Educational Pathways
An educational pathway to suit your needs
Your path to the education you want and need, is as individual as you are. If you want to:
- Explore possible careers while you're in high school. We offer dual credit and career & technology studies (CTS).
- Get into the working world quickly. We have programs that will put you there in less than a calendar year.
- Want to go to university, but don't want to venture too far from home or don't want to cope with large crowds? Our university transfer program is for you.
Explore how you can find your path at Lakeland College. You can also compare programs in our handy chart that includes program length, credential and how its delivered.
1-year certificates
Prepare yourself for the workplace in just months with a 1-year certificate.
You’ll find options across most of our schools. They vary from accounting technician to early learning & child care.
Some options are less than a year, such as the 12-week Firefighter Training and 16-week Pre-employment trades programs.
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| Fire & Emergency Services |
| 12-week Firefighter Training—face-to-face and blended learning options |
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| Human Services |
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| Trades & Technology |
| 16-week Pre-employment programs in auto service, electrical and welding |
2 year diplomas
Launch your career with one of our 2-year diplomas.
You’ll build skills and knowledge as you take on:
- student-managed projects
- connect with industry through field trips and practicums
- lay the foundation for your future with hands-on, relevant learning inside and outside conventional classrooms
Advisory committee input enhances our work-force ready training. This keeps our content connected to industry needs.
You’ll find diploma options in most of our schools, including the accelerated Emergency Services Technologist diploma that takes a calendar year.
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Business Administration diplomas with these majors:
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| Energy |
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Environmental sciences diplomas in one of these majors:
Sustainable Energy Technology—online only |
| Fire & Emergency Services |
| Emergency Services Technology (EST) accelerated diploma February to February with practicums |
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| Interior Design |
| Interior Design Technology |
Double majors
Boost your skills and work force readiness by staying an extra year for a double major. You’ll also expand your career options.
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Adding agribusiness credentials to animal science or crop technology diplomas, or vice-versa, is a popular route in agriculture. There are now 4 different animal science majors. You could do more than one. Spend an additional year to be a part of Student-Managed Enterprise after your Student-Managed Farm powered by New Holland experience. You’ll add marketing and communication skills to go along with your production knowledge. |
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Grow your business skills by adding a second major to your business administration diploma. Lakeland offers 4 majors:
Not all majors fit the double major pathway, but the business academic advisor can help you choose the right path for your goals. Added bonus: After you finish your business diploma, stay at Lakeland to complete a business degree in just 1 or 2 more years. |
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Diversified skills increase your value in the marketplace. A double Environmental Sciences major is well worth your investment. Majors are:
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Multiply the ways you work with people by taking another diploma or adding a certificate. Add Educational Assistant to Child and Youth Care Counsellor or Early Childhood Education. You can even add those extra credentials by learning while you earn by taking any of those 3 programs online. |
2+2 options — diploma and degree in 4 years
Combine the best of hands-on and theory by earning a diploma and then a degree: 2 years at Lakeland for a diploma + 2 years at a university for a degree.
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It’s possible through transfer agreements between Lakeland and a number of universities. The options are as varied as moving on to University of Lethbridge for a BSc in Agriculture after taking one of our Agricultural Science diplomas or to a BSc at the Arts Institute of California-Los Angeles after an Interior Design diploma. While there are official transfer agreements that recognize our courses, you may apply for transfer credit at any other post-secondary school. Depending on how they evaluate our courses, you may qualify for a degree in 2 or more years. |
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We also have a 2 + 2 option for an applied degree and a degree right here at Lakeland. After taking one of our majors, stay for the Applied Degree in Environmental Management. You are at Lakeland for one full year, and then do supervised practicums. You finish your degree with a capstone presentation. Our Bachelor of Agriculture Technology follows a related agricultural science diploma. |
University transfer
Set your degree in motion by starting it at Lakeland College.
You’ll get used to the demands of university curriculum in a less crowded, friendlier atmosphere. For example, there won’t be hundreds of people in a first year lecture. And, instead of being a number in a crowd, your Lakeland instructors will know you by name.
Learn in state-of-the-art labs from our top-notch instructors.
Our location, between Edmonton and Saskatoon, makes the University of Alberta and University of Saskatchewan, the most frequent final destinations of our university transfer students. But you aren’t limited to those two places.
Our courses transfer anywhere. We have official agreements with other Western Canadian institutions including Athabasca University, University of Calgary and University of Regina. Our students have transferred to other post-secondaries ranging from University of Lethbridge to Wilfrid Laurier University.
Our students have gone on to graduate degrees ranging across schools in Western Canada to the US Ivy League (Harvard), and abroad to the University of London in England.
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Stepping into Lakeland’s university transfer program is a step into endless possibilities. Here are the most popular transfer routes:
As of 2019, we also offer more degree options through Athabasca University. You can stay and take three or four years at Lakeland in Lloydminster. Along the way, our academic advisor will help you choose courses to match your goals. Come and explore how you can start, and even finish, university at Lakeland. |
On-campus degree completion Lloydminster
We now offer over 20 different pathways to complete 8 different degrees without leaving Lakeland College's Lloydminster campus.
Most are in cooperation with Athabasca University and another is a specialized BEd degree from the University of Alberta.
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Our business department has a long-running agreement for Lakeland students to transfer to Athabasca University to complete a degree. You can complete one of our business administration 2-year diplomas, and then go on to complete a degree in 1 or 2 more years at our Lloydminster campus. Those options include:
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Our newest degree completion options for university transfer students through AU were announced in early 2019.
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Through a partnership with University of Alberta we offer the Aboriginal Teacher Education Program (ATEP). Our most recent collaboration is a community based BEd with the University of Calgary |
On-campus degree completion Vermilion
Bachelor of Agriculture Technology requires a specific agriculture related diploma to enter the program.
Similarly, the Bachelor of Applied Science: Environmental Management can follow one of our environmental science diplomas.
After credential certificates
Animal assisted wellness and community mental health are two online programs open to anyone who has a related diploma.
The most recent addition is a post-bachelor commercial agricultural production certificate. It’s aimed at degree holders who want to add to their hands-on, practical skills. Crops and livestock streams are available.
Continuing education and professional development
Lakeland also has a wide-range of continuing education offerings. Check our: