Certificate in
Business Essentials Co-op

This is a 31-week program that includes 12 weeks of Co-op placement in a field relevant to your program. Upon completion, you’ll be prepared for a position within any organization that requires you to effectively deal with an increasingly complex business environment.

This program is powered by Perlego.

Fees & Facts

2024 Fees:

$3,650 CAD

 

*All fees are in Canadian dollars. Please see Tuition & Fees page to learn more. Additional fees may apply.

Duration:
Full-time Academic: 12 weeks in-class and 12 weeks Co-op (20 hrs/week)
Total Length: 31 weeks including scheduled breaks

Start Dates:

July 2, 2024
September 3, 2024
November 4, 2024
January 6, 2025
March 3, 2025
May 5, 2025
July 7, 2025
September 2, 2025
November 3, 2025

This 31-week co-op diploma is designed to ensure you graduate with essential critical thinking and communication skills to succeed in a competitive job market. Learn how to navigate an increasingly complex business environment with a better understanding of organizational structures, functions and behaviors.

Acquire vital skills for decision-making in key disciplines including finance, marketing, and sales.

Program Outcomes

  • Examine various concepts related to organizational structures, functions and behaviors in order to get a better understanding of the functioning of a business entity
  • Acquire skills to access financial resources and use financial information for vital decision- making
  • Explore various terminologies and tools used in sales and marketing for a better understanding of marketing principles
  • Enhance your business communication skills
  • Strengthen your resume with Canadian work experience
  • Co-op placement

Learning Partner

 

Perlego

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Co-op Experience

The co-op term provides you with an opportunity to integrate academic studies with related employment experience. We provide co-op* placement policy in the field of studies.

The co-op work experience could include positions in the following areas:
  • Marketing
  • Retail
  • Finance & Accounting
  • Not-for-profit
  • Customer Care and
  • Administration
Common major activities may include, but are not limited to:
  • Assisting in day-to-day operational and administrative tasks relevant to the host organization.
  • Preparing reports, presentations, documents, and correspondence containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content related to business, technological, and operational activities.
  • Providing support in planning of projects and strategies.
  • Conducting research, assembling data, and reporting results.

The length of the placement will be 12 weeks (20 hours per week)

The program comprises of 240 hours of classroom learning and another 240 hours of a Co-op placement which can be completed anywhere in Canada. In order to successfully complete the program, you will have to take the following modules:

The modules include:
1. Fundamentals of Business Communications

This module will help you develop and enhance your written, verbal, interpersonal communication skills, time management skills and presentation techniques, to ensure success in any business environment. You will also learn to use Microsoft Office to help you operate more efficiently and be more productive.

2. Managing Financial Resources

This module’s aim is to provide you with an understanding of where and how to access sources of finance and the skills to use financial information for vital decision-making.

3. Organizations and Behavior

This module will give you an understanding of individual and group behavior in organizations and the ability to examine current theories and their application in managing workplace behavior.

4. Marketing Principles

This module aims to provide you with the necessary understanding and skills related to the fundamental concepts and principles that underpin the marketing process.

5. Co-op Work Placement

At the end of your theoretical learning, you are required to complete 240 hours of a work placement in a suitable business environment. Appropriate business sectors for placement work include sales, marketing, retail, finance, accounting, not-for-profit, customer care and administration.

Please note that activities performed will vary depending on the work placement, however, the key responsibilities of each student will include being supervised by a placement host at all times, observing all workplace, school safety and security procedures, dressing appropriately for the experience, interacting with placement staff respectfully, courteously and enthusiastically, learning about the work environment and participating in the daily routine as required.

The work placement is part of students’ educational development. It enables theoretical learning in the classroom to be applied to practical learning situations and encourages the application of theory and knowledge in an appropriate context. Students will be sent for interviews to secure their placement and must complete their practicum and submit a placement report to be successfully considered a graduate.

  • Have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent or be at least 18 years of age and pass the Wonderlic test.
For non-native English speakers:
  • Successful completion of TSOM EAP Level 2 or
  • Have the required IELTS 4.5 score or equivalent or
  • Pass the TSOM English Assessment
For more information on English language requirements, please see English Proficiency page
Computer Use Expectation

In order to successfully progress through your studies at Toronto School of Management (TSOM), it is recommended that you have access to a personal computer or laptop. TSOM offers access to computer labs on campus, but availability cannot be guaranteed and some program software may not be available on all open access computers.

You must successfully complete all nine modules to be awarded the TSOM Certificate In Business Essentials Co-Op.
The assessment of each module consists of:
  • 2 individual assignments or class tests: 25% each
  • final exam: 40%
  • contribution mark: 10%
Work Placement Report: Pass/Fail

 

If you do not pass the module, you can re-take the module when it is offered next and by paying a retake fee.

 

Letter Grade Percentage Grade Point
A+ 90 – 100 4.33
A 85 – 89 4.0
A- 80 – 84 3.67
B+ 77 – 79 3.33
B 73 – 76 3.0
B- 70 – 72 2.67
C+ 67 – 69 2.33
C 63 – 66 2.0
C- 60 – 62 1.67
F 0 – 59 0

 

Upon completion of this program, you will be awarded a Certificate In Business Essentials Co-Op.
Graduates of this certificate can expect career opportunities under NOC 1411 which includes positions such as:
  • Administrative clerk
  • Aircraft records clerk
  • File and classification clerk
  • Filing clerk
  • General office worker
  • Medical records clerk
  • Office assistant
  • Office clerk
  • Records filing-system clerk
  • Technical records clerk
  • Ward clerk – hospital
  • Warranty clerk
  • Course co-ordinator

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