Advanced Diploma in Business Administration – Accounting

at Niagara College - Niagara on the Lake Campus Canada

Are you process-oriented and interested in a career where you can maintain a high administrative standard within an organization?
As a graduate of the Office Administration – General program you will have the technical and administrative skills required to be a successful administrator in today’s fast-paced business environment.

Program Highlights

• Highly regarded curriculum meets current industry needs.
• Comprehensive computer training prepares students for the Microsoft Application Specialist certification.
• Simulated in-course office projects enable you to gain market-ready experience and administrative knowledge.
   

Are you a sports enthusiast who wants to turn your passion for the game into an exciting career with an amateur or professional sports organization?
As a Sport Administration graduate you will have the skills and knowledge to support the successful development and promotion of sport organizations, agencies, and governing bodies.

Program Highlights

• From minor sports associations to professional sport organizations, these groups have an increasing role in the social, physical and economic health of our economy and have created a demand for qualified individuals to support their development and growth.
• Program combines fundamental business skills with sport industry knowledge and applications.
• Gain practical experience via extensive volunteer, networking and community leadership opportunities.

Are you a service-oriented individual with keen attention to detail and a desire to work in a fast-paced environment?
As a Hospitality – Hotel and Restaurant Operations graduate you will efficiently handle the many moving parts of organizations in the vibrant hotel and restaurant industry.

Program Highlights

• The Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Canada’s hospitality and tourism market.
• Program shaped by industry leaders and focused on current market trends.
• Full-service living labs including the NC Teaching Spa and Benchmark Restaurant: which integrate applied, hands-on learning into the program.
• Extensive practical experience in a four-month co-op work term.
• Advanced standing in advanced hospitality management studies at the graduate and Bachelor’s degree levels.

Are you interested in an exciting and rewarding career in business and want to explore your entrepreneurial and industry options?
As a Business graduate, you are ready to lead an entrepreneurial venture, take charge of the family business or improve the operational efficiency of an organization.

Program Highlights

• Develop fundamental skills to thrive in today’s fast-paced, complex business world.
• Blend of business foundation and special interest courses.
• Maximum flexibility in transferring courses from business studies at Niagara College or other post-secondary institutions.
• Pathways into select degree and advanced diploma programs at NC.

Are you ready to develop your business career in the fast-paced and thriving tourism industry?
As a Tourism Management-Business Development graduate you will have the skills needed to manage tourism operations and develop innovative marketing initiatives to ensure your organization stands out from the crowd.

Program Highlights

• Unique curriculum focused on business development, attraction operations processes, sales practices, and conference operations is taught by industry experts.
• Build supervision skills based on the industry standard from the American Hotel and Lodging Association.

Are you interested in a career managing an organization’s greatest asset – its people?
As a human resources (HR) professional in the private, public or not-for-profit sector, you support, plan and execute your organization’s HR initiatives from a strategic and tactical perspective.

Program Highlights

• Build a comprehensive, professional portfolio through the HR@NC student club.
• Engage with industry leaders via guest speakers, alumni, industry events and associations including the Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) and the Human Resources Professional Association of Niagara (HRPAN).
• Engage in course-based applied research.
• International opportunities to work/study abroad.
• Courses prepare you for the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) and/or Certified Human Resources Leader (CHRL) designations.
   

Do you believe that an organization’s greatest asset is its people and have a keen interest in cultivating and supporting human resources to ensure organizational success?
Learn how human resource professionals are essential team members in planning strategic programs focused on human capital and organizational development to maintain competitiveness, improved employee commitment and build a positive workplace culture.

Program Highlights

• High graduate employment rate resulting from experience gained via applied opportunities through co-op work terms and industry-related projects.
• Experienced faculty with more than 50 years of collective teaching and industry experience.
• Career development workshops, networking and industry events.
• Digital and project management skills development.
• Opportunities to work/study aboard.
• Connections to professional associations such as HRPA, Occupational Heath & Safety, and Performance and Learning.
• Courses required to write the Comprehensive Knowledge Examination (CKE) for the Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation must have an overall average of 70 percent with no course mark below 65 percent.

Interested in learning how to showcase your creative flair for culinary arts, while gaining the skills needed to manage a food preparation team?
As a Culinary Management graduate you will be skilled in the art of food preparation and presentation and will apply advanced food theories and kitchen management techniques to ensure a safe and healthy kitchen environment.

Program Highlights

• The Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College is renowned for its outstanding reputation with graduates, employers and industry partners.
• Unmatched hands-on learning environment with leading-edge facilities and world-class chef faculty.
• Industry and community engagement through not-for-profit and catered events, recipe competitions, and industry research and innovation.
   

Are you a globally-minded individual with a desire to contribute to the growth and development of the world’s economy?
As a skilled graduate with expertise in international business and global development skills, you are well equipped for success as an international commerce specialist in the public or private sector or manager, project officer or development officer working in international development.

Program Highlights

• Highly marketable business degree.
• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides opportunities to participate in co-op and applied research projects.
• Hands-on global education opportunities through study exchanges and International Field Studies.
• Nationally recognized co-op program for excellence.

Do you want to contribute to the growth and maintenance of a sustainable environment?
As a Horticultural Technician graduate, you are focused on sustainable growing techniques, care and maintenance and committed to protecting biodiversity in nature

Program Highlights

• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake serves as a living lab with the NC Greenhouse Nursery, Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, newly renovated landscape design studio and computer lab, and a heated landscape workshop.
• Study and research new technologies for generating flowers, fruits, turf and trees.
• Gain practical experience exploring sustainable growth techniques in the campus landscape, gardens and greenhouse.
• Hands-on learning of plant health to protect biodiversity in nature.
• Graduates can earn a diploma in landscaping or greenhouse fields with an additional year of study.