Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries in Canada. This growth is providing many exciting and unique career opportunities! Graduates of our Hospitality Management program will be equipped to seek employment in hotels; tour operations; air, rail, bus, and cruise industries; municipal, provincial, and federal tourism offices.
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Keyboarding
This course is designed to assist students in using basic keyboarding skills, developing speed and accuracy, formatting memos and letters, and introducing work processing skills.
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Microsoft Office Suite
Students will learn how to use the Microsoft Office 2003 Suite of productivity software. Emphasis will be placed on Microsoft Word (word processing, document creation), Microsoft Excel (spreadsheet creation), Microsoft PowerPoint (presentation layout and design), Microsoft Access (database design and use), and Microsoft Outlook (email and time management).
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Financial Accounting
A recent survey of business managers indicated that they believe it is more important for college students to learn accounting than any other business subject. Accounting is not just mathematics! It is the information system that measures financial activities and then processes that information into reports, and communicates the results to decision makers. For that reason it is called the "Language of Business". The entire accounting cycle will be covered in this course as well as cash flows, partnerships, corporations, receivables, payables, and internal control.
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Computerized Accounting
Busines cope with heavy transaction loads by computerizing to do the accounting faster and more reliably. Computerized systems have replaced manual systems in many organizations. Properly trained staff is critical to the success of any accounting information system.
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Office Communications
This course provides students with an introduction to basic grammar and punctuation, as well as teh necessary guidelines to planning and writing business letters and memos.
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Records Management
To help you manage your electronic and paper files, we have excellent and comprehensive tips to help you handle the challenges of the hybrid environment. These tips can help your organization thrive in both the paper and electronic worlds, bringing the two together in one value add for your organization's business.
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Career Skills
One of the most important outcomes of education is employment in your chosen field. Concentrating on resume creation, job search techniques, application processes, pre and post interview skills, this course is designed to achieve that outcome.
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Introduction to Business
This course will provide students with an introduction to each of the four majors offered to Business Management students; thereby allowing students to decide which of the majors they wish to pursue.
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Event Coordination
Being able to successfully create an event plan and then successfully implement the plan is the focus of this course. Students are exposed to the many types of events they may be required to plan in their new careers. Planning and coordinating an actual event is a required element of this course.
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Tourism Industry Studies
Tourism is one of the fastest growing segments in the job market today. This course introduces students to the many facets of this exciting industry, including travel, recreation, and food and beverage; opening doors to a wide world of opportunity.
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Hotel Operations
Lodging is the largest sector of tourism. This course will familiarize students with the history fo the industry, then take a detailed look at the different departments and employees involved in the operation of a hotel, as well as the different types of lodging available.
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Marketing
This course provides students with a basis in marketing concepts and an understanding of the important role marketing plays in every business. Areas of study include determining target markets, promotion concepts, pricing procedures, perfecting product/service, and placement of product.
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Business Presentations
Students will be given hands on experience in giving presentations to a group. The scope of the presentations will range from impromptu delivery to computer aided presentations.
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Reservation Systems
A sophisticated program that turns your PC into a simulated reservation set. Using programs available through VIASINC students will be able to access the best simulator available for both Sabre and Apollo reservation systems. Having learned these programs on the simulator students will be confident using the live system.
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Customer Sales
Careers in sales are both challenging and rewarding. This course provides students with skills and strategies that will help them to excel in the field of sales where opportunities abound.
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On-The-Job Training
Qualified students can apply for on-the-job training. We will place the qualified students in an environment that will use all of the skills they have acquired in their chosen program.
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Accounting Management