Business Leadership & Management Certificate

Position yourself for career advancement and maximize your leadership potential. This certificate program is designed for those who wish to qualify as professionals in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors. Build on excellent offerings in our business area and gain professional development in Leadership, Coaching, Management Skills and other critical areas for success.

Students must complete five required courses (120 hours) and eight elective courses (84 hours) from three well-established business programs. Courses may be taken in any order except three coaching classes (see Leadership Coaching Associate certificate).

Choose two electives from the Management Skills for Supervisors Certificate program:
Interpersonal Communication Skills (MSKL 1101)
Team Skills (MSKL 1102)
Essential Management Skills (MSKL 1103)
Select two Leadership Coaching courses:
Coaching for High Performance (LEAD 1115)
Essential Leadership Coaching Skills (LEAD 1116)
Skill Coaching (LEAD 1117)
Coaching Next Level (LEAD 1118)
Coach's Toolkit (LEAD 1120)
Team Coaching (LEAD 1121)
and four courses from the Leadership Certificate program:
Find Time For Results (LEAD 1114)
Coaching For High Performance (LEAD 1115)
Step Up To Leadership (LEAD 1111)
Problem Solving Action Plan (LEAD 1104)
Building A Productive Team (LEAD 1113)
Science and Art of Leadership (LEAD 1119)
Speak Up (LEAD 1109)
Unwritten Rules for Workplace (LEAD 1168)
Using Leadership Language (LEAD 1112)
Facilitation Skls Team Leader (LEAD 1108)
Managing Change (LEAD 1102)
Creative Thinking At Work (LEAD 1110)
Bus Communication for Leaders (LEAD 1138)
Critical Thinking (LEAD 1101)
From Conflict To Collaboration (LEAD 1105)
Training for High Performance (LEAD 1171)
Challenging Personalities (LEAD 1169)
Systemic Thinking (LEAD 1137)

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Courses

Program Description

Required Courses:

Business Ethics (LEAD 1154) 53 KB
Finance (LEAD 1152) 53 KB
Human Resource Management (LEAD 1151) 53 KB
Intro to Business (LEAD 1150) 53 KB
Sales and Marketing Management (LEAD 1153) 53 KB

Elective Courses:

Graduates of the Business Leadership and Management Certificate Program may ladder into BCIT's part-time Certificate Programs in Leadership, Human Resource Management or Business Management

Building A Productive Team (LEAD 1113)
Business Comm for Leaders (LEAD 1138)
Challenging Personalities (LEAD 1169)
Coach's Toolkit (LEAD 1120)
Coaching For High Performance (LEAD 1115)
Coaching Next Level (LEAD 1118)
Creative Thinking At Work (LEAD 1110)
Critical Thinking (LEAD 1101)
Emotional Intelligence (LEAD 1179)
Essential Lead Coach Skills (LEAD 1116)
Essential Management Skills (MSKL 1103)
Facilitation Skls Team Leader (LEAD 1108)
Find Time For Results (LEAD 1114)
From Conflict To Collaboration (LEAD 1105)
Interpers Communication Skills (MSKL 1101)
Managing Change (LEAD 1102)
Problem Solving Action Plan (LEAD 1104)
Science and Art of Leadership (LEAD 1119)
Skill Coaching (LEAD 1117)
Speak Up (LEAD 1109)
Step Up To Leadership (LEAD 1111)
Systemic Thinking (LEAD 1137)
Team Coaching (LEAD 1121)
Team Skills (MSKL 1102)
Training for High Performance (LEAD 1171)
Using Leadership Language (LEAD 1112)
Unwritten Rules for Workplace (LEAD 1168) (course offered in upcoming terms)

Admission Requirements

General

VCC welcomes applications from Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international students.

International students

VCC welcomes international students from around the world to the college's academic or career programs.

To learn more about the English-language requirements for your program of interest, please contact VCC International; to learn more about how to apply, please see the VCC International website.

All international students pay international tuition fees. For more information, please contact VCC's international education office at study@vcc.ca or 604.443.8600.

We look forward to meeting you.

As Vancouver Community College is a post-secondary institution committed to educating adult learners, applicants should be 18 years of age or older or a graduate of a secondary school.

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Contact Information:

Program Coordinator: Jennifer Gossen, 604.871.7000, ext. 8670

Program Assistant: Lynda Boothby, 604.871.7000, ext. 8383

Fax	In Person
Download and complete the (PDF) registration form and fax to 604.443.8393.	Visit the Registration Desk at our Downtown campus, 2nd floor, 250 West Pender Street, Vancouver [map]. Business hours Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

- Refund and course cancellation policy

Courses

Class Full/In Progress

Currently scheduled:

