Diploma in Business Administration - Integrated Marketing Communications (Co-op Optional)

at Bow Valley College Canada

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. 

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.

The graduates of this program work in classrooms and support children with different learning needs. The program trains the students to b education assistants via practical training and classroom learning in a school.

The program teaches the students the skills required to make and design applications, websites, interactive multimedia products and e-publications and present, defend and critique digital media projects to meet the needs of the client and the project scope. The graduates of the program are capable of designing and producing flexible digital and print media like interactive/multimedia products, e-publications, websites and applications for public, non-profit, and corporate clients. 

The graduates of the course can find multiple jobs in the private and the public sector in non-profit agencies, government agencies, companies and corporations. The job roles include:

• Graphic designer
• Web designer and developer
• Graphic arts technician
• Front-end web developer
• Mobile designer

Students gain a broad understanding of a multitude of business concepts. This major is designed to provide students with pathways to further post-secondary studies at various universities in Alberta. Please consult with a student engagement officer if you are planning to transfer to one of Bow Valley College's many post-secondary partners.   

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.

This diploma with a General Justice specialization will provide you with a broad spectrum of justice-related knowledge and skills. You have the flexibility to choose required courses from any of the three other specializations offered within the Justice Studies Diploma program.

You may also select courses from the following specializations:

• Aboriginal Focus
• Correctional Studies
• Law Enforcement

The diploma teaches the students how to support and manage the cases of addiction in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. The course covers Aboriginal history, Aboriginal culture, and the needs of their communities and other populations and includes nineteen courses and two community practicums.

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.

The Pharmacy Technician Diploma has full accreditation status with the Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs (CCAPP) and prepares the graduates for the pharmacy examining board of Canada’s national certification exam. Registered Pharmacy Technicians have a broad work scope that includes responsibilities like performing final checks on prescriptions, receiving verbal orders from prescribers, compounding mixtures, preparing sterile products such as eye drop compounds, dispensing medications or intravenous mixtures. 

The program includes 350 lab hours at their state-of-the-art facility, integrates cutting-edge technology, emphasizes on hands-on training to produce competitive dispensary-ready graduates and teaches the students to prepare sterile products in authentic certified sterile production hoods and operate a PACMED® high-speed automated medication packager. All the students registered under this program have to write the Test of Workplace Essential Skills (TOWES) assessment in term one of their programs. 

The program teaches the students the skills required to manage information in a hospital nursing unit and covers topics like hospital organization, communication skills, medical orders, basic human needs, and hospital information systems, medical terminology, telephone and reception activities

The course spans over a year and allows the students to pursue the classes online as well. The online instructor is available to provide support and feedback through email.