Diploma in Marketing

The Marketing Diploma combines lectures, case studies, a marketing practicum and simulated business exercises to expose you to essential marketing concepts. Set yourself up for a rewarding career with a general business education, and gain specialized knowledge in customer relations, selling, advertising, marketing research and management.Get work experience while you studyPut your skills to work by joining the optional Co-operative Education Program, which alternates semesters of study with paid, full-time work in your field. You’ll earn money while gaining experience, building your resume and getting an employer reference, all before you graduate. To participate in Co-op you need to plan two semesters in advance. In the Business Internship Program, you’ll apply the theory and knowledge you’ve learned in class into a real-world business setting. During your unpaid part-time internship, you’ll be assigned tasks and projects that junior management, marketing, business, administrative andor sales employees complete in the modern workplace. To be accepted into the internship program or the Co-op program, you must contact the Career Centre early in your studies at Douglas College.

British Columbia secondary school graduation or equivalent; One course short of British Columbia secondary school graduation, or equivalent; Nineteen (19) years of age or older on the first day of the first semester of attendance; Seventeen (17) years of age on the first day of the first semester of attendance, and has not been enrolled at a school for a minimum of one year; Completion of a certificate or equivalent from a special needs program and has been in school for 12 years, or has received an Evergreen or Leaving School Certificate