Courses

Courses

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Courses

Turn opportunities into viable business ventures. Learn to develop your own approaches, guidelines, and skills for being an entrepreneur. Topics include business idea generation, market research, marketing and sales strategies, writing proposals, financing options, human resources, and successfully operating your business after start-up. Each student will learn how to complete a business plan as part of the course content.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60145 May 30, 2024 Online Felipe Ferrarez da Mata,
Yasmin Virji
$482 Online

Explore planning, organizing, and leading. Take control and become a more efficient, effective and successful manager. Your aim is to attain organizational goals through the most productive use of your most valuable resource, your staff, at all levels of your organization. Identify your managerial strengths and discover pathways to improvement.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60132 Jun 06, 2024 Online Felipe Ferrarez da Mata,
Yasmin Virji
$482 Online

A knowledge of accounting is highly useful in modern business. This course is for individuals who want a brief but comprehensive introduction to up-to-date and practical accounting principles and procedures.Note: Textbook will be available for purchase at the Langara Bookstore prior to the first class.All final exams conducted on campus, in person.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60163 7 eve We May 08, 2024 1830-2130 Henry Sum $300 Main Campus (Map)
60162 May 11, 2024 Online Kurtis Formosa $300 Online
  and 1 eve We Jun 26, 2024 1830-2130 Online    

Communicating effectively is vital to the success of every manager and team. Take a new look at your role as an effective communicator and learn ways to improve the overall communication process. Learn how different personality types send and receive messages. Identify communication barriers to reduce fly-bys and ensure common understanding. Gain insight into your role in communicating change.Note: Textbook materials are provided and distributed in class.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60148 Jun 01, 2024 Online Raf Jamil,
Yasmin Virji
$365 Online

This course will focus on the importance of Indigenization, equity, diversity, and inclusion in a business environment. The course will introduce topics including entrepreneurship, ethics, social responsibility, business types, corporate responsibility, and Indigenous economic development. Students will develop relevant vocabulary and understand the fundamentals of Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (EDI).

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60155 12 eve Th May 02, 2024 1830-2130 Mary Martin $500 Main Campus (Map)

Explore the theory and practice of managing human resources as you learn about the fundamental functions and competencies needed by HR practitioners and supervisors today. Discover the employee life cycle, from job design, recruitment, and orientation to training and career development, and discipline.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location

This course is not offered at this time. Please email yvirji@langara.ca for details.

Learn accounting concepts, tools, and methods in concise and understandable terms. Students will learn basic skills such as reading financial statements, analyzing financial reports, developing and modifying revenue and expense forecasts, and identifying and monitoring critical measures of business performance. This is finance for non-financial managers.

CRN Duration Starts Time Instructor Cost Location
60146 May 20, 2024 Online Felipe Ferrarez da Mata,
Trevin Hannibal,
Yasmin Virji
$479 Online