Business Administration

Earn your Business Administration Diploma in Under a Year

Dartmouth Campus

Program Length:

46 Weeks

Program Hours:

1000

Sydney Campus

Program Length:

28 Weeks

Program Hours:

1000

Online Learning

Program Length:

Campuses Available

Upcoming Start Dates

Dartmouth:

January 8, 2024

September 9, 2024

Sydney:

January 15, 2024

May 13, 2024

July 8, 2024

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Earn your Business Administration Diploma in Under a Year

Looking to acquire business skills and knowledge for today’s dynamic global economy? Look no further than CBBC Career College’s Business Administration diploma program. Designed to prepare students for various employment opportunities, our program equips graduates with the necessary tools to excel in the modern business landscape.

Our program caters primarily to adult learners seeking to enhance their careers by acquiring new skills or transitioning into the business world. With the rapidly evolving nature of industries, success in today’s business world relies on individuals with diverse skill sets and can effectively multitask to overcome various challenges. By enrolling in our Business Administration diploma program, you can gain the expertise needed to thrive in the competitive business environment.

At CBBC Career College, we understand the importance of providing students with top-notch education and training. That’s why our Business Administration diploma program offers comprehensive instruction in key areas such as project management, business management, accounting, human resources, and marketing. By honing these essential skills, you’ll be well-equipped to tackle the business world’s demands in Nova Scotia and beyond.

Whether you’re a seasoned professional looking to advance your career or an aspiring entrepreneur aiming to start your own venture, our Business Administration diploma program can help you achieve your goals. With a curriculum designed to meet the needs of today’s employers, we strive to produce capable and well-rounded graduates who can make an immediate impact in any business setting.

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to acquire the business skills required to thrive in today’s dynamic global economy. Enroll in CBBC Career College’s Business Administration diploma program at our Sydney or Dartmouth, Nova Scotia campuses and embark on a path to success in the business world. Contact us today to learn more about our program and start building a solid foundation for your future career.

Job Market

Multiple career opportunities exist for graduates of the Business Administration program. The Job market data indicates employment opportunities exist come from Cape Breton and Mainland Nova Scotia. Employment opportunities extend to any business office setting, and our marketing component gives our students an edge as you will learn to market a company/organization using traditional and social media platforms. Some examples of positions graduates can apply for are Accounting Bookkeeper, Accounting Technician, Bookkeeper, Bookkeeper Clerk, Budget Officer, Finance Officer, Finance Technician, and Senior Bookkeeper.

Program Outline

Please click on the course title to see the course description.

This 160-hour course is designed as a culmination of the program. Our Placement Department works with you to arrange a suitable placement with a corporation, or a public or non-profit organization which conducts typical Canadian business practices. In your Practicum term, you could perform, or job shadow or a combination of both, the skills and knowledge acquired in the courses within your program.

This course will help the student develop the proper communication skills necessary to function in a professional business setting. There will be a review of grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation as they apply to business communication. Students will complete various exercises with the emphasis on improving basic skills in grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, and apply them to writing assignments and tasks.

This 20-hour course is designed to help you develop strategies that will make your writing clear, concise and efficient. These in-depth writing techniques are a continuation from Business Communication -English Essentials. You will learn to express yourself more easily and with more confidence by applying the principles of good writing. Throughout the course there will also be an emphasis on developing effective writing and editing techniques.

Our Career Management course will introduce students to and teach them how to apply the most effective strategies to achieve employment in the career of their choice. Topics that are covered: effective job search strategies, cover letter and strategic resume writing, interview preparation and effective interviewing skills. Students will also be introduced to online training in Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) so that they will have a better understanding of their role as regards safety at the workplace.

This course is a comprehensive overview of current day personnel and human resource management. This course will introduce the diverse components of human resource functions and its role in the current business environment. Topics to be covered are: the business environment, employee development and evaluation, compensation and benefits, employee rights, safety and representations and strategic issues and challenges in Human Resources Management, in both domestic and global environments.

