Online and Remote Learning

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SCS is committed to making learning as accessible as possible both locally and across the globe. We are continuously expanding our list of over 540 online learning opportunities. From languages to accounting, we offer flexible learning opportunities.

Our online courses are instructor-led and delivered through the University of Toronto’s Learning Management Engine – Quercus. Quercus uses weekly, real time modules and has tools for engagement and community building. Course preparation has built in flexibility so you can read, study, and complete assignments on your own time.

You will communicate with your instructors via discussion boards and/or email. Some online courses include live, interactive webinars. If you’re unable to attend the live webinar, you will be able to view a recording of the webinar on your own schedule.

You may also want to investigate funding opportunities available to you on our Financial Assistance page. Your path to lifelong learning is more attainable than you think!

This online self-study course is your starting point for the Certificate in Translation in order to work as a full or part-time translator. Using modern translation theory, you'll acquire essential tools and develop a strong awareness of the issues that Chinese to English translators face. You'll learn how to preserve the meaning, style, syntax and tone of the original text, without being literal, and become proficient in analyzing, understanding and correctly translating complex real-world documents. Learn translation in the fields of law, commerce and literature. All course materials are available electronically. You communicate with your instructor electronically and share at least three webinars with the whole class.  Acquire introductory tools for translation. Understand the principles and goals of a high-quality translation. Prepare for upper-level translation courses.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
This online self-study course is your starting point for the Certificate in Translation in order to work as a full or part-time translator. Using modern translation theory, you'll acquire essential tools and develop a strong awareness of the issues that Japanese to English translators face. You'll learn how to preserve the meaning, style, syntax and tone of the original text, without being literal, and become proficient in analyzing, understanding and correctly translating complex real-world documents. Learn translation in the fields of law, commerce and literature. All course materials are available electronically. You communicate with your instructor electronically and share at least three webinars with the whole class.  Acquire introductory tools for translation. Understand the principles and goals of a high-quality translation. Prepare for upper-level translation courses.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
Successful agile projects depend on high-performing teams. These teams depend on agile leadership that enables strategic decision making, autonomous problem solving, risk taking, and empowering team members to remove obstacles. You will learn how project managers and leaders can adopt a mindset that allows them to thrive in an agile environment and increase awareness of the changes teams encounter in the process. This micro course includes a real-life case study to illustrate agile leadership. You will hone your skills and competencies to position yourself as an agile leader experimenting with the Kanban Method. The Kanban Method, which is different than Scrum, moves work through different stages of its lifecycle to achieve greater business agility. A popular agile approach, the visibility of the ‘Kanban Boards’ can lead to increased efficiency and productivity, greater team collaboration, and reduced waste. A leader fosters these things to enable agile teams to learn faster and make smarter decisions to improve project delivery. While using Kanban and gaining practical skills, the focus of the course is on building agile leadership skills and behaviours. By the end of this micro course, you'll be able to: Practice continuous improvement principles in an organized team environment, through Kanban. Evaluate and apply leadership pillars and associated delivery methods. Describe agile coaching techniques and leadership behaviours in different contexts. Competencies/skills developed in this micro course include: Managing sustainable change Continuous improvement Self-organizing and empowered teams Cross collaboration
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
To get the most out of renewable energy, it’s necessary to understand how energy is generated, stored, traded, transported, and consumed. In this course, you’ll learn all that and more. You’ll explore the political and economic frameworks that govern energy use. You’ll learn how to plan for the mass-adoption of low-carbon technologies and their attendant distribution systems. You’ll examine end uses for renewable energy and consider how they influence the volume and timing aspects of energy consumption and potential disruption.   Understand both traditional and evolving political and economic frameworks within which energy is generated, traded, transported, and consumed. Understand low/zero carbon technologies for existing and future elimination of carbon. Understand and analyse how these low/zero carbon technologies can influence the volume and timing aspects of energy consumption and disruption. Evaluate existing geographical regions’ energy consumption patterns and apply renewable energy systems that can remove carbon generation from the equation.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
Renewable energy technologies are critical in our efforts to address climate change, and achieve social development goals. In this course, you’ll investigate the principal types of renewable energy – including solar, wind, tidal, and biofuels – and their place in the global market. Drawing on cases studies from a range of settings, you’ll explore historical and technological challenges, and examine their environmental impacts. You’ll emerge better able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of renewable energy technologies in different contexts, and at different scales. Describe how different renewable energy technologies produce useable energy. Understand the potential contributions of renewable energy technologies to global energy needs. Evaluate the environmental, social, and other benefits of different technologies.  Assess the barriers to use of different technologies, including technological and economic.  Compare the use of renewable energy technologies in different settings, such as the Global South and Global North, and at different scales. 
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
Customer Experience Management (CXM) is the leading strategy companies harness to grow their market share and transform their customers’ experiences. This course will introduce you to key customer experience (CX) concepts to help you launch a Customer Experience Management (CXM) program. Over 12 weeks, you’ll learn how to plan, design, and manage programs that support brand messaging and drive revenue growth. Through case studies and active learning, this course explores the major building blocks of a successful CXM program including: strategy, customer insights, personas, journey mapping, experience design, and organizational adoption. You’ll emerge with the skills you need to run successful CX programs, and manage interactions throughout the customer lifecycle. Outline the key components and tools of a successful Customer Experience Management (CXM) program. Describe how effective CXM aligns to the pillars of customer growth. Plan, design and manage CXM strategies to support brand messaging and drive revenue growth. Build a CXM roadmap to meet organizational goals. Describe key trends and technologies in CXM and their impact on the pillars of customer growth.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
Learn how to translate Japanese into English, whether in the fields of law, commerce or literature. You will learn skills that will help you critically analyze and accurately translate complex documents, preserving the essence and integrity of the written word. This course is offered as self-study. All course materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.    Handle common translations of language structures. Avoid awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts into written form. Translate complex material.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
To work as a Japanese-English translator, you must be able to render complex ideas from the fields of law, commerce and literature. This online course will build your qualifications and skills. You'll learn to critically analyze and accurately translate documents, and get feedback on your written translations. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and webinar.  Handle common yet difficult translations. Avoid anglicisms and awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts in written form. Make complex business material accessible.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
This Level III online course continues to build your qualifications and skills as a Japanese-English translator. It will increase your skills in critical analysis and accurate translation of complex text. You've already learned to translate legal, commercial and literary concepts. All materials are provided in PDF format and you communicate with your instructor by email and share at least three webinars with the whole class.    Handle common yet difficult translations. Tackle common yet difficult language structures while avoiding anglicisms and awkward syntax. Translate subtle and nuanced thoughts into written form. Make complex business material accessible.
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE
This course is for you if you've successfully completed the SCS Korean Level VIII or have the equivalent language skills. This course is designed for upper-intermediate level leaners (between B1 and B2 on the CEFR grid). This course aims to improve students’ proficiency in speaking, listening, reading, and writing through reading short essays and articles, and watching films. Class discussions are conducted entirely in Korean. The instructor will help you build a solid foundation for further and independent study in Korean. Become proficient in speaking, writing, listening, and reading at the early advanced level. Take the Test of Proficiency in Korean (TOPIK II Intermediate) to pursue studies at a Korean university or employment in Korean companies in and outside Korea.  Compose various genres of writing such as essays, articles, advertisements, poems, and blogs.  Understand essential Korean history relevant to current Korean culture. 
  • Winter - 25
  • ON-LINE

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