Courses

We offer the following Business and Management courses:

Applied Leadership for Trades

Learn to lead and supervise construction and trade teams through effective communication, delegation, risk management, and workplace safety practices.

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Bidding and Estimating for Construction and Trades

This course provides trades professionals with the foundational skills needed to prepare accurate bids and estimates for projects.

Building Trust in Dialogue, Collaboration and Feedback Culture

Trust is built not in comfort, but in how we handle discomfort. This workshop helps you build skills and competencies in dialogue to transform difficult conversations into opportunities for connection, collaboration, and cultural growth.

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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Business Administration Essentials

This course is designed for students without a business background who are seeking a quick upgrade to understand foundational business concepts or to complete business micro-credentials.

Business Ethics

This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to navigate complex ethical dilemmas in the corporate world. Through a blend of theory, immersive exercises, and case studies, you will gain a deeper understanding of the factors that influence individual and organizational decision-making.

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.

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.

Change Management

Change management is the practice of supporting individuals, teams, and organizations as they navigate, adapt to, and sustain change in complex and evolving environments. This course focuses on understanding change as both a structural and human system, emphasizing how people experience, respond to, and contribute to change over time.

Content Marketing Creation and Strategy

This course offers an in-depth exploration of content marketing strategy, focusing on how to plan, manage, and evaluate content that supports business goals and builds meaningful connections with target audiences

Construction Safety, Law, and Regulatory Compliance

Learn to oversee construction and trade operations through effective safety management, legal compliance, HR practices, and quality assurance.

Digital Marketing Concepts and Execution

This course offers a comprehensive introduction to the essential concepts and strategies of digital marketing. Participants will explore the foundational principles of marketing within the digital landscape, emphasizing the importance of strategic planning.

Economics

This course introduces learners to economics and provides an overview of Canadian microeconomics and macroeconomics.

Employment Law and Labour Relations

This course will examine some of the legal principles that, to an ever-increasing extent, govern the employer-employee relationship. In the non-union sector, the common law of contract and several employment related statutes—such as the Employment Standards Act and the Human Rights Code—are of principal concern.

Essential Soft Skills Training

The Essential Soft Skills Training (ESST) micro-credential is a new five-week, part-time, instructor-led online program that will build learners' competencies in critical soft skills: organizational skills, communication skills, critical thi

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Finance

This course examines the principles and practices of corporate finance, with a focus on how financial managers make decisions to create value for organizations.

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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.

Human Resource Management

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

Indigenous Approaches to Governance in Canada

This course provides foundational and enhanced knowledge on the concepts, themes, and topics needed to understand and appreciate Indigenous Governance. Please refer to the program page for more details.

Influencer and Affiliate Marketing

This course will provide an in-depth exploration of influencer and affiliate marketing, focusing on their roles within the broader digital marketing landscape.

International Business

This course examines the global environment in which firms operate and how that environment affects the strategies and choices the companies make. We will examine how businesses are managed across different countries, considering factors both external and internal to the company.

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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Leadership Skills Development

Focused on applying situational management concepts to real life situations, this course will help students to grow confident in their supervisory abilities, and to be better prepared for management opportunities or roles.

Making Sense of Management

This course deals with management thought and practice. You will be provided with some how-tos relating to various management imperatives

Management Accounting

This course is an introduction to the fundamental concepts of management accounting. It complements concepts covered in Financial Accounting by focusing on the accounting functions internal to the organization.

Management Computing

This course provides a brief introduction to the historical development of computers, the fundamentals of using a PC using the Windows desktop operating system, and hands-on training in the use of office automation application.

Management Consulting

This course serves as a foundation course for those of you intending to enter into the management consulting field on a full- or part-time basis.

Management Practices

This course provides managers and students who aspire to management positions with an opportunity to assess and enhance their own use of contemporary management techniques and practices.

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.

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.

Marketing Analytics

This course provides an in-depth exploration of marketing analytics, focusing on the techniques and tools used to analyze and interpret data to make informed marketing decisions.

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Navigating the Conversation – Tools and Practice

This workshop provides practical tools for navigating difficult conversations using the Conversation Clarity Cycle and Self-Help Framework. Learn to balance empathy with accountability while managing conflict, addressing performance issues and leading change confidently.

Negotiation Skills

Learn collaborative negotiation strategies to build stronger agreements, manage conflict, and achieve mutually beneficial outcomes in professional and personal settings.

Operations Management

This course will introduce the basic concepts involved in the design and management of the core function of any business: the transformation process that produces the good or service delivered to the customer.

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.

Professional Sales Skills

Based on the consultative sales approach, this course focuses on the self-management, business development and selling techniques that facilitate a successful career in modern professional sales.

Procurement Practices and Contract Management for Construction and Trades

This course explores the operational, financial and legal framework of contract execution, including procurement and purchasing planning and processes.

Project Planning, Management, and Scheduling

Learn to plan and manage construction and trade projects using industry tools, scheduling techniques, budgeting, risk management, and stakeholder communication strategies.

Research and Evaluation

This course focuses on the role of research and evaluation in public relations. You’ll learn the theoretical and practical uses of research in general, as well as specific research techniques and options that can be used with communication plans.

Risk Management for Projects and Operations

Learn to identify, assess, and mitigate risks using data-driven strategies, risk analysis tools, and collaborative decision-making to improve project resilience and performance.

SAFE Design for Built Environments

Learn to reduce safety, security, and crime-related risks through evidence-based design strategies, integrating SAFE Design™ principles across the built environment project lifecycle.

Search Engine Optimization

This course provides an in-depth exploration on the theory and practical application of Engine Optimization (SEO) to enhance website visibility and ranking on search engines.

Selected Management Topics

Change management is all about executing strategies to achieve goals and objectives. Topics include the types of change, change planning, organizational readiness, pacing, prioritizing objectives, monitoring progress and business controls, behavioural vs. non-behavioural considerations, leading change and change execution.

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Self-Awareness and Unconscious Bias in Dialogue

Develop self-awareness and communication skills to navigate difficult conversations, manage emotional triggers, build trust, and foster more inclusive and effective dialogue.

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.

Special Topics in Digital Marketing

This course offers an in-depth exploration of emerging trends and advanced concepts in digital marketing.

Special Topics in Trade and Construction Management

Offers an in-depth exploration of emerging trends and advanced concepts in trade and construction management.

Strategic Leadership

Learn strategic leadership skills to navigate complexity, make decisions under uncertainty, align vision with execution, and lead high-performing teams with confidence and impact.

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.

Strategy Execution

Using an intensive workshop format, this course explores the art of executing strategy in organizational settings.

Sustainability Planning and Reporting

Learn to develop practical sustainability plans by assessing environmental risks, setting achievable goals, and integrating green building principles into project planning and delivery.

Sustainable and Resilient Construction Practices and Materials

Learn sustainable building practices, material selection, and risk management strategies to create resilient, environmentally responsible, and community-focused construction projects.

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Info session: Build your future in construction and trades management

Learn how you can build your future in construction and trades management at the Division of Continuing Studies at UVic. Join our staff to explore a range of credentials and upskilling opportunities designed to meet the growing demand for key skills in the job market.