Change management is a vital part of every organization. Understanding how change impacts people, how to manage anticipated and unexpected change and supporting staff through those changes can define an organization. In this 40-hour course students will gain an understanding of the theories of change management, what change management could look like in an organization and the strategies to manage change.

This 12-hour course is designed to introduce key concepts about creating, modifying, and enhancing a presentation using PowerPoint 2016. You will explore the PowerPoint environment and create a presentation. You will format text on slides to enhance clarity. To enhance the visual appeal, you will add graphical objects to a presentation and modify them. You will also add tables and charts to a presentation to present data in a structured form. You will then finalize a presentation and deliver it.

This 20-hour course is designed to provide you with the skills needed to work in Windows OS and MS Outlook. You will learn to use the tools and options available in the MS Windows operating system, manage folders and files, and work with simple applications packaged with the operating system. The Outlook course will provide you with the skills to compose and send emails, schedule appointments and meetings, manage contact information, schedule tasks, create notes, customize the Outlook environment, calendar, and mail messages, and track, share, assign, and quickly locate and organize various Outlook items.

As a student in this 40-hour course, you will learn the most important topics of Microsoft Office Word. No prior computer experience is assumed. You will delve into Microsoft Office Word to learn how to create, edit, and format documents and multiple-page reports. Once you have mastered this, you will learn to work with templates, themes, styles, and mail merge. Finally, you will learn advanced techniques, such as automating your work and using advanced online forms.

Website design is undergoing a radical change in how sites are built and how they’re viewed. With a need to be viewable on everything from large screens to the smallest phones, newer methods to deliver and display increasingly complex sites have been created. The increased complexity is being handled with website templates and HTML5 programming. Students will gain an understanding of these changes and how digital marketing professionals are adapting. They also will be able to use templates from Wix to build a fully functional website that showcases their talent.

The objective of this 40-hour course is to introduce new users to the basic setup and operation of the Sage 50 Simply Accounting System. Students will be taught how to set up, maintain, and manage a bookkeeping and accounting system using Sage 50. Topics include: creating data files, entering common transactions, setting up a company, modifying ledgers and sub ledgers, setting up the chart of accounts and entering account histories, customizing the system, setting up payroll, remittances and taxes, display and print, and period-end processing.

This program is an excellent fit for:

Someone who works well in a team atmosphere, is detail-oriented, excels at problem-solving, and is passionate about leadership.
A mature student with previous job experience, looking to enhance and develop new or existing skills relevant to today’s job market.
Someone looking for hands-on accounting/business & human resource management training.
A recent graduate who wants to specialize in an emerging and in-demand business field.
Someone who wants to fast-track to a new and exciting career in business.

Why choose the Business Administration program?

Build transferable skills for a broad base of employment opportunities.
Join a dynamic field that's constantly evolving with new trends, technologies, and market conditions.
Grow professionally and personally with a program that challenges you to think critically, develop a global perspective, and acquire a deeper understanding of business dynamics

Save time & money

Finish most programs and become job-ready in less than a year!
Get the skills you need to get hired with programs that cut the extras and give you the skills you need to get hired.
With career support for life with CBBC Career College, our experts will help find you employment no matter how long ago you graduated.
You don't need three to four years of school to enter the workforce with the skills to start a great paying career!

Your future is our priority

Start school NOW with most program intakes happening frequently (no need to wait!)
No waiting lists, even in our most-popular programs. We'll get you the job training you need to start your career ASAP.
We take a student-centric approach to learning, with small class sizes to empower you to collaborate with your peers and receive more attentive support from your instructors.

Career-relevant education

Our programs are programs aligned with real-world, in-demand occupations. We will get you job-ready!
Most CBBC Career College programs include practicum experience so you can hit the job search running with a great education AND experience.
We have real relationships with employers who are waiting to hire qualified CBBC Career College graduates!