Administrative Professional certificate

Administrative Professional

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Jessica Amundrud
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LocationLloydminster

CredentialCertificate

Program Length1 year

Delivery MethodBlended

Prepare to work in a modern office with solid job-ready business skills.

Lakeland’s one-year administrative professional program covers both the technical and interpersonal:

bookkeeping
office procedures
computer applications
communications
human relations
social media marketing

Social media skills are also an essential part of modern business settings. In social media marketing, you’ll learn about specific social media platforms, as well as how to use them in a marketing plan. This is one of two online courses in the program.

You’ll apply everything you’ve learned in a 3-week practicum. You’ll graduate prepared to be an essential part of any office.

Requirements

1. High school diploma with a minimum of:

50% in English 30-1 or 30-2
50% in Math 20-1 or Math 20-2

2. Proof of English language proficiency

Notes:

If you completed high school outside of Alberta, check provincial subject equivalents.
If you don’t have the academic requirements, you may qualify through special admissions.
If you are an International student, check eligible programs.

There are no additional program requirements.

As you prepare for your start date, review this important information.

Enrolment is the final step after you've been accepted, paid your tuition deposit, and the timetable has been set.

You will be automatically enrolled in your courses.
You can expect to be enrolled approximately 1 month before the program start date.
Once you've been enrolled, your schedule will be available in My Lakeland.

If you completed relevant courses at another post-secondary institution, you may be eligible for transfer credit. Apply for transfer credit at least 2 months before classes start by completing the transfer credit form.

Review all of the other ways Lakeland does prior learning assessments.

Campus Alberta Partners Pathway

Incoming transfer students might be eligible for the provincial Business Administration pathway if you have completed Business Administration coursework at another Alberta post-secondary in the last five years. Please contact the Academic Advisor for more information.

When you complete the program requirements with a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 2.0, you will be awarded an Administrative Professional certificate.

More program details

2025-26 tuition and fees

Year	Tuition and program fees	Estimated books, supplies and field trips	Mandatory fees
1	$5,700	$1,300	$928

2025-26 tuition and fees

Year	Tuition and program fees	Estimated books, supplies and field trips	Mandatory fees
1	$17,700	$1,300	$1,186

Remember that studying includes other expenses than tuition and fees - you should also be budgeting for your accommodation and living expenses. Alberta student loan guidelines recommends $1,153/month.

Our tuition and fees page has details about academic, application and mandatory fees and their cost breakdown per term.

You can also find a list of the required business textbooks.

Please note:
BA 172 Social Media Marketing & OA 161 Human Relations are online courses. OA 179 Office Practicum Placement is a three-week practicum that begins after successful completion of all other certificate courses.

You can also find a list of the required business textbooks.

Your weekly class schedule can be found on your My Lakeland student portal when available. This is usually one month prior to the program start date.

Important dates found below include your tuition due date, your program registration/start date, events and holidays.

Dates are subject to change. We recommend you check here regularly for any updates.

Lloydminster On-Campus Important Dates

2024
Aug 12 — Fees due, fall term
Sept 3 — Registration day
Sept 4 — First day of classes, fall term semester 1
Sept 11 — Last day to add semester 1 courses
Sept 24 — Last day to drop semester 1 courses. Last day to withdraw from college with full refund less tuition deposit.
Sept 30 — National Truth & Reconciliation Day, college closed
Oct 14 — Thanksgiving, college closed
Nov 1 — Last day to withdraw from semester 1 with W grade or change from credit to audit
Nov 8 — Fall break
Nov 11 — Remembrance Day, college closed
Dec 2 — Fees due winter term
Dec 13 — Last day of semester 1
Dec 16-Jan 6 — Christmas break for students

2025
Jan 7 — First day of classes, winter term semester 2
Jan 13 — Last day to add semester 2 courses
Jan 28 — Last day to drop semester 2 courses. Last day to withdraw from college with 100% refund of semester 2 fees.
Feb 17-21 — Reading Week/Spring Break
March 14 — Last day to withdraw from semester 2 courses with W grade or change from credit to audit.
April 18-21 — Easter Break, college closed
April 25 — Last day semester 2
May 30 — Lloydminster Campus Convocation

Please note these dates are subject to change.

