Program Description
The Advanced Certificate in Management is designed for current managers, volunteers and other individuals who are interested in developing their leadership skills while they are working. To supplement existing education and work experience, the program addresses management concepts such as accounting, business law, entrepreneurship, human resource management, and project management. The curriculum is relevant across a wide variety of employment sectors, public, private, and non-profit.
All required courses are available both face-to-face and online. Not all elective courses are available online. Online study is available on a part-time basis only. Full-time study can be obtained through a combination of online and face-to-face courses.
Career Prospects
The objective of this program is to enhance skills and employment opportunities for graduates interested in advanced management positions. Relevant fields include childcare or resource program administration, educational administration, executive coaching, human resource management, municipal or provincial governance, natural resource management, and trades management.
Courses
ENGL 110 (Business Communications)
MGMT 104 (Fundamentals of Management)
MGMT 120 (Financial Accounting)
MGMT 204 (Human Resource Management)
MGMT 280 (Safety Management)
MGMT 301 (Management Skills for Supervisors)
MGMT 430 (Business Ethics and Social Responsibility)
MGMT 450 (Project Management)
Entrepreneurial focus: two of the following electives:
CPSC 101 (Introduction to Computing)
ECON 105 (Principles of Economics)
MGMT 107 (Introduction to Marketing)
MGMT 210 (Advertising and Promotion)
MGMT 219 (Entrepreneurship: Start up)
MGMT 228 (Business Law)
Managerial focus: two of the following electives:
CPSC 101 (Introduction to Computing)
FNST 102 (Treaties and Aboriginal Rights)
LAND 241 (Petroleum Fundamentals)
MGMT 221 (Managerial Accounting)
MGMT 228 (Business Law)
MGMT 302 (Business Sustainability and the Environment)
POLI 200 (Politics and Pipelines)
Non-Profit Managerial focus: two of the following electives:
CPSC 101 (Introduction to Computing)
FNST 100 (Aboriginal Peoples of Canada)
MGMT 107 (Introduction to Marketing)
MGMT 228 (Business Law)
MGMT 303 (Non-Profit Management)
PSYC 224 (Organizational Behaviour)
2 July 2024
Northern Lights College
Dawson Creek Campus,
11401 - 8th Street,
DAWSON CREEK,
British Columbia (BC),
V1G 4G2, Canada
2 July 2024
Fort St. John Campus
9820-120 Avenue,
FORT ST. JOHN,
British Columbia (BC),
V1J 6K1, Canada
International students and domestic students who received their secondary education in French or another language must show that they have met the NLC English requirement for baccalaureate-level programs specified above by demonstrating one of the following: • An IELTS result with an overall score of 6.0 or higher with no band less than 6.0. Students with a writing band of 6.0 are required to complete English 099 with a "B" grade or higher in their initial semester. Alternatively, NLC will accept a TOEFL iBT of 78, Canadian Academic English Assessment (CAEL) 60 overall band, Canadian Language Benchmark Assessment (CLBA) 8 in each section, Pearson Test of English (PTE) 57, Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB) 76, Cambridge-Michigan Language Assessment (CaMLA) 69 plus NLC's Writing Assessment.