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The overarching goal of this course is to produce professionals who have a sound knowledge and appreciation for research, who value the role of research in their work environments, the role that the researcher plays in the research process and who will be able to exercise good judgment and decision-making in designing and planning research projects.

This course presents students with a broad and integrative overview of human development across the lifespan, also referred to as developmental psychology. The course will address the physical, cognitive, emotional and social areas of human development as they occur for each life stage (infancy, to childhood, adolescence, young, middle and late adulthood), utilizing major theories and research findings in developmental psychology.

Sociology of Youth is vital to this undergraduate programme in Youth Development Work as it introduces learners to the conceptual and contemporary social issues that affect youth in your country.

The course is focussed on laying the foundation for understanding the construction of youth identity and culture in the Caribbean. The course will also provide the foundational knowledge required for understanding the position of young people in society and their role in developing the communities and the societies in which they live.

This course will help learners to develop specific managerial knowledge and skills in order to display leadership in the implementation of youth projects and programmes and in youth organizations.

This course will engage learners in a study of the significance of a sustainable livelihoods approach to development in issues of socio-economic development for youth. It will explore issues related to building social and human capital for youth and discuss specific strategies for increasing youth employability, employment and entrepreneurship.

This course will introduce learners to skills which support collaborative practice as an essential part of Youth Development Work. Learners will be introduced to the concepts of partnership and professional networking and will explore the actors involved at international, regional, national and local levels.

This course will introduce learners to the role, purpose and principles of advocacy in youth development. Learners will understand how to conduct analyses of policies and legislation which address (or do not address) youth issues, and to develop an advocacy agenda around gaps and weaknesses in existing frameworks, paying attention to the principles of equality, equity and human rights.

This course is designed to introduce the basic interventions and skills necessary for youth work practitioners to effectively support youth, including those with special needs, through grief and traumatic experiences.

This course will assist students in building the requisite skills in strategic planning and programme management in the youth development sector. Students will be introduced to the stages of the planning, programme and project cycles and will learn how to conduct activities in each. Special attention will be paid to research and project identification, programme formulation, implementation and monitoring with a focus on the results-based management (RBM) approach. Learners will be required to write specialized project documents which demonstrate their understanding of tools for effective project and programme management and following up projects using feedback and evaluation findings to ensure improved quality and sustainability of the project. They will also conduct an evaluation of a youth-serving project or programme, as a group exercise.

This Business Research course is designed to prepare future entrepreneurs to employ research methods to gather, collate, and analyze business data that is important to the success of their business venture.  Upon completion of the course, individuals will be able to use simple statistical analysis methods, produce data gathering instruments, identify types of data that would be useful to an entrepreneur and apply appropriate analysis methods to examine the impact of the data on business operations.

The aim of this Strategic Planning Course is to describe to entrepreneurs how to plan the activities of their business to ensure competitive advantage and subsequent sustained profitability. 

Business Law is one of the critical courses for the entrepreneur.  Without exception, every business enterprise, at one point or another, finds itself dealing with legal issues. The course will prepare future entrepreneurs to operate their business within the local and legal framework of their respective countries.

The Mentoring, Coaching, and Consulting course prepares entrepreneurs to become business mentors and coaches, and to be able to establish a consultancy within their sector or industry.

This is a preparatory course aimed at gaining valuable knowledge in the theoretical aspect of organizational behaviour and exposing students to the application of the organizational principles, practices, techniques and tools which assist in the discipline of management. It is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of organizational behaviour.   Learners will undertake and in-depth study of the impact, which individuals, groups and structure has on behaviour within organizations to ensure organizational efficiency and effectiveness.This Business Plan Development course is designed to help prepare future entrepreneurs to formalize and communicate their business idea to a variety of audiences including potential funders such as banks, other lending institutions, government agencies, and venture capitalists.  This course will help ensure that future entrepreneurs understand how to conduct a competitor analysis by asking key questions about their competitors.  It will also guide them through the process of profiling customers and determining the target market for their goods or services.  With this as a background, and drawing on the other courses in this certificate program, future entrepreneurs will be develop a complete business plan for their business venture including all of the financial components, competitive analyses, and customer profiles.

