Diploma in Arts and Entertainment Management

at Capilano University Canada

Build the skills to help people live healthier lives in the Bachelor of Kinesiology program at Capilano University.

As Canada’s population ages and becomes more health-conscious, the career opportunities for people with a background in kinesiology are stronger than ever.
Growing career paths include exercise physiology, health promotion and leadership, sport science, personal training and more.

During the program, you’ll take courses in a variety of disciplines relating to health, including anatomy and physiology, biomechanics, leadership, health promotion, career and professional preparation, research methods and ethics.

Starting in your third year, you’ll choose your specialization: exercise science or health promotion. From here, you will expand your knowledge in advanced courses in your area of interest while being supported and mentored one-on-one by CapU’s expert faculty.

Before you graduate, you’ll take part in career and professional preparation courses, field studies and a capstone course, ensuring you’ll be ready to start working to make your community healthier as soon as you finish your degree.

Learning Outcomes

• Communicate effectively as professionals working in the field of kinesiology across a variety of populations, cultures, and environments.
• Critically evaluate and interpret rapidly changing health information.
• Apply acquired knowledge and practical experience to foster healthy public policy and the health of individuals and communities.
• Assess, design, and implement programs to facilitate healthy living.
• Utilize technological innovations in the field of kinesiology.
• Demonstrate industry-specific ethics, best practices, professional behaviour, and cultural safety.
• Acquire and refine job-ready knowledge, skills, and attitudes through experiential, inter-professional, and self-directed learning.

The Human Kinetics Diploma with a major in Exercise Science is an undergraduate diploma which spans over a period of two long years offered by the School of Human Kinetics at Capilano University. This is a comprehensive program designed for students who wish to explore the human body and kinetics and make a career out of it. From subjects like biology, physiology, psychology to exercise and physical activity, kinesiology and so on, this program deals with a number of subjects and topics. 

Students are required to study about the relationship between human body and exercise and how they can positively inculcate exercise in human life. The aforementioned diploma prepares students for a career in exercise physiology, biomechanics, motor control, and sport psychology and exercise management. After this program, students can continue their education with a degree program at other British Columbia universities such as BA in Kinesiology University of British Columbia. The highly educated and professional faculty at Capilano University is one of the major factors students successfully graduate from this program.

The Diploma in Musical Theatre at Capilano University is a three year long baccalaureate program that is exclusively designed for the students who wish to take up performing arts as a career option. This course provides students with ample practical opportunities throughout the 6 term long program. Students will refine performance skills in acting, singing, dancing, screen acting, audition techniques, voice-over and learn the business side of the profession.

The Diploma in Musical Theatre has a number of great faculty members and professional performing artists who guide the students ate every step of the way.  Capilano has faculty from professional theatre, television and movie industry who have undergone vigorous training and practical experience. Students get the opportunity to work with professionals which provides them a better understanding of the degree and help them get hands on training.

Elevate your hospitality career and earn a Canadian academic credential while gaining valuable work experience in this competitive, dynamic, and growing industry.

This program is designed to develop the future managers and leaders in the global hospitality and tourism industries. You'll learn from award-winning faculty, training in key areas of Canadian and international tourism management, including revenue management, tourism planning and policy, service management, convention management, hotel operations, and cross-cultural tourism.

As part of this 16-month diploma, you'll participate in a 280-hour practicum (more information in Application Details), working in the hospitality area of your interest. Upon graduation, you may be eligible to apply for a three-year Post Graduate Work Permit.

Learning Outcomes

• Develop a strong foundation of knowledge in a wide array of hospitality and tourism management topics and issues;
• Develop practical and employment-ready service management skills through service applications and a 280-hour hospitality practicum experience.
• Demonstrate a broad knowledge of national and global trends in the hospitality industry;
• Apply leadership principles that contribute to the development of a team in resolving conflict and delivering customer service;
• Analyze and apply sustainable business and revenue models to effectively and efficiently plan and lead a successful hospitality operation;
• Exhibit proficiency with appropriate technologies to enhance the quality and delivery of hospitality services, products and guest experiences.

