Office Administration: Administration and Supervision Certificate at Vancouver Community College in Vancouver, Canada is a certificate in Business Administration programme. The programme is delivered on campus. Teaching is in English. Tuition is CAD 3,096 per total for local students.
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Business Administration
Delivery: On Campus
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 3,096 / total
Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
VCC's Office Administration: Administration and Supervision Certificate is a Continuing Studies credential completed over two to three years, with continuous enrolment. It teaches supervisory principles, decision-making and presentation techniques alongside business English, business-document composition, management skills, and accounting, payroll or bookkeeping fundamentals. Requirements are structured as a minimum of eleven required courses, totalling roughly 13.5 academic units, plus one accounting, payroll or bookkeeping option, and a minimum of five elective courses. Instruction combines lectures, presentations, discussions, practical examples, individual and group work, interactive and collaborative classroom activities, case studies, assignments, projects, and quizzes and tests. Admission requires applicants to be at least 18 years old and a secondary-school graduate or equivalent; VCC notes that academic upgrading, ESL, and university-transfer courses are available for applicants who do not yet meet the prerequisites. The certificate suits adult learners aiming for supervisory or administrative-support roles in general office settings, building both the soft skills of workplace supervision and the practical business-writing and accounting groundwork needed for that step up, without requiring a diploma-length commitment.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission requires applicants to be 18 years of age or older and a graduate of a secondary school, or equivalent; VCC's page states no further academic prerequisite, minimum grade, or standardized English-language test score such as IELTS or TOEFL for this certificate. The college recommends, without requiring, strong communication, interpersonal, and organizational or time-management skills. Applicants who have not completed secondary school, or who need language support, can use VCC's tuition-free academic upgrading, university transfer, or ESL courses to become eligible before applying. Admission otherwise follows VCC's general domestic process: online application through EducationPlannerBC, the non-refundable CAD 35.70 fee, and official transcripts on file.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants (Canadian citizens and permanent residents) apply through EducationPlannerBC. VCC publishes each programme's own application window, term by term, on its When to Apply page rather than one college-wide date: windows open roughly six to twenty months before the term starts and close on a stated date, though popular programmes can close earlier once seats fill, since places generally go to eligible applicants in the order their application is completed. International applicants use the International Applicant option on EducationPlannerBC; VCC opens international applications on 1 February of the previous year for Winter entry, 1 June for Spring/Summer, and 1 October for Fall, with no fixed closing date — applications continue until roughly three to four months before the term begins or until it fills, so admission is effectively rolling for international applicants. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
