Micro-Credentials
Set yourself apart from the crowd and learn career defining skills in less than four months. Micro-credentials accelerate your professional development with minimal time and financial commitment.
If you are looking to make your next career move, improve your business skill set, or launch your own business, you've come to the right place! AUArts Continuing Education offers four new Micro-Credential certificates: Arts Funding, Arts Marketing, Finance for Arts Business and Arts Management as part of our Art & Business program offerings.
What are Micro-Credentials?
Our Micro-Credential programs are designed to complement a professional's curriculum vitae (CV) without the need to invest in a multi-year degree. Micro-credentials are mini-certificates to customize and accelerate your professional development. They are the newest, fastest, and most convenient way of learning specialized topics and give our students a competitive edge in their professional work. Each Micro-Credential can be completed in under four months.
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Art & Business Micro-Credentials
Fees
Arts and Business Courses
| Tuition | $506 |
| Processing Fee | $75 |
| Technology Fee* | $65 |
| Total | $646 + GST |
Two Day Workshops
| Tuition | $260 |
| Processing Fee | $35 |
| Total | $295 + GST |
Three Day Workshops
| Tuition | $360 |
| Processing Fee | $35 |
| Total | $395 + GST |
*Fee applied once per semester. (Fall, Winter, Spring/Summer)
Admission Requirements
These programs are intended for students with previous post-secondary experience.
Applicants should have:
Language Proficiency – English Language Proficiency (if educated outside Canada)
A score of 83 or higher on an official Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) on the Internet-based test (iBT), with a minimum score of 20 in each of the four testing sections, or 220 on the computer-based test (CBT).
A score of 70 or higher on the Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL) assessment, or a score of 70, or higher on the computer edition (CAEL CE)
A score of 6.5 or higher on the International English Language Test (IELTS)
Completion Requirements
For successful completion of a Micro-Credential, students will successfully complete and pass 2 courses and 3 workshops.