Columbia College provides various programs of study. Each of our programs have been thoughtfully designed to provide meaningful instruction and skills that employers value. Please review our program information below.

If you require additional information, you may contact a program advisor for your program of interest. For fastest results in contacting your advisor, please use the contact form specific to your program.

 

Columbia College Program Streams

We provide three distinct program streams as listed below:

• Professional Programs
• Pre-Career Programs
• Bridging to Professional Programs

 

 

Benefits of Attending Columbia College

Earning an Income Sooner Columbia’s accelerated learning process allows students to enter the workforce sooner and thereby start earning incomes sooner.

Employment in Field of Training Columbia’s graduates have achieved one of the highest employment rates within their fields of training of all public or private colleges and universities in Alberta.

Keeping Up-to-Date With Change Columbia’s students are trained to use the knowledge, techniques and equipment they would normally use once employed.

Reduced Competition for Graduates Columbia’s graduates not only enter the workforce sooner, but they may enter the workforce at a time in the year when they are not competing with graduates from other institutions. This reduces competition for our graduates and increases their chances for employment.

Pleasant and Productive Learning Environment Columbia’s belief in treating individuals with mutual respect creates a pleasant and productive working and learning environment.

Competent Graduates Columbia’s intent is to develop graduates who are valued as highly respected and knowledgeable individuals or professionals in their occupations, fields or professions. This is achieved by providing a positive and supportive learning environment conducive to encouraging and supporting people who want to learn.

Students are Taught to Apply What They Learn Columbia’s students develop a distinct employment advantage because they are taught to apply what they have learned. Our programs particularly appeal to those who like hands-on learning over a lecture format. Almost all of our programs have a co-operative education component wherein our students are able to gain hands-on experience.

High Employer Satisfaction Over 90% of our professional program employers have stated they are satisfied to extremely satisfied with our graduates.