Business Ethics

LEAD 1154

required

CRN 20076

$344.00

DTN

Thr

Apr-18-2013
to
Jun-06-2013

18:30
to
21:30

CRN 20139

$351.00

DTN

Thr

Apr-17-2014
to
Jun-05-2014

18:30
to
21:30

Finance

LEAD 1152

required

CRN 30162

$351.00

DTN

Thr

Sep-26-2013
to
Nov-14-2013

18:30
to
21:30

Human Resource Management

LEAD 1151

required

CRN 10104

$351.00

DTN

Tue

Jan-14-2014
to
Mar-14-2014

18:30
to
21:30

Intro to Business

LEAD 1150

required

CRN 30161

$351.00

DTN

Tue

Sep-24-2013
to
Nov-12-2013

18:30
to
21:30

Sales and Marketing Management

LEAD 1153

required

CRN 20422

$344.00

DTN

Mon

Apr-22-2013
to
Jun-17-2013

18:30
to
21:30

CRN 30144

$351.00

DTN

Mon

Sep-23-2013
to
Nov-25-2013

18:30
to
21:30

Building A Productive Team

LEAD 1113

elective

CRN 30164

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Nov-16-2013
to
Nov-16-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Business Comm for Leaders

LEAD 1138

elective

CRN 10106

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Jan-25-2014
to
Jan-25-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Challenging Personalities

LEAD 1169

elective

CRN 10108

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Mar-01-2014
to
Mar-01-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Coach's Toolkit

LEAD 1120

elective

CRN 10107

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Feb-15-2014
to
Feb-15-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Coaching For High Performance

LEAD 1115

elective

CRN 20421

$169.00

DTN

Sat

Apr-13-2013
to
Apr-13-2013

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 30146

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Sep-14-2013
to
Sep-14-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Coaching Next Level

LEAD 1118

elective

CRN 30140

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Nov-23-2013
to
Nov-23-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Creative Thinking At Work

LEAD 1110

elective

CRN 10109

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Mar-22-2014
to
Mar-22-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Critical Thinking

LEAD 1101

elective

CRN 20074

$169.00

DTN

Sat

Jun-08-2013
to
Jun-08-2013

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20142

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Jun-07-2014
to
Jun-07-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Emotional Intelligence

LEAD 1179

elective

CRN 30525

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Nov-30-2013
to
Nov-30-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Essential Lead Coach Skills

LEAD 1116

elective

CRN 30138

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Oct-19-2013
to
Oct-19-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Essential Management Skills

MSKL 1103

elective

CRN 20075

$344.00

DTN

Wed

Apr-17-2013
to
Jun-05-2013

18:30 to 21:30

CRN 20136

$351.00

DTN

Wed

Apr-23-2014
to
Jun-11-2014

18:30 to 21:30

Facilitation Skls Team Leader

LEAD 1108

elective

CRN 10225

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Jan-18-2014
to
Jan-18-2014

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20213

$169.00

DTN

Sat

May-04-2013
to
May-04-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Find Time For Results

LEAD 1114

elective

CRN 30141

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Oct-05-2013
to
Oct-05-2013

09:00 to 16:30

From Conflict To Collaboration

LEAD 1105

elective

CRN 20072

$169.00

DTN

Sat

Apr-27-2013
to
Apr-27-2013

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20140

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Apr-26-2014
to
Apr-26-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Interpers Communication Skills

MSKL 1101

elective

CRN 30154

$351.00

DTN

Tue

Sep-24-2013
to
Nov-12-2013

18:30 to 21:30

Managing Change

LEAD 1102

elective

CRN 10224

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Feb-01-2014
to
Feb-01-2014

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20219

$169.00

DTN

Sat

Jun-01-2013
to
Jun-01-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Problem Solving Action Plan

LEAD 1104

elective

CRN 30163

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Nov-02-2013
to
Nov-02-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Science and Art of Leadership

LEAD 1119

elective

CRN 30139

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Sep-28-2013
to
Sep-28-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Skill Coaching

LEAD 1117

elective

CRN 20073

$169.00

DTN

Sat

May-25-2013
to
May-25-2013

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20138

$172.00

DTN

Sat

May-24-2014
to
May-24-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Speak Up

LEAD 1109

elective

CRN 30165

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Oct-26-2013
to
Oct-26-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Step Up To Leadership

LEAD 1111

elective

CRN 30166

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Sep-21-2013
to
Sep-21-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Systemic Thinking

LEAD 1137

elective

CRN 20141

$172.00

DTN

Sat

May-10-2014
to
May-10-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Team Coaching

LEAD 1121

elective

CRN 10110

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Mar-15-2014
to
Mar-15-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Team Skills

MSKL 1102

elective

CRN 10105

$351.00

DTN

Wed

Jan-15-2014
to
Mar-05-2014

18:30 to 21:30

Training for High Performance

LEAD 1171

elective

CRN 20137

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Jun-14-2014
to
Jun-14-2014

09:00 to 16:30

Using Leadership Language

LEAD 1112

elective

CRN 10223

$172.00

DTN

Sat

Mar-08-2014
to
Mar-08-2014

09:00 to 16:30

CRN 20214

$169.00

DTN

Sat

Jun-22-2013
to
Jun-22-2013

09:00 to 16:30

Note:

* All course/program information including course/program content, length, admission requirements, prerequisites, start/end dates, postponements and/or cancellation is subject to change without notice.

* Published fees for Continuing Studies programs and courses include HST (if applicable) as well as a College Initiative Fee, which varies depending on the individual course. Student Union Fees will be assessed at time of registration. Please note: fees displayed on the web do not include Student Union Fees.

* All international students pay international tuition fees. For more information, please contact VCC's international education office at study@vcc.ca or 604.443.8600.

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