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MINISTRY-APPROVED PROGRAM TITLE: BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION – MARKETING
This three-year program gives you the opportunity to stand out to employers by developing advanced skills in digital automation and analysis, marketing management, the psychology of consumer behaviour and gamification. You’ll develop the critical thinking and interpersonal skills today’s employers demand.
Through partnerships with more than 100 companies, this program offers hands-on learning through marketing projects and work placements with real-industry clients. Whether you choose the four-week field placement or the competitive four month paid co-op option, you will gain practical work experience that sets you apart while building a network of industry contacts.
This program also includes a capstone course where you will work as part of a team to develop a comprehensive marketing strategy for a real business. At the same time, you will have the opportunity to work with students from other business, design and technical programs outside the Marketing program, through the highly interactive Cross-Functional Collaboration course. This innovative course, which is unique to Durham College, simulates the dynamic work environment of a marketing professional.
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The best way to succeed in your field is to immerse yourself in it! Co-op is an excellent way to build your professional network, explore career paths and apply in-class teachings to real work situations. Co-op is a model of education that integrates academic learning with workplace learning in fields relevant to our students’ academic and personal goals.
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NOTE: Students enrolling in this program are required to purchase their own laptop. For specific hardware and software requirements for this program click here.
This advanced three-year Marketing program provides a rich, hands-on learning experience that will set you apart from other marketing graduates. In addition to the many benefits of the two-year program, you will gain extensive practical industry-related experience by working directly with real companies to build your professional resume. You will also develop effective leadership and interpersonal skills working in collaboration with students from other program disciplines.
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Students can also earn the following globally recognized certificates by taking Microsoft Office Specialist exams as part of their computer courses:
Students who successfully pass all three exams can earn an extra certificate that recognizes their accomplishment with the Microsoft Office Specialist: Associate (Office 365 and Office 2019) certificate. DC students are provided access to Microsoft Office 365 through the college’s Microsoft Office account. See more details about this opportunity.
First-year students enrolled in a diploma program or select graduate certificate program through the Faculty of Business will receive a membership to all eight of Durham Region’s Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade for the duration of their studies, plus an additional year following graduation. As one of the only colleges in Ontario with this offering, DC is proud to provide students access to local businesses at a regional level.
The eight Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade include:
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The courses listed below are for incoming students. If you are a current student, please refer to your program of study for the year you began your program. Your program of study can be found on MyDC.
Courses and course descriptions are subject to change. Please note that as a result of COVID-19 the 2023-2024 program of study may be modified to accommodate program delivery changes.
All industries require marketing and communications expertise, including advertising, entertainment, sports, hospitality, government, manufacturing, packaged goods, not-for-profit and retail.
Students completing a field placement will participate in a four-week, 160-hour, unpaid work experience completed at the end of the sixth semester. This will provide the opportunity to integrate theory with practice under the supervision of an industry professional.
Durham College also offers degree completion opportunities with a number of Canadian and international institutions that allow third-year graduates to pursue a degree in only one extra year of study. Sample diploma-to-degree opportunities include:
Please visit our pathways page to learn more about how you can transfer your credits towards a degree.
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Students in the Business Administration – Marketing Advanced Diploma program will be invited to apply to the co-op option during their first year of study. Entrance to the co-op option is limited and the processes for securing a work term are competitive. Students enrolled in the co-op option who qualify for co-op will be eligible to complete a four-month, paid work term between the second and third years of their program.
Supports are available through the Experiential Learning office to assist students with securing their work terms. In addition, the Experiential Learning office is in contact with co-op students and their employers during the work terms to help with any questions. Upon completing the work term, co-op students return to campus to complete their final two academic semesters of the program before graduating.
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Courses and course descriptions are subject to change.
Once transferred to the co-op option of this program, students will have a co-op administrative fee of $475 assessed to their accounts during the academic semester(s) prior to scheduled work term(s). The administrative fee goes to support the broad array of support services provided to co-op students. These services are dedicated to support student success.
DC’s Marketing program has a proven history of success. Competing against other colleges and universities, DC students consistently excel as winners of multiple industry-leading awards and titles, including:
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