Seneca Polytechnic will be closed from the end of business day on Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, to the reopening on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. Part-time classes for the Winter 2025 Term will begin on Friday, Jan. 10. During the holiday closure, you will still be able to access The Service Hub virtually through the online portal and chatbot.
Learn more about the academic programs we are delivering in Winter 2025. If you have any questions about part-time studies, please contact us.
The Asset Management program prepares you to evaluate the financial performance of asset operations, identify business issues and recommend action plans.
You will gain industry experience and learn through case studies, guest lectures and field trips. You will develop client management, communications, and strategic analysis knowledge to plan for the full life cycle of an organization's assets. A final capstone project will give you the opportunity to work with other students and an industry partner on a real-world assignment.
The program also integrates sustainable approaches and helps you build leadership skills to support stakeholders from diverse technical, financial, and cultural backgrounds.
When you graduate from this program, these are the types of career options you can explore:
Canadian citizens or permanent residents educated outside of Canada must provide a World Education Services (WES) or ICAS Canada credential evaluation.
To apply for the Asset Management Graduate Certificate, please complete the application form.
In addition to completing the application form, you must also submit supporting transcript(s) per the program's entry requirements to fcebusinessapplications@senecapolytechnic.ca.
Please use "Part-time Asset Management Application" as the subject line of your email when submitting your transcript(s).
If you have any questions about the entry requirements or general questions about the program, please contact:
Belinda Becker
Program Assistant
belinda.becker@senecapolytechnic.ca
Part-time Studies courses are being offered in either of the following four formats: Online, Flexible, In-person, Hybrid. Click Availability below to see current offerings.
This course introduces students to the business of asset management. Students scan the economic, legal, and social systems that support small, medium, and large organizations across key sectors. Students build the skills necessary to identify critical trends, adapt to change, and manage the risks involved in managing and growing an organization. The roles and responsibilities of managers, from start-ups to transnational organizations, are examined across each form of ownership and within public and private enterprises. Students identify the key stakeholders involved in these endeavors and review the important role they play in the global economy.
This course introduces the principles and mandated requirements derived from and consistent with the organizational corporate plan, providing a framework for the development and implementation of the asset management strategic plan and the setting of the asset management objectives. The course includes scenario analysis and KPIs selection for economic, environmental and performance of an asset portfolio.
This course exposes students to the management activities and processes involved in operations and maintenance requirements essential to support the organization's AM objectives and goals. Students will forecast costs and use techniques to determine maintenance activities, while ensuring asset management activities are compliant with the relevant technical standards and legislation.
This course will enable students to apply project management principles, tools and techniques to asset management activities for the continuous improvement of business results. Students will learn how to achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness, improve customer and stakeholder satisfaction, and achieve greater competitive advantage for the organization.
This course is a comprehensive overview of modern-day human resources management (HRM). The course will introduce the diverse components of human resource (HR) functions and their role in the current business environment. The course will focus on advocacy for AM strategies across an organization and communication to various stakeholders. The course will also cover organizational culture and the development and monitoring of people.
This course examines the effective management of supply chain and distribution networks and the challenges posed by logistics operations that straddle borders, cultures, time and distance. The course will challenge students to solve problems and integrate solutions into the corporate strategy.
This course focuses on the practice of mathematical skills commonly used in business and the financial community. Students will have opportunities to use real world examples such as annual reports and stock market tables to interpret and evaluate the information. The evaluation of investment opportunities such as assets valuation, business expansion and investment in financial markets is covered.
This course exposes students to the methods and best practices used to ensure the best total value is obtained in asset acquisition, creation, utilization, maintenance, improvement, renewal, and disposal to meet organizational objectives.
Students will conduct a capstone project in which they apply learning from previous courses to one large-scale asset management project with an industry partner. Students will choose an area of professional interest and refine the project's deliverables in collaboration with peers and the chosen industry partner. The main objective of this course is to ensure that students are able to apply asset management theories and concepts to a real-world assignment, while gaining valuable industry exposure.
The purpose of this course is to provide students with an understanding of the principles governing the functioning of capital markets and the theories, concepts and principles used by companies to engage in financial analysis and decision making. Students analyze how organizations allocate scarce resources to projects, how assets are valued, the factors of risk management and capital budgeting. Emphasis is placed on the term structure of interest rates, the time value of money and discounted cash flow valuation which are applied in assessing a firm's capital structure, capital expenditures and working capital management. Ethical considerations and fiduciary responsibility as they relate to financial management are also examined.
This course teaches techniques to identify, quantify and mitigate risk to property, liability, personnel, and net income losses. Students will learn how to manage and mitigate the risks to which a business is exposed. Global risk management standards and guidelines are also discussed and other important financial risks such as liquidity and capital investment are addressed.
This course explores corporate sustainability and the policies integral to the development of sustainable strategy and practices. Students will focus on the development and management of corporate sustainable strategies and examine the use of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) report - a tool used to manage and report on an organization's economic, social, and environmental performance. Students research incentive programs available to improve business sustainability and productivity and learn about government jurisdictions, regulatory agencies, legislation, and the leverage points to influence these as well as other stakeholders. Through identifying and analyzing key data associated with waste, students assess and recommend strategies for transitioning to sustainable and more efficient business practices.
This course uses software to reveal the importance of information in decision-making and the manner in which information can be used to craft an organization's asset management strategy. The course will focus on the definition, collection, management, reporting and governance of asset information. A variety of asset information standards, guidelines and systems will be employed.
This Seneca program has been validated by the Credential Validation Service as an Ontario College Credential as required by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:
This program is eligible for OSAP funding.
Course load is used by OSAP to determine funding options for programs.
Course load is calculated by dividing the number of courses you are enrolled in at the same time by the total number of courses per semester. For example, in Asset Management there are seven courses in Semester 1 and six courses in Semester 2.
To be considered for part-time OSAP, you must have a course load between 20 to 59 per cent. If you are taking two or three courses in Social Media in a given term, you may be considered for part-time student grants and loans.
To find out if you qualify and to learn how to apply, please visit the OSAP website.
For information on other awards and financial assistance, please see Financial Aid.
Students are invited to attend an information session to learn more about the program and to connect with our team.
Seneca Part-Time Asset Management and Financial Planning Graduate Information Session
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Confirmation of registration and a unique link to join the information session will be provided upon registration.
When you meet all program requirements and become eligible for a certificate, diploma, or degree, you must inform the Registrar by completing a Graduation Application form and paying the graduation and alumni fee. Certificates, diplomas, and applied degrees are issued twice a year in the Fall (October), Spring (June) and Winter (February).
For further information including deadlines and fees, please visit the Convocation website or contact the Convocation Office at theservicehub@senecapolytechnic.ca.
Belinda Becker
Program Assistant
belinda.becker@senecapolytechnic.ca
Lisa Ballantyne
Academic Program Manager
lisa.ballantyne@senecapolytechnic.ca