Bachelor of Business Administration (Honours) in International Commerce and Global Development

at Niagara College - Niagara on the Lake Campus Canada

Are you interested in a business career that allows you to interact with different countries and have a direct impact on the international economy?
As a Business Administration – International Business graduate you have the skills to develop international business solutions across a wide range of industries in the increasingly competitive world economy.

Program Highlights

• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides high-value experiential learning opportunities in international commerce.
• Emphasizes real-world application of business theories and skills that compete on a global scale.
• Experienced faculty members.
• Qualified graduates may apply for national Certified International Trade Professional (CITP) designation through the Forum for International Trade Training (FITT).

Are you a wine aficionado who dreams of taking your passion for reds and whites to the next level?
As a Winery and Viticulture Technician graduate you will be a key member of a winery management team, with the expertise required to develop, plant and maintain a commercial vineyard; manage daily operations; and sell and market wine.

Program Highlights

• The Canadian Food and Wine Institute at Niagara College is renowned for its outstanding reputation with graduates, employers and industry partners.
• Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus is located in the heart of Ontario’s thriving wine and hospitality industries and includes a 40-acre vineyard and the NC Teaching Winery, Canada’s first and only commercial teaching winery with state-of-the-art facilities including an analysis lab and winemaking pilot systems.
• Unmatched hands-on learning environment, including Benchmark, a student-led restaurant, Teaching Brewery, Teaching Distillery, Greenhouse/Nursery, hop yard, an apiary and world-class faculty.
• Extensive applied learning in the form of a major project working with industry partners and opportunities to work at special functions held on and off campus.
• Graduates can further their learning with NC’s Wine Business Management, Hospitality and Tourism Management or International Business Management programs.

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 dream of working outdoors while contributing to the sustainability of one of the most important parts of our natural food system – the pollinator?
As a commercial beekeeper you will help meet the expected demand for pollination services by various agricultural crops in Canada and around the world.

Program Highlights

• Reflects Niagara College’s holistic approach to agri-food and commitment to helping meet the global demand for thousands of commercial beekeepers over the next decade including the need for over 3,000 commercial beekeepers across Canada by 2023.
• Eastern Canada’s first-ever Commercial Beekeeping program.
• Applied learning experiences via an on-campus apiary with 30 actively managed hives.
• Three-semester program coincides with the normal annual lifecycle of a honey bee.
• Reflective of a provincial focus on pollinator health strategies with an aim to create a highly skilled labour force to care for managed pollinators as wild pollinators continue to decline globally.
• Engaged Program Advisory Committee with representatives from sectors involved in the planning, implementation, regulation and promotion of ecological restoration activities.

Do you enjoy working outdoors, have an eye for design, and want to improve your community’s landscape?
As a Landscape Technician graduate you will be well-equipped to plan, design and develop beautiful and sustainable landscapes for residential and commercial clients

Program Highlights

• Campus serves as an outdoor living lab, providing unique practical learning opportunities.
• Indoor heated workshop plus horticultural yard including safe equipment training on large and small power equipment.
• Design studio provides an optimal learning environment to gain a theoretical understanding of landscape design.
• Gain experience through community landscape design/construction projects.
• Graduates are in high demand.
• Graduates can earn a diploma in greenhouse or horticulture fields with an additional year of study.

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 passionate about the environment with a desire to help establish an ecologically healthy relationship between nature and our highly industrialized world?
As an Ecosystem Restoration graduate you will be skilled in the restoration and management of disturbed ecosystems and will be prepared to play a leading role in the environmental labour market.

Program Highlights

• Centred on ‘hands-on, boots-on’ learning opportunities via community-based, year-long ecological restoration projects.
• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake includes restored wetlands, The Wetland Ridge Trail, and is part of the Niagara Escarpment.
• Supports bio-monitoring, bio-engineering and plant material management training via the Greenhouse/Nursery, community nurseries and a full complement of field equipment.
• Restoration-oriented certifications and training provide graduates competitive advantages in the environmental labour market.
• Engaged Program Advisory Committee with representatives from sectors involved in the planning, implementation, regulation and promotion of ecological restoration activities.
• Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) has reviewed program curriculum and successful graduates of this program will be immediately eligible for certification designation as a CERPIT (Certified Ecological Restoration Practitioner in Training).

Do you have a passion for science combined with a keen desire to work with, and for, nature?
As a Greenhouse Technician graduate you will have a strong understanding of balanced plant environment, pest management technology and labour management policies, and will have the ability to successfully manage a greenhouse or nursery. 

Program Highlights

• The 125-acre Niagara-on-the-Lake Campus is located in the heart of Canada’s expanding greenhouse industry and serves as a living lab for students including Ontario’s largest training greenhouse, container and field nursery operations, and on-site greenhouse equipment.
• Gain practical greenhouse experience working with an integrated pest management system.
• Connect with greenhouse leaders via extensive field trips to local ornamental and vegetable greenhouses and industry trade shows.

Are you looking to boost your gastronomic creativity in pursuit of a rewarding career in the culinary industry?
As a Culinary Skills graduate you will have the culinary confidence and competence needed to create world-class entrées.

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.
• Upon successful completion, enhance your baking skills by applying to NC’s Baking and Pastry Arts program.
   

Do you have a flair for baking and pastry arts and want to turn your talent into a successful career?
As a Baking and Pastry Chef you will be a patient and detail-oriented visionary who creates breads, cakes, cookies and pastries and is ready to meet the demand for qualified bakers in Canada’s thriving hospitality industry.

Program Highlights

• The 125-acre Daniel J. Patterson Campus in Niagara-on-the-Lake is located in the heart of Ontario’s thriving hospitality industry and serves as a living lab for students including, leading-edge baking facilities, a 40-acre on-site vineyard, Teaching Brewery, Teaching Winery, Teaching Distillery, Teaching Spa, Greenhouse/Nursery, hop yard, and apiary. 
• Learning environment includes state-of-the-art equipment.
• Environmentally controlled chocolate and sugar lab.
• Program is housed at Niagara College’s Canadian Food and Wine and Institute and taught by world-class chef faculty.
• Access on-site training and employment opportunities at Benchmark, NC’s student-led restaurant, Bench-to-Go and the Bench-on-the-Go food truck.
• Community engagement through not-for-profit and catered events, recipe competitions, industry research and innovation