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  • MBC Continuing Education Classes

    • Are you interested in professional development? In updating your skills? In working towards a career change while you're still working?

    Maritime Business School is now offering Continuing Education. Our part-time classes provide relevant, quality education geared to adult learners. We offer a variety of courses to help you achieve your goals, including business, computer, and medical topics. Don't see what you need? We can customize a program to your corporation's needs.

    For detailed program information on all Continuing Education classes click here


    • Medical Seminars

    Intro to Medical Terminology

    Medical Terminology II

    Medical Terminology III

    Intro to Medical Transcription

    MOM (Computerized Medical Office Manager)
    • Business Seminars

    Intro Accounting

    Intermediate Accounting

    Simply Accounting: General Module

    Simply Accounting: Payables & Receivables Modules

    Simply Accounting: Inventory Modules

    Simply Accounting: Payroll Modules

    Punctuation Bootcamp

    Records Management
    • Computer Seminars

    File Management in Windows

    MS Word: Basic

    MS Word Intermediate/Advanced:
         • *Newsletter
         • Report Formatting
         • Mail Merge
         • Tables
         • Templates
         • Forms

    *MS Excel: Basic Course

    *Formulas using MS Excel

    *Charts using MS Excel

    Multiple Worksheet/Books using MS Excel

    *MS PowerPoint

    *Courses currently offered.

    For detailed program information on all Continuing Education classes click here

    Students taking Medical Seminars please note:
    Space is limited (10 max). These courses familiarize students with the language of the health care profession and medical abbreviations. **Medical Terminology is an intense course. Students should be prepared to spend at least five hours of study per week.

    Students taking Business and/or Computer Seminars please note:
    Space is limited (10 max). You will learn in a hands-on environment. Custom courses can be arranged for an individual or group from one company.

  • Introductory to Medical Terminology (MED01)

    • A study of the fundamentals of medical terminology. Students learn the principles of how medical words are formed, including the basic rules of building medical words, identifying suffixes, prefixes, and combining forms related to the structures and functions of the associated systems of the body.

    18 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $195 | textbook extra

  • Medical Terminology II (MED02)
    • Prerequisite: MED01 or equivalent
    Students study human anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, common disorders of each system, the procedures used to diagnose those disorders, and the usual treatment.

    24 hours | Dates: TBA | Fee $275 | textbook extra
  • Medical Terminology III (MED03)
    • Prerequisite: MED02 or equivalent
    Students continue their study of the human anatomy and physiology of selected body systems, common disorders, procedures and treatments.

    24 hours | Dates: TBA | Fee $275 | textbook extra
  • Introduction to Medical Transcription (MTR04)
    • Prerequisite: Typing 35 nwpm, medical terminology, and word processing skills.
    The transformation of words dictated onto tape into document form is both a skill and an art. The transcriptionist must coordinate eyes, ears, hands, and feet to produce professional looking letters, memos, and reports in proper format. Students will transcribe actual dictation, applying the knowledge learned.

    18 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee 195 | textbook extra
  • MOM (Computerized Medical Office Manager) (MOM05)
    • Prerequisite: Students must be computer-literate.
    Hands-on computer training in MOM - a complete medical office management system. Its function is the storage, retrieval, and reporting of the data related to the processing of patients at a medical practice. This is the software that is widely used in medical offices, clinics, and hospitals throughout Nova Scotia.

    18 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee 195 | manual included
  • Introductory Accounting (ACC01)
    • A study of the fundamentals of the accounting cycle for a service industry. This course is designed to strengthen the student’s understanding of the basic accounting principles by applying the concepts using hands-on exercises, i.e. record/post transaction in the general journal, prepare a trial balance, calculate/record adjusting entries, prepare financial statements, and prepare/ record closing entries.

    42 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $450 | textbook extra
  • Intermediate Accounting (ACC02)
    • Prerequisite: ACC01 or equivalent
    This course would build on the topics covered in Introductory Accounting. Topics covered will be record/post transactions related to merchandising company using a general and special journals, calculate/record adjusting entries, prepare detailed financial statements, prepared/record closing entries, intro to accounts receivable/account payable subledgers, petty cash and bank reconciliation, and payroll.

    42 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $450 | textbook extra
  • Simply Accounting: General Module (SAG01)
    • Prerequisite: ACC01/02 or equivalent
    This course is an integrated accounting software package designed to provide practical applications of accounting principles and procedures using the General Module.

    3 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $75 | textbook extra
  • Simply Accounting: Receivables Module (SAR01)
    • This course is an integrated accounting software package designed to provide practical applications of accounting principles and procedures using the Receivables Module.

    12 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $160 | textbook extra
  • Simply Accounting: Payables Modules (SAP01)
    • This course is an integrated accounting software package designed to provide practical applications of accounting principles and procedures using the Payables Module.

