Business Management (Gr. Cert.) (15 credits)
Offered by: Management & Entrepreneurship
Program credit weight: 15
Program Description
The 15-credit Graduate Certificate in Business Management introduces the competencies necessary to succeed in a management position. It focusses on communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, and teamwork skills, while exploring shifting trends, new technologies, and essential techniques relevant to general and business management field. Complete both the Graduate Certificate in Business Management and the Graduate Certificate in Advanced Business Management fulfils the Canadian Institute of Management's academic requirement for the Chartered Manager designation.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (9 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CEC2 632 | Business Economics. | 3 |
Business Economics. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Overview of microeconomic tools and analytic approaches for business decision-making. Topics include analysis of demand, supply and markets, production, costing and pricing decisions, market structure, competition, and strategy. Macroeconomic indicators, forecasting, and policy and their effect on the business environment overall. | ||
| CGM2 620 | Agile Project Management: Theory and Practice. | 3 |
Agile Project Management: Theory and Practice. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Examination of the principles and techniques of agile project management to improve project delivery, reduce risk, and improve quality when dealing with a project with undefined and continually changing requirements. Applications of a collaborative method for resolving conflicts and interest-based problems. Assessment of change readiness in project teams. | ||
| CMR2 642 | Marketing Principles and Applications. | 3 |
Marketing Principles and Applications. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of the different aspects of marketing operations: the marketing concept, analysis and research of market opportunities, and the planning, implementation, and control of the marketing program (product, promotion, distribution, and pricing). Focus is on the general market environment and Canadian marketing institutions. | ||
Complementary Courses
6 credits selected from:
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| CACC 621 | Concepts of Financial Accounting. | 3 |
Concepts of Financial Accounting. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Examination of accounting in a finance context, specifically, how to prepare, interpret, and make decisions based on accounting information, including the process of recording and reporting accounting transactions, the elements of financial statements, and the preparation of various financial statements. | ||
| CCLW 611 | Business Law Concepts. | 3 |
Business Law Concepts. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Sources and administration of law; the Canadian Constitution and the division of powers; the Quebec Civil Code, comprising the law of persons, the law of property, obligations, contracts, sale, lease and hire, mandate, suretyship, hypothecs, and prescription. | ||
| CGM2 610 | Project Management: Tools and Techniques. | 3 |
Project Management: Tools and Techniques. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Analysis of the development, scheduling, and planning of projects in both public and private organizations. Focus on theories of project management from initiation of a project to close-out. Exploration of project life cycle, planning, scheduling, implementing, monitoring, controlling, close-out and ethics applicable to projects of various sizes, types and degrees of complexity. | ||
| CORG 651 | Behaviour in Organizations. | 3 |
Behaviour in Organizations. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Analysis of individual and group performance and behaviour within an organization. The implications for management and the essential concepts of social psychology, such as motivation, perception, working in teams, well-being, decision-making, communication, conflict management, power and politics, leadership, and organizational culture. | ||
| CPL2 610 | Practical Communication and Presentation Skills . | 3 |
Practical Communication and Presentation Skills . Terms offered: Summer 2025 Overview of management skills pertaining to communication and networking in the workplace, including review of one's professional brand and career performance. Focus on preparing and delivering oral presentations for in-person, remote, and hybrid audiences; writing for business purposes such as reports; and creating business-related content for digital media. | ||
Or another 600-level course offered by the School of Continuing Studies and approved by the academic unit.