# Business Fundamentals
**Certificate** · 2 Semesters

Business Fundamentals is a one-year certificate providing the foundation to kick-start a business career. It serves as the gateway to Northern's two-year business diploma programs in Accounting, Human Resources, Marketing, Global Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology, and Business. Students complete hands-on introductory courses covering recruitment, recordkeeping, communications, and management, then explore microeconomic theory, organizational behaviour, and the interrelationship between entrepreneurship, ethics, and social responsibility.

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| Credential | Certificate |
| Length | 2 Semesters |
| Campuses | Timmins, Kirkland Lake, Haileybury, Moosonee, Distance |
| Delivery | In-person, Online |
| OCAS code | B287 |

[Apply →](https://ontariocolleges.ca/en/cba?collegeCode=NORT)

## Courses

- [AC1034 — Introduction to Financial Accounting](/courses/ac/ac1034)
- [BU1103 — Introduction to Human Resources](/courses/bu/bu1103)
- [BU1363 — Introduction to Business Concepts](/courses/bu/bu1363)
- [CM1323 — Professional Communications](/courses/cm/cm1323)
- [IN1173 — Computer Applications for Business](/courses/in/in1173-2)
- [MA1024 — Business Math I](/courses/ma/ma1024)
- [MR1073 — Introduction to Marketing](/courses/mr/mr1073)
- [AC2034 — Financial Accounting II](/courses/ac/ac2034)
- [BU3113 — Organizational Behaviour](/courses/bu/bu3113)
- [BU4033 — Microeconomics](/courses/bu/bu4033)
- [CM2303 — Communications in the Workplace](/courses/cm/cm2303)
- [GN1443 — Indigenous Culture & Awareness](/courses/gn/gn1443)

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<small>Source: [https://www.northerncollege.ca/program/business-fundamentals/](https://www.northerncollege.ca/program/business-fundamentals/)</small>