    12 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $160 | textbook extra
  • Simply Accounting: Inventory Modules (SAI01)
    • Prerequisite: SAR01 and SAP01 or equivalent
    This course is an integrated accounting software package designed to provide practical applications of accounting principles and procedures using the Inventory Module.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140 | textbook extra
  • Simply Accounting: Payroll Modules (SAY01)
    • This course is an integrated accounting software package designed to provide practical applications of accounting principles and procedures using the Payroll Module.

    3 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $75 | textbook extra
  • Punctuation Bootcamp (PBC01)
    • The average person is probably unfamiliar with most rules governing the use of commas and semicolons. It is certainly possible for a writer who has a logical mind to punctuate fairly well without knowing the rules-but is fairly well good enough. Join me this summer, and I will not only teach you the rules but also provide you with realistic documents such as memos, letters, email messages, and short reports to edit.

    12 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $160
  • Records Management (RMT01)
    • Filing is an important method of organizing and storing records in business offices. Let us teach you the 12 basic rules that tell you how names of people, businesses, and organizations are arranged through a series of instructions, exercises, and quizzes.

    12 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $160 | textbook extra
  • File Management on Windows (WIN01)
    • Students will learn how to file and organize their documents into folders. They will identify what a path is and what the difference is between: a folder vs. file, an internal drive vs. a network drive.

    3 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $75 (manual included)
  • Word (WDB01)

    • Students will learn to identify the Word environment and how to use the basic formatting tools, i.e. setting defaults, paragraph spacing, spell check, bullets, numbering, and text enhancements.  Students will also learn how to design a newsletter using tools like styles, columns, drop caps, pictures, WordArt, and tables with equations.

    18 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $195

  • Word – Basic (WDB01)
    • Students will learn to identify the Word environment and how to use the basic formatting tools, i.e. show/hide, setting defaults, paragraph spacing, move/copy, format painter, undo/redo, spell check, F4, bullets, numbering, and text enhancements.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140
  • Newsletter using Word (WDN01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Student will learn how to design a newsletter using tools like styles, columns, drop caps, pictures, WordArt, and more.

    6 hours | Tues & Thurs | Oct 18 & 20 | Fee $140
  • Report Formatting & Mail Merge using Word (WDR01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Learn to create a report by creating title page, generating a table of content, modifying styles, and applying multiple headers and footers.  Mail Merges consist of a main document and a data source.  Learn how to tie the two together using templates and then take your data source and creates envelopes or labels.

    18 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $195
  • Report Formatting using Word (WDR01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Learn to create a report by creating title page, generating a table of content, modifying styles, and applying multiple headers and footers.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140
  • Mail Merge using Word (WDM01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Mail Merges consist of a main document and a data source. Learn how to tie the two together and then take your data source and create envelopes or labels.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140
  • Tables using Word (WDT01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Learn to create and manipulate rows/columns, merge cells/ split cells, enhance cells, sorting, and create equations.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140
  • Templates using Word (WDT02)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Want to be the office hero? Learn how to create a customize letter, memo, fax cover sheet and turn it into a template for anyone to use.

    3 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $75
  • Forms using Word (WDF01)

    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Learn how create and design an interactive form. The developer tab and tables component will show the user how to bring it all together.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140

  • Excel (EXC01)
    • Learn how identify the Excel environment, setting defaults, moving around the worksheet, spell check, undo/redo commands, alignments, text wrap, and simple formulas.

    24 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $275 (textbook extra)
  • Excel – Basic (EXB01)
    • Learn how identify the Excel environment, setting defaults, moving around the worksheet, spell check, undo/redo commands, alignments, text wrap, and simple formulas.

    6 hours | Tues & Thurs | Nov 8 & 10 | Fee $140
  • Formulas using Excel (EXF01)
    • Prerequisite: EXB01 or equivalent
    Learn how to build formulas using relative references, absolute references, and mixed references.

    6 hours | Tues & Thurs | Nov 15 & 17 | Fee $140
  • Charts using Excel (EXC01)
    • Prerequisite: EXB01 or equivalent
    Learn to create and format adjacent and non-adjacent charts. Make a chart stand out above all others.

    6 hours | Tues & Thurs | Nov 22 & 24 | Fee $140
  • Multiple Worksheet/Books using Excel (EXM01)
    • Prerequisite: EXB01 or equivalent
    Learn how to connect worksheets together by learning how to group worksheets, use drill an entry, and create a 3-D reference formula. These features can be used within a workbook connecting worksheets together or can be applied to connecting multiple workbooks together.

    6 hours | Dates:  TBA | Fee $140
  • PowerPoint (PPB01)
    • Prerequisite: WDB01 or equivalent
    Learn to create a successful presentation by using features such as slide master, pictures, diagrams, animation, hyperlinks, action buttons, and much more.

    12 hours | Tues & Thurs | Oct 25 & 27, Nov 1 & 3 | Fee $160
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