Further Your Education. Advance Your Career with Additional Undergraduate Studies
The Postgraduate Certificate in E-commerce is available to students who hold an undergraduate degree from any accredited university. Upon successful completion of the 5.0 credits, students will gain expertise in a variety of topics ranging from marketing, advertising, website practices, customer relations and social networking.
Study Options
Campus: Peterborough or Durham campus
Full-time (Sept entry only) for domestic or international students - is PGWP eligible
Part-time studies (Sept entry only) - domestic students only
Click here for Admission Requirements.
Courses
Postgraduate certificate courses can be found in the undergraduate calendar and timetable. For individual course descriptions, see the University Calendar. Please consult the academic timetable, for information on when courses will be scheduled.
Course Registration
New Student Course Registration:
For support with new student course registration, visit our website for next steps.
New International Student Webpage:
Visit our New International Student Website to determine your next steps after you have completed course registration.
Breakdown of courses by term
Students are to follow the schedule of courses by term as outlined below for full-time studies. We cannot guarantee course availability if students do not follow the recommended course sequencing. Students who fail to adhere to the recommended schedule may not be able to complete their certificate program within the scheduled number of terms and students may have to return to complete an additional term.
Term 1
- COIS-MDST 1010H: The Digital World
- COIS 1020H: Programming for Computer Science
- COIS-ADMN 1620H: Introduction to Information Systems
- ADMN 2080H: Managerial and Market Research
- ADMN 2100H: Introduction to Marketing
Term 2
- ADMN 3150H: Advertising 3.5 COIS credits consisting of:
- COIS 2240H: Software Design and Modelling
- COIS 2430H: Web Development I: Front-End
- ADMN-COIS 2620H: Systems Analysis and Design
- ADMN-COIS 3750H: Principles of Online Marketing
For students who have accepted their offer of admission and have questions about registering in their courses or life at Trent in Peterborough, please email businesscertsptbo@trentu.ca or Durham please email durcerts@trentu.ca
Application to Graduate from the Certificate
At the beginning of your last term, when you believe you are ready to graduate, you can submit the Application to Graduate form found in myTrent under Academics > Self Service > Graduation Overview. You should apply as soon as your course registration for your final term is finalized (early in Summer term if you are graduating in September; early in the Fall term if you are graduating in January; early in the Winter term if you are graduating in Spring). The deadline to apply to graduate can be found in the Academic Calendar site under Important Dates, as well as at Important Dates & Deadlines.
A minimum cumulative average of 60% is required to complete the certificate.
Convocation ceremonies for students who graduated during the last year (September, January and Spring) are held the first week of June. Please visit Convocation site for the most up-to-date information.
