Programs / Microcredentials

Short-format microcredentials. Real-world skills. Fast outcomes.

Five focused, applied programs designed for students who want to move quickly into the workforce or upgrade specific career skills. Each microcredential is shorter than a diploma, project-based, and built around outcomes employers can verify.

Short-format, applied Portfolio-driven International students welcome
Students working on a microcredential project at MCC
Why a Microcredential

Specific skills, faster path

Microcredentials are designed for working adults, career-changers, and students who already know what they want to do — and want to skip the parts of a longer diploma that don't serve that goal.

Faster timelines

Most microcredentials run weeks, not years — letting you build job-ready skills and re-enter the workforce quickly.

Project-based learning

Every program ships portfolio artifacts — code, video, care plans, communication decks — that you can show in interviews from day one.

Industry-aligned

Curricula are shaped around what Vancouver employers actually screen for in 2026 — not generic theory pulled from a textbook.

Stackable progression

Combine multiple microcredentials, or use one as an on-ramp to a full MCC diploma later — your learning compounds.

All Microcredential Programs

Choose your microcredential

AI Microcredential

Build fluency with modern AI tools, prompt design, and applied workflows. Ship a working AI project as your capstone.

  • Hands-on with frontier models
  • Prompting, fine-tuning, evaluation
  • Capstone portfolio project
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Caregiver — Senior

Train for elder-care environments with structured learning in dignity, safety, communication, and Canadian care standards.

  • BC long-term care alignment
  • Safe transfer & care techniques
  • Supervised placement hours
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Caregiver — Infant

Learn early-childhood theory and infant-care fundamentals through a program designed around real daycare environments.

  • Early-attachment theory
  • Infant-feeding & safety protocols
  • Daycare placement support
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Video & Content Creation

Learn production, editing, storytelling, and digital publishing in a program built around a creator-portfolio mindset.

  • Lighting, audio, narrative
  • Editing & post-production workflow
  • Client-ready reel by graduation
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Business Communication

Sharpen the writing, presentation, and workplace-communication skills that determine whether your work gets seen, funded, and shipped.

  • Professional writing for the workplace
  • Presentations & stakeholder decks
  • Cross-cultural communication
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Admissions

Ready to apply?

Talk to an advisor to confirm which microcredential fits your background and goals — or apply directly if you already know.

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