Cert in Business Fundamentals - Small Business is a certificate in Business Administration programme offered by Mohawk College in Hamilton, Canada. The programme runs for 1 year, delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 9,215 per semester (CAD 1,354 per semester for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Duration: 1 year
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 1,354 / semester
International tuition: CAD 9,215 / semester
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
Want to manage your own business? Learn the ins and outs of managing a small business. Program Highlights This fully online asynchronous learning delivery is packed with live support including professors available virtually for guidance and feedback, and practical experiences offered through Mohawk College’s Centre for Entrepreneurship including virtual mentoring, speaker series, and the opportunity to participate in a Pitch competition.Your course will be delivered in a modern format that uses the newest learning technologies such as community boards, gamification, videos and other interactive elements.What you'll learnLearn to effectively manage a small business throughout the 5 stages of small business growth.Learn the fundamentals of operating a lean, agile business that can respond to external factors forcing change.Graduate with a comprehensive business plan that gives you a head start in obtaining funding and launching your own business.How you'll learnOnline learningNo set schedule: Classes are formatted in an asynchronous format, so you can continue other life commitments and study at a time that’s convenient to you.Bite-sized content: Course material is broken down into small digestible modules giving you the opportunity to learn on the go.Newest technology: Your course will be delivered in a modern format that uses the newest learning technologies such as community boards, gamification, videos and other interactive elements. Program Length1 academic year (period of 8 months)
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires an Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, which Mohawk accepts via its own Academic Upgrading or GED routes; no specific senior courses are listed for this certificate, and options exist for mature applicants who do not hold a diploma. Applicants whose first language is not English must demonstrate proficiency: Mohawk accepts a TOEFL score of 550 paper-based (80 internet-based), an IELTS Academic overall band of 6.0 with no individual band below 5.5, a Duolingo English Test score of 105-110 with no band below 100, or completion of Mohawk's GAS-English for Academic Purposes (478) program. Applicants short of the academic requirement can complete upgrading courses at Mohawk before applying.
Application Details
Start Date:Starts Mohawk lists on this program’s own page, checked 6 September 2026. Domestic applicants: September 2026 at Online Learning. Mohawk’s page lists no international intake table for this program, so international applicants should confirm with Mohawk International that the program is open to them before applying. Mohawk runs a Fall term from September, a Winter term from January and a Spring/Summer term from May; not every program runs every term, and the seat status shown beside a start (open, waitlist, closed) moves as intakes fill.
Application Deadline:Mohawk publishes no deadline unique to this program; the dates below are the college-wide ones.
DOMESTIC APPLICANTS (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through ontariocolleges.ca. Equal consideration date: 1 February for a September start. Applications that reach Ontario Colleges by then are read together in the first round of offers. Applying afterwards is still allowed, but remaining seats go first-come, first-served, and a competitive program is usually full by that point. Where a program draws more qualified applicants than it has seats, Mohawk ranks them on the average of their highest senior-level final grades in the required courses, and offers go to Ontario permanent residents first, then residents of other Canadian provinces and territories, then international applicants.
INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS (citizens of another country without Canadian permanent residence) do not use the equal consideration dates. Mohawk lists no international intake for this program at the time of writing, so there is no international deadline to quote; contact Mohawk International before assuming a seat exists.
