Small Business & Entrepreneurship
Program Requirements
Required courses:
- How to Start Your Own Business (36 hours, online)
- Financial Skills for Managers (36 hours, online)
- Human Resources Management (36 hours, online)
- Communicating Effectively (12 hours, online)
- Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) for Businesses (36 hours, online) – 12 Thursdays (June 5 to August 21, 2025, 6.30-9.30 pm on ZOOM.
Plus, one course from the following:
- Fundamentals of Management (36 hours, online)
- Proposal and Grant Writing (15 hours, online)
- Bookkeeping - Level 1
- Managing for Success (12 hours, online)
Exemptions
All program requirements must be completed at Langara Continuing Studies. Exemptions are not allowed. Exemptions for the GBSC 1006 Financial Skills For Manager's course and ENTR 1009 How To Start Your Own Business course that are five years or older will not be accepted. There are no refunds issued once course has started.
Credential Eligibility
To qualify for the certification, students must complete successfully all the required and elective courses with a minimum C+ grade requirement in each course. All requirements must be completed within five years of starting the program. Students can complete the program as quick as two terms.
Courses may be taken individually as long as individual course prerequisites are met. Students completing the certificate do not need to apply to the program as registration is by course. There are no academic requirements for students to start the program.
Students who began the program prior to September 2022 will have until August 2023 to receive a certificate credential. Students who began the program September 2022 onwards will receive a short certificate credential.
To register, please call 604.323.5322