Diploma in Business Administration - Accounting

at Lakeland College - Lloydminster Campus Canada

In less than year you can become a qualified 4th class power engineer. That’s an entry to jobs wherever there’s a steam power plant. Our unique programs also includes heavy oil operations.

Discover the essentials of:

• Electricity
• Thermodynamics
• Steam generation
• Water treatment

It comes from hands-on training in our Husky Energy Power Engineering lab. It's where you’ll learn and practice job ready skills. Learning continues in an industry practicum.

Take advantage of your analytic mind along with strong communication and decision-making skills. Choose a career in real estate appraisal and assessment.

You’ll be part of an exclusive group. Lakeland is one of only 4 post-secondaries in Western Canada to offer appraisal and assessment. Your skills are in demand and are respected in the industry.

This business admin diploma major starts with business basics. Then, you’ll dig into the core of your specialty with:

• Assessment principles
• Construction estimating
• Farmland evaluation
• Property analysis
• Property law
• Computerized mass appraisal valuation of properties - it's now the industry standard

Stimulating and fast-paced, marketing is a career that could take you anywhere. Marketing jobs are wherever ideas, products, or services are sold.

Start on that path by taking core subjects that build your business skills and knowledge. Then, you’ll shift focus to specialized marketing courses including:

• e-commerce
• consumer behavior
• global marketing
• marketing research

Add more real-world experience by choosing our optional 16-week co-op placement. It runs between your first and second year. You’ll practice what you learned while developing networks and expanding your experience.

When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to work in marketing, sales, and communications. You could be part of advertising, social media, public relations, or corporate communication teams.

Spend another year at Lakeland and add a second major. Or stay 2 years and earn a Bachelor of Commerce.

Lakeland’s one-year administration professional program covers both the technical and interpersonal;

• Bookkeeping
• Office procedures
• Computer applications
• Communications
• Human relations

Business basics in the 21st century also requires social media skills. You’ll learn about specific social media platforms, as well as how to use them in a marketing plan. This course of one of two online ones in the program.

You’ll put everything you’ve learned to work in a 3-week practicum. You’ll graduate prepared to be an essential part of any office.

Sustainable energy is energy produced and used so that it meets the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generations. This includes environmental aspects such as greenhouse gas emissions in addition to social and economic aspects such as energy poverty.

Open career doors in business, government business and non-government organizations with a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm).

Your options could take you into:

• Accounting
• Business economics & law
• Finance
• Human resources
• International marketing
• Operations management
• Sales and retail

Explore a liberal arts education by starting a Bachelor of Arts (BA) at Lakeland College.
You’ll develop general knowledge and skills including:

• Research
• Writing
• Organization
• Critical thinking
• Analysis

Your career pathway from a BA is diverse

• Anthropologist to sociologist
• Economist to police officer
• Historical researcher to political advocate

Lay a strong foundation at Lakeland College for a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree.

•  Take 2 years of classes in Lloydminster if you transfer to either the University of Calgary or MacEwan University.
• Take one year at Lakeland and then transfer to the University of Regina

You’ll take courses in a variety of disciplines including:

• English
• Indigenous studies
• psychology
• sociology

To complete your application to a university, you’ll need work and volunteer hours in a related field. You can build your skills, knowledge and résumé here. There are a variety of opportunities in many facilities and organizations in Lloydminster and area.

You’ll start with business basics – accounting, communications and law. Then, focus on honing vital entrepreneurial skills such as:

• Salesmanship
• Leadership and supervision
• Small business management

Whatever your goal, you’ll build knowledge and decision-making skills to be team leader. That could be in your own business, in another small business or in a corporate setting.

Practice what you’ve learned in an optional 16-week work placements between first and second year. It’s also an opportunity to network and make connections.

This diploma could also be the start of a slightly longer education path. Stay another year at Lakeland to:

• Add another major
• Earn a Bachelor of Management degree.

You’ll study the:

• Anatomy and physiology of the skin
• Diseases and pharmacology
• Epidemiology and nutrition.

At Lakeland your classroom is our campus spa. You’ll learn to do and practice with clients:

• Manicures and pedicures including gel polish
• Facials including chemical peel and microdermabrasion
• Body treatments such as wraps and scrubs
• Body waxing
• Makeup artistry
• Lash and brow tints
• Relaxation/hot rock massage