Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies is a tertiary/community College offering full- and part-time Certificate, Diploma, Associate and Bachelor’s Degree programmes.
LAUNCH OF NEW PROGRAMMES
Two new Bachelor’s Degree programmes will be introduced in September 2007:
- The Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management
- The Bachelor of Science in Project Management
Also to be introduced are:
- The Diploma in Emergency Management, and
- The Certificate in Project Management
The College’s activities do not only embrace the usual teacher/student relationship. From time to time, the College is called upon to train workers from different organizations, both public and private, in areas where our expertise has clearly been established. As the demand for knowledge workers on a national, regional and global level becomes greater, Cipriani College seeks to move its own employees to the level where staff can more effectively serve the needs of our core constituencies and stakeholders. They come to us with the expectation that their skills and knowledge will be upgraded to keep pace with the current challenges which they as workers must face.
Cipriani College is still developing, and in time hopes to assume regional leadership in the areas of its specialization. With new recreational facilities and living quarters, and most of all, with a renewed commitment to constructively meet the challenges of the new global order, the College will soon be in a position to stake its claim of being a shining example of what a tertiary institution in the region should be about.
The College’s other programmes include Introductory Courses, Certificates and Diplomas in the following areas:
- Credit Union Management
- Emergency Management
- Environmental Management
- Human Resource Management
- Industrial Relations
- Marketing
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Project Management
- Public Relations
- Security Administration and Management
The College offers three Associate of Arts and four Associate of Science Degree programmes in the following disciplines:
- Labour Studies
- Co-operative Studies
- Human Resource Management
- Environmental Management
- Occupational Safety and Health
- Project Management
- Security Administration and Management
SITES / FACILITIES
The main campus of the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies is off the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway in Valsayn. This location houses as many as nineteen (19) classrooms including two classroom type auditoriums, a state of the art computer laboratory, two libraries, a communication and audio-visual unit and a cafeteria. CCLCS also conducts classes at the Pleasantville Senior Comprehensive School, San Fernando and the El Dorado Secondary School in the East. In Tobago, the Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies is located at Tobago Glass Supplies, Rousseau Trace, Spring Garden Road, Scarborough.
ACCREDITATION
Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies were granted provisional accreditation from CORD/NIHERST for its core programmes of Labour Studies and Co-operative Studies. Currently the College is in the process of developing a self-study in preparation for the accreditation of the institution by The Accreditation Council of Trinidad and Tobago.
ARTICULATION
Thus far, Cipriani College of Labour and Co-operative Studies have signed four Articulation Agreements, three with international institutions of higher learning and others are in the process of being worked out. These articulation agreements are in the areas of Labour Studies, Co-operative Management and Development, and Social Sciences. Both Baccalaureate and Postgraduate Degrees are covered in the agreements. In some of the international cases, the articulation agreements have been tested. A number of our students have been accepted to pursue the Bachelor’s degree (distance learning primarily) in Labour Studies at the National Labor College of the George Meaney Centre for Labor Studies in Maryland.
At the graduate level, another one has been accepted to pursue the Masters degree at the affiliate University of Baltimore. Our students at the undergraduate level are able to complete their Bachelor degree in two years. In the case of the University of the West Indies, agreement has already been reached on the articulation of the College’s Associate Degrees with certain Bachelor Degree programmes of the university. Specific exemptions have already been agreed to and more are now being identified and will soon be made available. In December 2004 CCLCS and Monroe College signed an Articulation Agreement which allows students of Cipriani College to gain advanced admission into The Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and Business Management with an emphasis in Human Resource Management among others.
AFFILIATION
The College is also a member of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators (ACHEA),the Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions (ACTI),American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO) and the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).
INTERNSHIPS
CCLCS requires internships in most of its programmes, including the Bachelor’s and Associate Degrees and Diplomas. The College is of the firm belief that internships make it possible for students to combine work experience with academic study. Students are placed in organizations / job sites where they can apply classroom training to the real world. These internships are supervised by both the facilitating organization and the head of the academic department to which the student belongs. College credits are earned for this work-based learning. Please read the College’s manual on internship for further details.