Graduate Certificate in International Business Management

at Niagara College - Niagara on the Lake Campus Canada

Are you interested in a management career that keeps your finger on the pulse of operations?
As a Business Administration – Supply Chain and Operations Management graduate you will lead frontline business operations critical to the success of your organization.

Program Highlights

• Connect with industry leaders through an immersive co-op work term.
• Practical experience working with suppliers and small businesses to develop solutions.
• Hands-on, experiential learning in enterprise resource planning/Systems, Applications and Products (SAP) integrated data systems.
• Graduates can pursue professional status through associations such as the Supply Chain Management Association Ontario (SCMAO) and the Association for Supply Chain Management (APICS). The SCMA grants program graduates advanced standing toward the Supply Chain Management Professional designation. Visit this link for details about the credit transfer agreement with the Supply Chain Management Association Ontario.
• Program is a member of the SAP University Alliance, a global business provider of integrated enterprise resource planning software.

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 a people person obsessed with quality service and interested in a career in one of the world’s largest and most successful industries?
As a leader in the fast-paced and complex hospitality industry, Honours Bachelor of Business Administration (Hospitality) graduates apply critical thinking and leadership skills to streamline hospitality operations, improve efficiencies and create competitive service models.

Program Highlights

• Experiential learning on campus via the NC learning enterprises, computer models and operational simulators.
• Engage with top industry professionals and gain market-ready, practical experience via two co-op work terms.
• Focus on finance, market research and operations management.
• Opportunities to participate in academic exchange programs with University of Florida/Walt Disney World®.
   

Are you curious about global commerce? Do you want to understand international markets and engage in cross-border trade?
As an International Business graduate you will be prepared for work in a wide variety of agencies that promote global economic trade.

Program Highlights 

• Immersive global education opportunities through study exchanges and international summer school with nearly one in four companies more likely to hire someone with international experience.
• Proximity to one of the world’s busiest international borders provides unparalleled practical experience.
• Faculty with diverse international business experience provide a competitive global business perspective.
• Curriculum is grounded in the real-word application of business theories to encourage the development of the broad-based business skills needed to compete on the global stage.
• Builds your communications, organization, and analytic skills for employment in domestic and multinational enterprises.

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 – a student-led restaurant, integrate applied, hands-on learning into the program.

Do you have an aptitude for handling numbers and envision a career where you manage the finances of your clients or employer?
As a Business Administration – Accounting graduate you will possess the theoretical knowledge and skills needed for a professional accounting or financial management career in today’s fast-paced economy.

Program Highlights

• Hands-on, experiential learning via case studies, computer applications and role-playing.
• Individualized support from professionally designated (CPA, CA, CMA or CGA, CGA) accounting faculty.
• Network with industry leaders while working on course projects.
• Option to acquire a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) designation via diploma articulation to a qualifying degree program recognized by CPA Ontario.

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.

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, and a co-op work term.
• Graduates are in high demand.
• Graduates can earn a co-op diploma in greenhouse or horticulture fields with an additional year of study.

This flexible, eight-month post-graduate program prepares learners for high-demand data management roles.

Graduates will be able to pull meaningful insights from large, complex data sets to support data driven decision making. Students will collect and analyze data and create visualizations to solve current and future problems. The ability to work with data and predict patterns will continue to be a critical management skill.

Program Highlights

• Gain a comprehensive understanding of ethical data management, predictive analytics, and visualizations.
• Suitable for individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, looking to add a layer of applied, analytical problem solving to their area of expertise.
• Work through case studies and interactive labs, using course competencies.
• Hybrid course delivery allows for greater flexibility.
• Applied research is present throughout the program, culminating with a capstone course in the final term.
• Software-based simulations provide competencies in team-based, real-time, competitive business scenarios.