DWD) Adv. Cert.

• Digital Graphic Design (DGD) Adv. Cert.

• Interactive Media Production (IMP) Adv. Cert.

Effective July 1, 2020This will allow graduates of the previous New Media Communications program to complete.These curricula have been absorbed into the Interactive Design and Technology (IDT) program.

University of SaskatchewanGeological Engineering program• graduates of the Sask Polytech Mining Engineering Technology diploma

program to transfer into the 2nd year Bachelor of Science in Engineering

– Geological Engineering program at Usask

• students can graduate with both a Sask Polytech diploma and a USask

degree after only five years of study.

• Agreement signed August 2019.

University of SaskatchewanEdwards School of Business• graduates of the Sask Polytech two-year Business diploma program can

transfer into the third year of the University of Saskatchewan’s (USask)

four-year Bachelor of Commerce program at Edwards to continue their

education (2+2).

• graduates of Sask Polytech’s one-year Business certificate program can

transfer to the second year at Edwards (1+3).

• Students must meet USask admission requirements to transfer into the

four-year Bachelor of Commerce degree.

Resources

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Wednesday, October 16th

, 2019

Saskatoon & Moose Jaw

Thursday, October 17th

, 2019

Prince Albert & Regina

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, 2019

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