If you're looking for part-time studies for professional development or personal interest, consider continuing education. These courses will expand your knowledge and build your skills in a way that can be integrated with your other life commitments.

Ridgetown Campus Certificate Programs

A certificate is a one-year program that provides practical training to prepare students to enter into the workforce with relevant and focused knowledge. The following certificate programs are available through OAC's Ridgetown Campus:

• Performance Horse Handler [1]
• Veterinary Office Administration [2]

Open-Ed Programs

As well as a broad range of individual courses, the University of Guelph's Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support delivers certificate programs in:

• Communication Process [3]
• Creating Landscapes [4]
• Equine Science [5]
• Environmental Citizenship [6]
• Environmental Conservation [6]
• Food Science [7]
• Growing Plants for Profit [8]
• Horticulture [9]
• Maintaining Golf Courses [10]
• Sustainable Landscapes [11]
• Sustainable Urban Agriculture [12]
• Sustainable Urban Horticulture [13]

These programs are designed to meet the needs of distance and open learners. Many are delivered in on-line format. For more information, contact the Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support [14].