Border Services (Fast Track)

Program Overview

The Border Services diploma program equips students with knowledge and skills in customs, immigration, and food inspection. Through hands-on activities and role-playing, students develop critical thinking, communication, and dispute resolution abilities. The program prepares graduates for careers in law enforcement and industries facilitating the movement of people and goods across borders. It also includes physical fitness training and assessments to prepare students for the demands of the field.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Border Services diploma program provides foundational knowledge in customs, immigration, and food inspection. Students will become familiar with the pertinent legislation, procedures, and documentation required to move people and goods across the border. In addition, they will also develop important communication, dispute resolution, and critical thinking skills. The program is designed to provide graduates with foundational training to enable them to seek careers in the many industries and government agencies responsible for facilitating the movement of persons and goods across the borders.

Program Highlights:

• Students utilize a variety of methods, including role-playing and hands-on activities, to demonstrate their understanding and ability to combine the material covered in the core courses of this program: Border Service; Immigration; Brokerage; Food, Plant and Animal Import Requirements; Counterfeit Documents and Fraud Detection; Investigation, Interviewing and Evidence as well as Criminal Code and Federal Statutes.
• In the Extremism & Fundamentalism in Canadian Society course, students examine the complexity and dynamics of political and religious fundamentalism using an integrated and interdisciplinary perspective.
• Because the program is delivered in 12 straight months, many students return and take a second "fast track" law enforcement program, providing them with two relevant 2-year diplomas in just 2 years.
This makes them even better candidates for hire in the field of law enforcement.

Outline:

Semester 1:

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | JUS104 | Psychology For Law And Justice | 3 | | JUS100 | Law And Justice Communications I | 3 | | JUS103 | Issues In Canadian Criminal Justice | 3 | | JUS105 | Ethics And Professionalism | 3 | | JUS101 | Lifestyle & Fitness Management I | 3 | | BRS302 | Immigration | 3 | | JUS102 | Interpersonal & Group Dynamics | 3 | | ELEC1030 | Choose 1 Elective Course | 3 | | BRS301 | Border Service | 3 |

Semester 2:

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | ELEC1030 | Choose 1 Elective Course | 3 | | JUS202 | Conflict Management | 3 | | JUS203 | Criminology | 3 | | JUS201 | Lifestyle & Fitness Management II | 3 | | JUS204 | Interviewing & Investigation | 3 | | JUS200 | Law & Justice Communications II | 3 | | BRS403 | Food, Plant & Animal Import Requirements | 3 | | ELEC1030 | Choose 1 Elective Course | 3 | | BRS406 | French Communication | 3 |

Semester 3:

| Code | Title | Credits | |---|---|---| | JUS211 | Mental Health And Addiction Awareness For First Responders | 3 | | BRS400 | Counterfeit Documents & Fraud Detection | 3 | | BRS404 | Investigation & Evidence | 3 | | BRS306 | Control & Defensive Techniques | 3 | | BRS405 | Extremism & Fundamentalism In Canadian Society | 3 | | BRS307 | Criminal Code & Federal Statutes For Border Service | 3 | | BRS402 | Brokerage | 3 | | BRS304 | Intraprofessional Skills Development | 3 | | HSC168 | First Aid, CPR, Defibrillator | 1 |

Careers:

Graduates from this program will be prepared for the demands of being on the front line of global trade; seek careers in the many industries and government agencies responsible for facilitating the movement of persons and goods across the borders as well as careers in law enforcement.

Other:

• Applicants must be able to physically perform the duties of this position.
Students will complete occupational requirements for border, correctional and police services via PARE, FITCO and PREP. Any student seeking entry into this program should evaluate their physical readiness in anticipation of a rigorous fitness routine.
• Suitability for job opportunities with law enforcement agencies is partially assessed through demanding physical fitness tests prior to being hired.
During the program, students will be exposed to those tests and will be responsible for building and maintaining their own high level of personal fitness. Students will be required to complete 2 physical fitness courses (JUS 101 and JUS 201).