Diploma in Business Administration - Accounting (Co-op Optional)

at Bow Valley College Canada

Dental Business Assistant Certificate prepares the students to manage and maintain the workflow in the office of a dental practitioner smoothly. The graduates learn about business communication, billing, bookkeeping, computer skills, financial management, dental science, maintaining patient records and charting. 

The one year (thirty weeks) certificate program provides the graduates excellent employment opportunities with a high recruitment rate at the end of the course. 
 

The Business Administration Certificate examines general business concepts and focuses on developing introductory skills in accounting principles, management, organizational behaviour, and marketing. With a well-rounded business education, learners can apply their knowledge and skills to a variety of industries. Graduates are qualified for entry level positions in the areas of accounting, office administration, retail services, marketing, and sales. 

This program combines the field of business, marketing, technology, and digital media communications and prepares learners to market an organization or product using the latest digital marketing tools and techniques. The program focuses on user experience design practice, marketing analytics, integrated media strategies, and web development techniques.

Co-operative Education Program (Optional)
Co-op provides eligible Business Administration Diploma students with an opportunity to gain work-related experience for one term through an assisted job search. Co-op offers students relevant experience to boost employment opportunities, develop professional skills and experience, network with employers, and earn money.  

The Co-op Work Term process aligns with the competitive nature of job search. To be accepted into the Co-op Program, applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and follow the application process. Candidates are responsible for demonstrating a high level of professional and program expectations. Not all students accepted into the Co-op Program are guaranteed a Co-op Work Term position. 

Get ready to lead. Build upon your expertise from your health or human services diploma or degree. This post-diploma certificate combines business courses with specialized health and human management electives. An integrated approach to prepare you to advance your career to new levels.

This post-diploma certificate is flexible to meet your learning needs and lifestyle. Course delivery times and options are varied to give you choice, including in-class daytime, weekends, evenings, and condensed; combined online (a mix of real time and any time); and hybrid (you choose throughout the term the best ways for you to connect to the material). You can complete the program in two terms or up to three years. You can start the program any term (Fall, Winter, or Spring). You choose what works best for you.

Organizing a meeting, trade show, conference, or throwing a corporate party requires expertise. Get the practical skills and knowledge to successfully plan, organize, manage, promote, and evaluate special events. Learn how to effectively work in a variety of roles associated with event planning.

This is a one-year (two terms/30 weeks total) certificate program. A full course load per term includes five courses. Students may elect to take fewer courses each term; however it will take longer to complete the program.

The program teaches the students the principles of search engine optimization, user experience design, web development techniques, integrated media strategies and analytics, along with important communication and marketing skills so that the students can expand further in the digital realm. 

The students are required to carry a laptop computer with the following specifications:

• Intel quad core CPU (i5 or i7)
• 8GB RAM (16GB recommended)
• 13 inch 1080p screen (15 inches recommended)
• A dedicated graphics card with 2GB of VRam
• A 128GB solid state hard drive (256GB recommended)
• A portable hard drive (for data backup)
• Windows 10

Every business exports and imports goods and services. Supply chain management professionals determine the best combinations of outsourcing and procurement. In this major, you'll learn the various aspects of business operations including procurement, logistics and transportation, supplier relations, and inventory management. With this knowledge, you can contribute to the operational efficiency of a company. 

Time commitment

• This is a two-year (four terms) diploma program. A full course load is five courses per term. Students may elect to take fewer courses each term, however, it will take longer to complete the program.

Learning options

• The program consists of core business courses and major-specific courses. Core courses are available both in-class and online. All major courses are available in-class with only some courses available online.

Co-operative Education Program (Optional)

• Co-op provides eligible Business Administration Diploma students with an opportunity to gain work-related experience for one term through an assisted job search. Co-op offers students relevant experience to boost employment opportunities, develop professional skills and experience, network with employers, and earn money.  
• The Co-op Work Term process aligns with the competitive nature of job search. To be accepted into the Co-op Program, applicants must meet all eligibility criteria and follow the application process. Candidates are responsible for demonstrating a high level of professional and program expectations. Not all students accepted into the Co-op Program are guaranteed a Co-op Work Term position. 

University Transfer (Supply Chain Specific)

• Transferability is available towards SAIT's Bachelor of Business Administration degree, Supply Chain Management major (upon acceptance by SAIT).

Advanced Game Development is a full-time, two-year program comprised of industry-level courses covering game development’s core disciplines: art, design, programming, and production. Students will create various assignments, projects and games that will be assembled into a portfolio that is fit for working in the games industry.

Complete junior and industry-quality live action and full computer graphic (CG) shots. Apply practical lighting techniques within a full CG environment, film practical footage using industry-standard data acquisition, green screen, cinematography techniques, and fundamentals. Integrate student-crafted CG assets and animation into live-action plates and games. Design mechanics produce beautiful art and program functionality for over a dozen games and prototypes. Work under tight creative and time constraints to make your ideas into reality by producing engaging and interactive games.

Software and hardware taught and provided to students during this program:

• Unity Engine
• Unreal Engine
• Visual Studio
• C#
• Machinations
• Maya
• Houdini
• Marmoset Toolbag 3
• Substance Painter
• Substance Designer
• Sketchfab
• Adobe Creative Cloud
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe XD
• Git
• Perforce
• Confluence
• Jira
• MS Office

Get the practical skills and knowledge to work in the exciting field of human resources. In addition to administrative and business training, receive specific training in human resource management, recruitment, selection, compensation and payroll, and employment law.

Learners will develop and implement cloud systems and applications, gaining practical experience with open standards and systems, development operations, infrastructure automation, and platform interoperability, with an emphasis on applied security principles. The program builds coding skills, and applied systems management skills. Graduates will be prepared to lead and further organizational change, as often required in the implementation of cloud systems.