Gain the skills to make a difference with the Bachelor of Science (General) degree program at CapU.

Develop a strong background in research, with hands-on lab experience, practical field work, and collaboration with community partners to access in-demand jobs and prepare for post-graduate study.

In our program, you'll expand your knowledge of scientific study with courses in biology, chemistry, computing and data science, physics, mathematics and statistics. Learning from our experienced, supportive faculty, you'll develop strong leadership and problem-solving skills.

You can customize this flexible degree to your interests by choosing a specialization. We offer options in biomedical sciences, computational sciences and environmental sciences.

With your BSc, you'll be ready to work in emerging areas, including health, data science, climate change mitigation, and education.

The Diploma in Indigenous Independent Digital Filmmaking at Capilano University is an undergraduate program which extends for a period of two years and is offered by the School of Motion Picture Arts. The students who are interested in building a career in film and television production should take up this program. Students can learn from respected indigenous artists at the Bosa Center for Film & Animation at Capilano University. CapU has state of the art facilities for the students which involve highly trained, expert faculty and state of the art facilities and equipment. 

As times passes, Indigenous literature, arts, movies and television is growing rapidly and therefore, Indigenous education is also becoming significant. Experienced indigenous instructors guide students at every step of the way and pave the way for them to make their future. 

Capilano University offers a one year long undergraduate diploma called Business Administration Pathway spear headed by the Faculty of Business and Professional Studies. The English for Academic (ESL) Program offers this course in collaboration with the School of Business. This program introduces students to the details and main principles of international business and business administration especially for international students. 

Along with providing credentials for business administration, this program also helps students to work on their English and improve it. This two semester program prepares students for a post-secondary degree in the said field. This program helps students earn a total of 15 points on their business credential.

The Diploma in Tourism Management for International Students is an undergraduate diploma program stretching over a period of 2 years. The School of Tourism Management at Capilano University has exclusively designed this program for international students who do not use English as their first language. Along with the theoretical and conceptual knowledge provided during this program, the most remarkable feature of this program is the 280 hours of practical, hands on experience, the field trips and guest faculty lectures which provide the students the ample knowledge to success practically in the field. 

Tourism has generated a large number of jobs and home grown businesses. Tourism is benign for developing and under developed nations which need money to help their economies grow. Students are helped with a number of skills in order be successful in the tourism industry such as acquiring practical as well as communication skills, selecting and using audience and purpose-appropriate communication strategies, spread awareness about responsible and sustainable tourism and gain knowledge about all aspects of tourism industry. 

The Rehabilitation Assistant program at Capilano University is offered by the School of Allied Health and is an undergraduate program that extends over a period of 2 years. The said program incorporates a number of important features which are to be followed by the students such as completing assigned tasks, use of appropriate language, time management, taking constructive feedback and inculcating practical skills necessary to fulfill the role of a rehabilitation assistant.

This is one of the few programs which combine occupational therapy, physiotherapy as well as speech/language audiology therapy. Rehab Assistants are mostly employed under acute care with the patients as well as at rehabilitation centres where the clients or patients need assistance in their day to day life. The age demographic of clients can be from infants to adolescents and can extend to elderly people. The triple-training provided in this unique program means you could be providing physical, cognitive, communication or psychosocial support.

Capilano University offers students a one year long Certificate program in Engineering for undergraduate students. It is a first year university transfer program and once students are thorough with this program they can seek admission in a post-secondary British Columbia institution. After finishing this course students gain direct admission in the second year of a four year Engineering program.

The said program is like a foundation stone for students who aspire to become engineers in various fields like mechanical, electronics and communications, civil, computer science, Nano technology, and electrical engineering and so on. Along with top notch equipment and facilities, the School of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) is home to professional and highly trained faculty members who help students develop a clear understanding of concepts ad guide them at every step of the way.