Overview
Gain key business skills or sharpen those you've already developed in the workplace. This flexible program is often pursued by mature working students who want to upgrade their education and skills to prepare for advancement in their careers.
You鈥檒l choose from Commerce and Business Administration courses in your field of interest, such as accounting, finance, economics, management, business law, computing studies and information systems, and or/marketing.
Get valuable work experience through the Business Internship program
In the Business Internship Program, you鈥檒l apply the theory and knowledge you鈥檝e learned in class into a real-world business setting. During your unpaid part-time internship, you鈥檒l be assigned tasks and projects that junior management, marketing, business, administrative and/or sales employees complete in the modern workplace.
To be accepted into the internship program, you must contact the Career Centre early in your studies at Douglas College.
Further education
Upon completion of specific courses, you can transfer your credits into the Diploma in Commerce and Business Administration program or any Bachelor of Business Administration program at Douglas.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
31 January 2025
Start date
May 2025
Douglas College
New Westminster Campus,
700 Royal Avenue,
NEW WESTMINSTER,
British Columbia (BC),
V3M 5Z5, Canada
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
31 January 2025
Start date
May 2025
Coquitlam Campus
1250 Pinetree Way,
COQUITLAM,
British Columbia (BC),
V3B 7X3, Canada
British Columbia secondary school graduation or equivalent; One course short of British Columbia secondary school graduation, or equivalent; Nineteen (19) years of age or older on the first day of the first semester of attendance; Seventeen (17) years of age on the first day of the first semester of attendance, and has not been enrolled at a school for a minimum of one year; Completion of a certificate or equivalent from a special needs program and has been in school for 12 years, or has received an Evergreen or Leaving School Certificate
Douglas College English Assessment
TOEFL iBT (in-person or online) - minimum score 83
TOEFL Essentials - minimum score of 9 (no score below 8 on any individual section)
IELTS - minimum overall band test score 6.5 (academic module only)
EIKEN Practical English - minimum placement of Grade 1
CAEL - minimum overall and essay score of 60 (computer or paper based)
Cambridge English CAE - minimum score 75 or "B
Cambridge English CPE - minimum score 60 or "C
Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 8 in each of Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
Duolingo English Test Minimum overall score of 110. Official test scores must be sent directly to Douglas College.
Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - minimum score of 56
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
Students who complete one of Douglas College鈥檚 10 degree programs enjoy a graduate employment rate of 94 percent.
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