Our Programs and Courses

CERTIFICATES & DIPLOMAS (VOCATIONAL PROGRAMS)

Burnaby Community & Continuing Education offers a wide variety of specialized certificates, diplomas and apprenticeship programs for adult students. With official certification to verify the skills and knowledge you have learned, these programs give you an important advantage in today’s competitive job market.

HORTICULTURE PROGRAMS

Burnaby Community & Continuing Education offers a number of Horticulture programs – many with a cutting edge, organic focus. These programs will appeal to professional landscapers who want to provide environmentally sound services to their clients. They will also appeal to home gardeners who would like to focus on health plants and healthy gardens. Many of our programs offer a certificate or diploma to those who successfully complete the program.

• Arborist Courses
• BC Certified Pesticide Applicators
• Hardscape Installation Certificate
• Landscape Horticulturist Apprenticeship
• Restoring Soil Health on Farms, Gardens and Cities
• Permaculture Design Certificate
• Plant Identification Certificate
• Gardening with Native Plants
• Introduction to Plant Placement and Installation
• Pruning for Landscapers and Gardeners
• Residential Landscape Technician Diploma
• Sustainable Landscape Design Certificate

ONLINE PROGRAMS – with ‘U Got Class’

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom. You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access. Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. It’s easy. It’s fun.

• About online learning
• Course offerings

Our online offerings change each semester. Examples are; Introduction to Social Media, Introduction to Game Desgin, and Introduction to Data Analysis.

COURSES

Burnaby Community & Continuing Education offers a wide variety of credit and non-credit courses for adults. Earn a certificate, learn a new language, update your computer skills, take an exercise class, or try a new hobby!