North Island College

North Island College

North Island College is a community college located primarily on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. NIC facilities include four campuses and three centres serving a population of 157,000 and a geographic region of 80,000 square kilometers. North Island College offers over 1,000 courses and 80 programs in health care, trades, business, fine arts, tourism and university studies leading to degrees, diplomas and certificates. North Island College offers three Bachelor of Business Administration degrees, with majors in Marketing, Accounting or General Management. It also offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree, in partnership with Vancouver Island University (VIU)).

Programs:
Dual Admission Pathway:
  • UNBC, Royal Roads University
Guaranteed Admission Pathway:
  • Uvic, VIU, Emily Carr University of Art+Design
Associate of Arts Degree:
  • Transfers to any BC university as two-year block of credit
Associate of Science Degree:
  • Transfer to any BC university as two-year block of credit
  • Criminology Diploma
University Transfer Courses:
  • Business (Finance, Marketing, Human Resources, Taxation, Globalization, Accounting, Management)
  • Fine Art & Design (Art History, Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Interactive Media, Communication Design)
  • Social Sciences & Humanities (Anthropology, Archaeology, Creative Writing, Criminology, Economics, Education, English Literature, French Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Spanish, Sociology, Women’s Studies, Philosophy)
  • Mathematics & Sciences (Biology, Ecology, Anatomy, Organic, Chemistry, Computer Science, Programming, Engineering, Calculus, Algebra, Physics, Statistics)
Business:
  • Business Administration Certificate
  • Business Administration Diploma
  • Bachelor of Business Administration Degree (General Management, Accounting, or Marketing)
  • Business Administration Post Degree Diploma (General Management, International Management, Marketing Accounting & Finance, or Human Resource Management)
  • Business Administration Post Degree Diploma (Global Business Management)
  • Business Administration Post Degree Diploma (Pre-Professional accountant)
Human Services:
  • Human Services Certificate: Education Assistant/Community Support Certificate
  • Human Services Certificate: Education Assistant/ Community Support Indigenous Focus Certificate
  • Human Services Diploma
  • Social Services Diploma
Tourism & Hospitality:
  • Adventure Guiding Certificate
  • Tourism & Hospitality Management Certificate
  • Tourism & Hospitality Management Diploma
  • Global Tourism & Hospitality Management – Advanced Certificate
  • Global Tourism & Hospitality Management – Advanced Diploma
  • Professional Cook (Culinary Arts) Level 1-3 (Workplace hours required for completion. Level 1 to 3 per sequential)
Fine Art & Design:
  • Metal Jewellery Design Certificate
  • Professional Poster Advanced Diploma
  • Fine Arts Diploma
Intakes:
  • Fall: September
  • Winter: January
  • Summer: May