Business and Management

Is it time to update your professional skills to advance your career?  Look no further as we have a growing list of business and management courses to choose from.    

Contract training 

The Faculty of Management offers contract training in areas such as leadership, supervisory skills, conflict management, and employee engagement.  We can customize training to suit your business needs. We are always looking for new course ideas to support our community of learners.  If there are subject areas that you are interested in but are not offered at this time,  please email the PD and T office at  FOM_PDT@viu.ca 

Find more information on VIU Contract Training.  

Credit and non-credit courses

Accounting

• Fundamentals of Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers
• Payroll courses, see Certificate and Certification Programs below

Coaching and leadership 

• EmpowerHer: Leadership Development for Women
• Leadership Training Series

Law

Commercial Law Essentials: What Every Business Needs to Know

Management

• Conflict Management: Navigating Conflict in the Workplace
• Conflict De-Escalation for Frontline Staff and Customer Service Professionals 
• Negotiation Primer

• Management Skills for Supervisors
  • Administrative Skills
  • Interpersonal Skills
  • Team Building Skills

Marketing 

• Social Media and Digital Marketing for Business

Project management

• Foundations of Project Management

Certificate and certification programs

• Management Skills for Supervisors
• Payroll Compliance Professional 

• Bookkeeping Certificate

To register for a credit class, click on the course link for further instructions. To register for one of our non-credit classes, use Web Registration if you have any concerns, please call VIU Registration at 1.866.734.6252 or email PDT@viu.ca

For computer training courses and the Bookkeeping Certificate program please email PDTcowichan@viu.ca Other courses on this page are arranged by FOM_PDT@viu.ca.

Important notices

1. Minimum enrollment - Courses must meet minimum enrollments in a run.  If minimum enrollments are not met 2 weeks prior to a course starting then a decision will be made to cancel the course, therefore we encourage prospective students to register early. 
2. Course withdrawal -  individuals are eligible for a course refund if they withdraw prior to 7 business days in advance of the course.