Diploma in Business Administration - Accounting Option (Co-op and Internship Options)

at Camosun College - Interurban Campus Canada

You'll gain valuable business skills while building on past learning. You will study a broad range of marketing concepts with opportunities to develop competencies in corporate communications & marketing, consumer behaviour, and services marketing.

Work Experience
You will gain practical skills and experience by combining your academic studies with relevant work experience in the Internship designation. You'll graduate with practical work experience and employer references. Employers value internship as a source of eager and well-prepared talent and often use the internship process as a means of recruiting permanent employees.

The Bachelor of Sport Management is a dynamic applied degree program that prepares graduates to work in the sport management industry. Graduates of this leading-edge program are analytical and strategic thinkers who have the requisite skills and knowledge to lead and manage in a variety of sport industry contexts. Graduates are prepared to practice professionally, responsibly and ethically in the sport management industry and integrate management, business, sport science, and socio-cultural knowledge into the role of the sport manager. Applied strategic and organizational planning skills, along with the ability to develop professional relationships within the sport and business community, enable graduates to lead and manage in sport environments, provincially, nationally and globally. Applied learning opportunities including internship, and capstone learning experiences are offered throughout this program.

Learning Outcomes
At the completion of the program students will be able to:

• Apply and synthesize knowledge of sport theory, concepts and principles in a range of sport management contexts.
• Incorporate management and business concepts and principles into sport industry/field practices.
• Demonstrate and model social responsibility and cultural awareness including Indigenous awareness as a sport management professional.
• Plan, design, implement, and assess programs and events that support organizational goals.
• Apply and integrate business, management and sport knowledge to effectively manage resources and facilities
• Use strategic and critical analyses to make informed decisions, respond to change, and problem solve.
• Lead and positively influence individuals, teams, groups and organizations in the accomplishment of goals.
• Demonstrate ethical, responsible and accountable behaviour as a sport management professional.

The Cybersecurity & Network Support Technician certificate program has a practical career-oriented approach, giving you the knowledge and hands-on experience you need to be able to install, repair, secure and maintain computers, servers and computer networks.

The demand for security professionals with skills to protect systems from attack continues to grow. Completing this diploma program will not only give you the skills to maintain computer and networks systems but will give you the ability to design and configure these systems and optimise them to protect them from attack. You'll have the skills to assess and deploy Cloud based solutions in a secure manner and monitor, assess, and respond appropriately to security events on any of the network systems.

Skills you'll gain
You don't need any previous knowledge of computers or networks to enrol in this program. By the time you graduate, you'll possess a wide variety of skills, such as:

• Installation and maintenance of complex computer networking systems;
• Maintenance and repair of personal computers;
• Maintenance and repair of server systems;
• Implementation of workstation security;
• Security analyst - monitoring, detecting, investigating, analyzing and responding to security events;
• Configuration and setup of advanced servers including cloud based
• Technical sales support.

Explore arts and science
The Diploma in Arts and Science Studies allows you to design your own full- or part-time program. Discover your passions by taking courses from many disciplines, or concentrate on a particular subject area if you already have a specific educational goal in mind.

Explore your educational interests:-
Chart your own course with the highly flexible Diploma in Arts and Science Studies. Choose a wide variety of courses, specialize in one area or take an optional work term to complement your education.

Work experience:-
During your Diploma in Arts and Science Studies, you can take a Co-op or Internship option to complement your studies.
You will gain practical work experience, which may be paid or unpaid, through either one four-month internship or two co-op work terms. You can take your work term after you have completed at least eight courses in the program.

We focus on the management skills, rather than a policy orientation, with an emphasis on strategic planning, financial management, leadership, communication and negotiation. You will have the knowledge, skills and abilities you’ll need to enter the public administration field as a beginning practitioner.

The Learning Experience
You'll have the opportunity to gain valuable work experience through our Co-operative Education and Internship programs.

You'll gain valuable business skills relevant to working as human resource practitioners while building on past learning. There is particular emphasis placed on leadership and change management incorporating the majority of key competencies required to pursue a Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) designation.

Work experience
You will gain practical skills and experience by combining your academic studies with relevant work experience in the Internship designation. You'll graduate with practical work experience which will be complemented by valuable networking opportunities.

With the Engineering Transfer program you get an introduction to engineering mechanics and project design in addition to a solid foundation in first year science and English. When you’re finished, you’ll be ready to enter into the second year of a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) or Bachelor of Software Engineering (B.S.Eng.) at the University of Victoria (UVic). Or, you can apply for course-to-course transfer to engineering programs at other post-secondary institutions.

Successful completion of all the program courses with an overall GPA of 3.0 (C+) and no less than a C in each course will guarantee you admission into second year Engineering at UVic in at least one of their engineering disciplines. When you transfer to UVic, you choose your specific engineering discipline — biomedical, civil, computer, electrical, mechanical, or software engineering. If space in your first choice is limited, you will be competing on an equal footing with UVic students. If your grades are not competitive to gain admission to your first choice of program, you will be offered an alternate second year program.

Advance your skills in the global tourism and hospitality industries
You'll gain relevant applied practical skills in hotel operations, restaurant management, and integrated event management as well as a solid grounding in practical business skills. Core themes of the credential include: sustainability, service management, entrepreneurship and cross cultural diversity including an Indigenous world-view, this will allow you to better examine both tourism and hospitality through a global lens.

What You'll Learn
As a post-degree diploma student, you will receive targeted training across a range of skill areas that will set you up for success in the hospitality and tourism sectors.

Work Experience
You will gain practical skills and experience by combining your hospitality and tourism studies with a four month work experience placement. This will allow for the practical application of program concepts while gaining valuable industry-specific work experience.

Manage fine hotels and restaurants
With your applied skills and a global perspective, you'll be in demand in a growing hospitality industry. You'll be following almost 40 years of graduates, who now have successful careers in some of the most prestigious hotels and restaurants in Canada and around the world. You will also be well-prepared to pursue entrepreneurial business ventures.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
Applied learning
The long history of Camosun's Hospitality Management program's success is due in large part to a strong applied learning philosophy. The time you spend in the program will provide you with opportunities to apply what you will learn in an academic setting and gain real life hands-on experience.

What to expect
Our program will give you a strong business foundation, cutting-edge hospitality courses and two work terms. This is all combined to provide you with the expertise and practical skills needed to pursue a supervisory or management career in the hotel and food service industry.
You will select your path after completing the first semester. One stream allows you to complete the program in two calendar years, the other option allows you to complete the program in approximately two and a half years.
Year 1:- In your first year, your courses include business communications, hotel operations, introduction to management and Canadian tourism.
Year 2:- In your second year, you'll build on your foundation knowledge, develop your leadership skills, learn about hospitality law and complete a second work term.

If you're pursuing a professional accounting designation or want to take specific accounting courses, Camosun is the right choice! As a post-degree diploma student, you will take courses in financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, and finance and be prepared to enter business or government in an accounting capacity.

Internship Option
To be eligible to participate in Internship, you need to successfully complete a minimum of six (6) courses, obtain a minimum GPA of 3.0, and complete the workshop series COOP WEP, prior to your work term.