Add a business certificate to your career development plan.
The Certificate in Business Administration (CBA) is designed to fit the needs of mid-career professionals, full-time employees and people looking for professional development. Learn about business administration, marketing, technology, e-commerce and more. The CBA can be taken part-time or full-time, courses are offered on campus, online or through intensive workshops so you can complete the certificate at the pace that meets your needs.
Program description
The Certificate in Business Administration (CBA) is a flexible full-time or part-time program that provides a foundation of core business knowledge and a diverse range of elective courses so you can tailor your business education to fit your needs. Multiple course types—from online courses to face-to-face evening courses to intensive one-week workshops—mean you can complete the program on your terms and your own schedule. You’ll leave this program with an effective working knowledge of the analytical tools and vital management concepts used in modern business, as well as grounding in the practical skills, values and perspectives required for success in a changing world.
Students may apply for the program before they register in courses, or take individual courses for professional development and decide to enroll in the program at a later date.
The CBA program can also be completed by taking the CBA – Fast Track option, which is a full-time 12-week program held on campus.
Courses are offered in a variety of formats:
| FORMAT | DETAILS |
| Face to face | Each course is normally 13 weeks in duration and consists of one three-hour class per week. Classes are customarily held on campus on weekdays. Please note that course schedules may vary, depending on class format and location. |
| Online | The CBA may also be completed via online learning. There is a textbook and/or readings package required for a course. Students login to the course and communicate with the instructor and fellow students via the course management system Moodle. View Moodle Computer Requirements. All assignments and course activities will be submitted electronically to the course instructor. |
| Intensive courses | Students may also select daytime, on-campus, intensive courses for additional subject options each term. |
Program outcomes
Students who complete the CBA program will:
- Understand and describe how the marketing, finance and organizational functional business units integrate for success
- Use analytical, decision-making and problem-solving frameworks to recommend initiatives in line with strategic goals
- Apply global, cross-cultural and Indigenous perspectives to business strategies, functions and operations
- Apply ethical, social and sustainable responsibility to business strategies, functions and operations
- Understand and describe effective business strategies in a variety of contexts
- Develop and use effective communication, teamwork and analytical skills and competencies in a variety of specialized and functional business disciplines
Who is this program for?
The CBA program will be of value to you if:
- your previous education is specialized and an understanding of business management will help you meet professional goals
- you’re looking for an opportunity to enhance your professional knowledge
- a business credential would help advance your career
- you want your employees/staff to get more business training and professional development
Courses
FIVE (5) REQUIRED COURSES
- Business Communication Skills
- Business Administration
- Financial Accounting
- Marketing
- Organizational Behaviour
PLUS THREE (3) ELECTIVES BELOW
- Applied Communications Concepts
- Business Ethics
- Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Fundamentals
- Business Law
- Change Management
- Computing Concepts
- Data Analytics Coding Fundamentals
- Data Analytics Provisioning, Importing, Extracting and Manipulation
- Data Visualization and Reporting
- Economics
- Employment Law and Labour Relations
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Human Side of Information Systems
- Intercultural Communication in the Workplace
- International Business
- Interpersonal Business Communication
- IT Security and Privacy
- Making Sense of Management
- Management Accounting
- Management Communication
- Management Computing
- Management Consulting
- Management Practices
- Managing in the Digital Economy
- Marketing Communications
- Negotiation Skills
- Operations Management
- Predictive Data Analytics and Modelling
- Professional Sales Skills
- Project Management
- Selected Management Topics
- Small Business Management
- Social Media Marketing
- Strategic Leadership
- Strategic Management
- Strategy Execution