2025

Aug 11 — Fees due, fall term
Sept 2 — Registration Day
Sept 3 — First day of classes, fall term semester 1
Sept 10 — Last day to add semester 1 courses
Sept 23 — Last day to drop semester 1 courses. Last day to withdraw with full refund of fees less tuition deposit.
Sept 30 — National Truth & Reconciliation Day, college closed
Oct 13 — Thanksgiving, college closed
Nov 3 — Last day to withdraw from semester 1 with W grade or change from credit to audit
Nov 10-11 — Fall break for students
Nov 11 — Remembrance Day, college closed
Dec 1 — Fees due, winter term
Dec 12 — Last day of semester 1
Dec 13–Jan 5 — Christmas break for students

2026

Jan 6 — First day of classes, winter term semester 2
Jan 13 — Last day to add semester 2 courses
Jan 27 — Last day to drop semester 2 courses. Last day to withdraw with 100% refund of semester 2 fees.
Feb 16–20 — Reading week/spring break
March 13 — Last day to withdraw from semester 2 courses with W grade or change from credit to audit.
April 3–6 — Easter Break, college closed
May 15 — Last day semester 2
May 29 — Lloydminster Campus Convocation
June 5 — Vermilion Campus Convocation

Options at Lakeland

Stay another year and add additional skills with the Business Administration Certificate or the Accounting Technician Certificate. You will receive a minimum of two 3-credit course transfers.
Earn a business administration diploma in 2 years. Choose from one of five majors. You'll receive a minimum of two 3-credit course transfers.
After a diploma, stay 1 or 2 more years and earn a degree through our collaborative program with Athabasca University.
Administrative Professional graduates can earn a national designation: Canadian Certified Administrative Professional (CCAP). For more details, check out CCAP designation section. You can also fill out an interest form there.

Need more info?

If you have questions and are a current Lakeland College student:

meet with your academic advisor.

If you have questions and are a prospective student:

our business enrolment specialist Jessica can help get you started.

Take Lakeland courses and earn national designation

You can earn a Canadian Certified Administrative Professional (CCAP) designation by taking courses at Lakeland College.

The Association of Administrative Professionals (AAP) has recognized Lakeland courses as eligible for the compulsory and elective courses necessary for the designation.

In order to earn the designation, you must also:

be employed in the administrative/executive assistant field
be a member of the Association of Administrative Professionals (AAP) for one year

As part of the process, you submit your previous education to AAP. It's evaluated to see how many courses you'll need to complete the designation.

If you're a grad of Lakeland's admin professional program, you'll already have 2 of the courses. See information below about all the available courses at Lakeland College.

The CCAP has 4 compulsory courses in business English, organizational behaviour, human resource management and supervision/management students. The Lakeland equivalents are:

CO 168 Business Communications and Workplace Writing. Prerequisite CU 152 and part of Lakeland College's administrative professional program courses
BA 120 Organizational Behaviour. A course in Lakeland's business certificate program
BA 661 Human Resource Management. Prerequisite BA 120
BA 656 Leadership and Supervision. Prerequisite BA 120

Elective courses

The CCAP designation has 3 categories of elective courses:

technology/computer skills
business operations
project/event management

Lakeland currently offers courses in the first two categories. Eligible courses are:

LA 180 Business Law
EC 111 Microeconomics - part of business certificate
AC 141 Basic Accounting
AC 130 Accounting - part of business certificate
MK 170 Marketing Principles - part of business certificate
PSYCHO 104 Basic Psychology
PSYCHO 241 Social Psychology - prerequisites PSYCO 104 & 105
MK 228 Public Relations
MA 210 Business Statistics - prerequisite MA 101
BA 172 Social Media Marketing

Courses are available both online and face-to-face.

Interested?

You have options. Please fill out the interest form below, and our enrolment specialist will contact you to discuss the details.

Or, reach out to our enrolment specialist directly by calling 780 871 5429 to find out how to apply and other details.

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