At York University’s IEP IT Bridging Program, you will complete three university-level courses to ensure your soft skills and IT program skills are top notch. Two foundation courses provide a full overview and practice of communication, teamwork, cross-cultural problem solving, leadership, and management skills within the Canadian context. The Object-Oriented Programming foundation course provides fundamental Java programming skills to refresh and update your training in other programming languages. The Certificate also lets you take up to five advanced-level university IT courses (15 credits) in your area of IT specialization. Through these specialized courses, you will acquire up to date local professional knowledge and skills in your areas of expertise.
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Program Structure
Step One
Jumpstart to Success
You will first complete an orientation session and then the language preparation program. You will be evaluated on English language skills and commitment to the program (attendance, participation, completion, adherence to assignment deadlines, etc.). Performance in this Jumpstart to Success course will determine if you continue in our Bridging Program.
Step Two
Foundations Skills
As an IEP candidate, you will be exposed to the Canadian business and cultural landscape through Foundations courses. The program will give you a full understanding and practice of teamwork, cross-cultural problem solving, communication, interpersonal, conflict resolution, leadership and management skills within the Canadian context.
IT professionals complete the following courses for a total of 9 credits:
Step Three
Customize your Studies
The program lets you take up to five advanced level university IT courses (15 credits) in your area of specialization (at least three courses/9 credits have to be at the 4000-level). Potential specializations include Business Intelligence (ITEC4010, ITEC4030, ITEC4040), Enterprise Computing (ITEC4020, ITEC4050, ITEC4060, ITEC4101), Advanced Database Systems (ITEC4020, ITEC4220, ITEC4230), and Data Science (ITEC 4230, ITEC4305, ITEC4310). You may qualify to take courses in other areas such as cybersecurity. Specific courses suitable to your interests and background will be selected in conjunction with a faculty mentor and approval.
I felt that I had all of the technical skills but it was difficult to get a call back. The program helped me to network with people who were in a similar situation.
— Marara Zerihun Abebe




Questions?
Contact us at IEP@yorku.ca for more information.