Post-Degree Diploma in Sustainable Business Practices

Our Sustainable Business Practices diploma can provide the knowledge you need to prepare for sustainability initiatives in modern businesses and tourism enterprises companies.
For those who have a degree in something other than business or tourism, the Post-Degree diploma in Sustainable Business Practices provides everything you require including courses in business and sustainability.
Designed for students without a business degree, our two-year diploma is aimed at those who have a degree in a non-business field and aims to help you develop a strong foundation of business knowledge and provide you with the skills you need to thrive in the ‘green’ economy. Your courses selection will include economics, accounting, marketing, and business management along with courses focusing on sustainability.
This program is designed to:
Improve employability with a highly-specialized post-degree certificate in sustainable business practice
Supplement your business or tourism degree with the knowledge to thrive in the “green” economy
Develop your sustainability planning and reporting skills to help local businesses reduce their impact on the environment

A degree other than Business, Commerce, Finance or Tourism from a recognized university/college or permission of the Dean is required.

Students with a business-related degree from another country may enter the post-degree diploma program in order to retake introductory business courses in a Canadian context, however, no transfer credit or flexible assessment will be granted for these students to meet program requirements with the exception of transfer credit granted for ENGL 100.
Students whose first language is not English must have an IELTS assessment score of at least 6.0 in all bands and 6.5 overall.
Minimum 60% in either MATH 080, Foundations 11, Pre-Calculus 11, Essentials 11, Applications 11, Principles 11, Computer Science 11, Computer Science 12, Foundations of Math 12, Pre-Calculus 12, Statistics 12, Geometry 12, or equivalent.
Graduation Requirements: Students must maintain a program average of at least 65% and minimum course grades of at least 60% in all courses contributing to this credential.

Flexible Assessment: A minimum of 25% of program credits must be completed with College of the Rockies courses. For the Post-Degree Diploma in Sustainable Business Practices, this amounts to at least 15 credits. In most cases, students will complete a minimum of five sustainability courses (i.e. MGMT 303, MGMT 305, MGMT 307, MGMT 310, and MGMT 410).

TOEFL iBT - Minimum score 80 overall, with minimum 13 in Reading, 21 in Writing, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking
IELTS - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 6.0