This Risk Management course is designed to prepare future entrepreneurs to understand and mitigate risks associated with their new business venture.  When starting a new business, it is important to understand the need for risk management and how to address issues that could jeopardize the future development of a business.  During the course, entrepreneurs will consider the principles of risk management, processes associated with managing risk, identification of a variety of forms of risk including financial, operational, and political, risk management tools, analysis, and planning.   The course is intended to provide future entrepreneurs with a practical, how-to guide to risk management and highlights best practices in risk management that will be useful for entrepreneurs as they build a new business.

The Business Information System course will prepare future entrepreneurs to use information and communication technology to support the growth and success of their business venture.  The BIS course is a required course for the successful completion of the Diploma in Business and Entrepreneurship.

Introduction to Entrepreneurship will introduce future business owners to the concepts and principles of entrepreneurship.  The course will introduce the role entrepreneurs play in the local business environment and the impact of entrepreneurship on the national economy.

A business Environment course will prepare future entrepreneurs to plan, launch and grow a business venture within the context of their local and national social, political, legal cultural and economic environment. It will ensure that future entrepreneurs consider the labour environment and retail environment they are entering. They will be able to assess the impact of these different environments on the potential to succeed in their new business venture. We will look at the micro-environment as well as the macro-environment of a business and in particular the variables that influence the activities of a business.

This is an introductory marketing course that will examine how marketing is practiced in business today and how it is essential to ensure small business growth and success. Marketing should be considered a total system of business action and not simply as understanding an assortment of fragmented functions.  This course will concentrate on how an entrepreneur can create and successfully implement a marketing plan that reflects the needs of the consumer.

This introductory course is designed for post-secondary educators. Participants will explore online assessment practices and familiarize themselves with principles of online assessment. They will develop and practise skills relevant to designing and conducting assessments suitable for a course they currently teach or expect to teach online. Course activities  include readings, practical work, discussions, and self-directed work. This course lasts 5 weeks and requires approximately 4-5 hours of work per week.

The Quality Assurance in Blended Learning course intends to fill in a gap in knowledge, skills and attitudes for a digital age to contribute towards building capacity in QA specifically for blended learning programmes in higher education.

The Quality Assurance in Blended Learning course intends to fill in a gap in knowledge, skills and attitudes for a digital age to contribute towards building capacity in QA specifically for blended learning programmes in higher education.

Tour guiding is an honourable and rewarding profession. There are wide variety of tour guides, from city guides to ecotourism guides to mountain guides and more. Guides are required in every environment that attracts tourists. This course will explore the tourism industry, its structure, rules and regulations. It will introduce the participant to the basic knowledge and skills required to become a tour guide.

This course will begin the process of educating individuals who wish to pursue a career in agriculture. All agriculture professionals, be it farmers, wholesalers, distributors and providers of technology must have a basic grounding in the different topics that impact the ability to produce and distribute agricultural products.

As the first course in a series of agriculture courses you will be introduced to the concepts underlying agriculture production: soil, climate and biology. It examines differnt agricultural systems and examines the impact of the agricultural sector on the economic success of small states.

This course is intended to be of use to IT Managers who would like to learn how to use the Linux Operating System and other Free and Open Source Software tools in performing system administrations tasks within a Linux or Unix based environment

 Module 2: Open Schooling Systems and Models is essentially about how Open Schooling is organised. It provides you with an overview of the systems and subsystems of Open Schools are based on in order to function effectively.

This module is part of the Post Graduate diploma in ODL and its primary focus is on preparing the online instructor in the delivery of an online course and providing support to the enrolled student.

Module six focuses on management and leadership in open school environments and the planning approaches you will need to engage in with faculty, students, staff, parents and stakeholders in to develop and effective open school.