Business & 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.  

COVID-19 safety update: Depending on the course or program Professional Development and Training may offer in-person classes.  We want to ensure the safety of our students and instructors for in-person classes; therefore, we have strict health and safety protocols in place.  

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 (October 14, - November 25, 2023)
• Payroll Compliance Legislation (May 30 - July 11, 2023) 
• Payroll Fundamentals 1 (August 29 - October 05, 2023)
• Payroll Fundamentals 2 (January 30 - March 7, 2024) 

Management

• Conflict Management: Navigating Conflict in the Workplace (April 20-21, 2023)
  
• Conflict De-Escalation for Frontline Staff and Customer Service Professionals: online workshop 
  • Friday, June 16, 2023
  • Friday, August 11, 2023
• Management Skills for Supervisors (all courses in this program may be taken individually)
  • Team Building Skills (June 09 - June 17, 2023); Online delivery
  • Administrative Skills (October 7 - October 28, 2023); In-person delivery
  • Interpersonal Skills   (February 3 - February 11, 2023); Online delivery
• Accessibility and Inclusion in the Workplace (October 12 - December 7, 2023 )

Marketing 

Social Media and Digital Marketing for Business (October 7, 14, 21, 28, 2023)

Project Management

• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Prep Course
• Foundations of Project Management

Certificate and Certification Programs

• Management Skills for Supervisors
• Payroll Compliance Practitioner Program 

• 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 FoM_PDT@viu.ca or 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 Notice

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.