Diploma in Border Services (Fast Track)

St. Clair College

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 HighlightsStudents utilize a variety of methods, including role-playing and hands-on activities, to demonstrate their understating 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.The focus of the Control and Defensive Techniques course enables students to gain an understanding of the authority and the importance of being able to articulate why a particular use of force was exercised.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.

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