• Business Courses Online

Business Courses Online

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Upgrade your skills through an online delivery style.

Are you looking for a fast way to upgrade your skills or add current and relevant training to your CV? We have a wide range of business courses offered in an online delivery format. Learn the difference between our different types of online delivery styles

Course features:

  • offers great networking opportunities as you get to know your instructor and classmates
  • each course can be taken individually for professional development
  • most courses can also be applied towards a Business Administration credential (Important: please consult your program's list of approved courses as not all courses qualify)

Here is a list of business courses offered in online format, including those offered in the upcoming term. To see the full list of courses and formats that Continuing Studies at UVic offers, please view our course listing page. 

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Business Administration

This course introduces you to the nature and scope of decision making in business, and provides an overview of the functional areas of management, finance, marketing, and organizational behaviour. Using a business case approach, you will develop a personal framework for defining and analyzing business problems and developing solutions and plans of action.
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Strategic Leadership

The objective of this course is to create an awareness of what constitutes the process of leadership, and the skills needed to effectively lead in a complex and constantly changing environment.
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Strategic Management

This course uses a strategic management approach to provide you with a systematic framework for evaluating the strategies, policies, design, productivity and performance of organizations.
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Finance

This course is designed to follow the introduction to finance and continues using material presented in Financial Accounting.
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Business Law

It is essential for business people to acquire a general understanding of the law as it affects businesses in the conduct of their operation and the legal framework within which management decisions take place.
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Small Business Management

Small businesses represent a vital economic activity in Canada, and small business owners and managers must quickly develop a broad range of entrepreneurial and managerial skills in order to prosper and grow their companies.
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Intercultural Communication in the Workplace

As a global citizen, an understanding of cultural difference and ability to communicate effectively with diverse communities is critical for work in both local and international settings.
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Social Media Marketing

Learn about web-based business models, social media technologies and strategies, and digital marketing trends.
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Human Resource Management

This course focuses on the management of human resources (HRM) in a Canadian context.
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Business Writing

This course prepares you to become a better workplace communicator. You will focus on ways to strategically plan, format, and send business messages — presentations, letters, e-mails, proposals, and more — leading to better efficiency and efficacy on the job.
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Economics

This course provides an overview of Canadian micro- and macroeconomics.
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Marketing

This course has been designed to introduce the student to the fundamentals of marketing. The modules are intended to provide an introductory level of understanding of each topic, how that topic relates to the marketing function, and to encourage further studies in each specific area. The course outline will define the specific areas to be covered.
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Financial Accounting

This course is an introduction to financial accounting. You will be introduced to the accounting cycle as well as the preparation of journal entries and financial statements.
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Organizational Behaviour

This course will look at the impact that individuals, groups and structures have on human behaviour within any modern organization, from nonprofit to public sector to private sector.
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Interpersonal Business Communication

The goal of this course is to assist in improving the effectiveness of your interpersonal communication in a workplace and personal setting. You will be challenged to examine the way you communicate, the effect that your communication has on others and the application of the course material in a workplace settings.
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Managing in the Digital Economy

This course will demystify the opportunities and challenges created by technology and provide guidance on how to successfully leverage technology for business success while mitigating risk.
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Digital Communication

In a world where we increasingly live and work online, understanding the technology behind digital communication tools such as Zoom, Skype, Teams, or Messenger has become imperative. This course will provide you with the skills, tools, and plans to succeed and communicate effectively and efficiently in an online environment.
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International Marketing

In this course you will learn to recognize marketing issues and problems; analyze research information; apply diagnostic tools; perform research for international marketing plans; participate in the development, and more.
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Organizational Diversity and Inclusion

Learn to identify the barriers to diversity and inclusion in organizations, and develop the knowledge and skills to build respectful, equitable, and innovative workplaces.
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Fees

For fee details and to register, click on "learn more" beside individual courses.