Courses
PROP 1030 - Social and Affordable Housing in BC: Offered next in September 2024
PROP 1052 - Social Housing Management: Offered next in January 2025
BSAD 1020 - Negotiation & Dispute Resolution: Offered most terms (on-campus)
GBSC 1006 - Financial Skills for Managers: Offered most terms (online)
GBSC 1004 - Business Communications: Offered most terms (online)
May-August 2024 Term
There are limited course options for the May 2024 term for the Certificate in Social Housing Management.
To determine if a course will be on-campus or online, see the 'Location' information related to the course.
Online Courses: For online and mixed mode courses, access to internet and an internet-enabled device is required to participate.
Online courses will use Brightspace, Langara's online course management system. Some courses may also use Zoom, a free video conferencing software, to conduct live virtual class sessions. Students should ensure they have their student account information and access to Brightspace prior to the beginning of the course.
Course registration opens 20 March 2024.
May 2024 term schedules will be available online from 5 March 2024.
Courses
Explore the history of social and affordable housing in BC and examine current government policy and social housing conditions. Management topics include: financial planning and budgets; operations and purchasing; risk and insurance; and working with staff, volunteers, and tenants. This is an introductory course for anyone involved in social housing operations or development.
This course is not offered at this time. Please email real-estate@langara.ca for details.
This course is an in-depth study of contemporary social housing management issues and challenges, with a particular focus on social housing in BC. Major topics include assessing housing needs, redeveloping the housing stock, creating development partnerships, tenant support programs, community relations, and financial management. Each student will complete a major project offering analysis and recommendations on a contemporary management problem.Prerequisites: Social and Affordable Housing in BC or permission from the instructor.
This course is not offered at this time. Please email real-estate@langara.ca for details.
Develop the dispute resolution, negotiation, and mediation skills essential in todays competitive and demanding workplace. Learn how to analyze complex issues, find common ground between conflicting parties, deal with different communication styles, envision win-win outcomes, avoid litigation, and effectively resolve disputes.
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.
This course introduces the fundamentals of interpersonal and group interaction including written, verbal, and non-verbal communication. We look at options in presentation preparation and delivery techniques, awareness of tone, consideration of audience, and selection of indirect and direct message organization.All final exams conducted on campus, in person.