Hey Salman,
Good to see someone who is nearby
. I am at Accenture, Gurgaon.
Regarding the courses, I too feel that we should select something which is related to our past studies and work experience.
Otherwise there are chances of visa rejection.
What about you? You want to stick to IT or explore other options also?
I have figured out some IT related Graduate Certificates and a Master degree as well:
1. IT Project Management @ Seneca College (Sep and Jan intake) -> The good thing about this course is that it has 4 month optional co-op. This would help a lot in gaining Canadian work experience and make some connections in the industry.
2. Information System Business Analyst @ George Brown College (Jan intake only) -> This program has classes only on one evening per week, Friday and Saturday. Many courses are delivered online for this program.
Students work on industry projects on rest of the days (That's what the college representative told me in an education fair I attended).
3. Information Technology Solutions @ Humber College (Sep intake only) -> This is a 2 year course (No internship or co-op), and has two tracks second Semester onwards, Database Development Profile (Which would suit your profile) and Enterprise Development Profile. After this course we will be eligible for a 3 year PGWP and we would not have to worry about PGWP expiring in one year.
But the only doubt I have is, could there be visa rejection? As I already have extensive experience in IT.
4. Master of Software Systems @ University of British Columbia (Jan intake only) -> I think it’s the best program if you want to work in IT. It’s a 16 Month program including 4 months internship.
UBC is a very reputed university and ranked among top universities in the world. Program Fee is also not very high (it’s CAD 20, 000, I suppose). But, its application deadline for Jan 2013 is approaching, so can't apply for this intake.
There might be many more courses available, but these are the ones that I felt are good.
I know the course selection would depend a lot on someone's area of interest, but we have to consider the success rate as well.
I mean I want to go for some business/management courses, but there are chances of visa rejection. So I will go for IT only and see when I land in Canada.
Let me know if you want to be in touch over the phone or email. We can share our contact details.
As you said, "we can discuss and probably go together there".
I would like to have suggestions from everyone this forum, especially experienced people and those who are already studying or working in Canada.
Thanks.
