Academic Planning Guides

• Academic Upgrading

• Administrative Professional Certificate 

• Bachelor of Business Administration (Red Deer Polytechnic Degree)

  • Bachelor of Business Administration - Accounting Concentration
  • Bachelor of Business Administration - Entrepreneurship and Small Business Concentration
  • Bachelor of Business Administration - Financial Services Concentration
• Bachelor of Business Administration (in collaboration with Mount Royal University)
  • Please contact the Student Connect Centre for assistance
• Bachelor of Commerce
  • Bachelor of Commerce (transfer to U of A) - Students who started this program in/after Fall 2022
  • Bachelor of Commerce (transfer to U of C)
• Business Administration Diploma - please contact the Student Connect Centre with any questions regarding this program. 

• Business Certificate

• Business Diploma

• Executive Assistant Diploma

• Human Resources Management Post-Baccalaureate Certificate 

• Legal Assistant Diploma

  • Legal Assistant Diploma

  • Legal Assistant Diploma - 3 Year Plan

• Computer Programming Diploma  

• Machine Learning Analyst Diploma

• Bachelor of Applied Arts, Animation and Visual Effects 

• Bachelor of Applied Arts, Film Production

  • Guide for students who entered the program prior to Fall 2022

• Culinary Arts Diploma 

• Visual Art Diploma/Bachelor of Fine Art University Transfer 

  • Guide for students who entered the program prior to Fall 2022

• Bachelor of Education

• Early Childhood Education Leadership Development Certificate  

• Early Learning and Child Care Certificate 

• Early Learning and Child Care Diploma 

• Educational Assistant Certificate 

• Instrumentation and Automation Engineering Technology Diploma 

• Mechanical Engineering Technology Diploma 

• University Transfer: Bachelor of Science - Engineering 

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing - collaboration with University of Alberta 

• Health Care Aide Certificate 

• Kinesiology & Sport Studies Diploma 

  • Kinesiology and Sports Studies - For those who began prior to Fall 2023
  • Kinesiology and Sports Studies - For those who started the program in/after Fall 2023

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN) Transition Program  

• Medical Device Reprocessing Certificate 

• Medical Laboratory Assistant Certificate 

• Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistant Diploma 

• Pharmacy Technician Diploma 

• Practical Nurse Diploma 

• Pre-Health Sciences Certificate 

• University Transfer: Bachelor of Kinesiology and Sport Studies 

  • Bachelor of Kinesiology (transfer to U of A) - For those who began prior to Fall 2023
  • Bachelor of Kinesiology (transfer to U of A) - For those who started the program in/after Fall 2023

• Bachelor of Arts 

  • Anthropology, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology (transfer to U of A)

  • Anthropology, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science and Sociology (transfer to U of C)

  • Communication and Media Studies (transfer to U of C)

  • Multidisciplinary Studies

  • Psychology (Red Deer Polytechnic degree)

  • Psychology (transfer to U of A)

  • Psychology (transfer to U of C)

• Justice Studies Diploma 

• Social Work Diploma 

  • Social Work Diploma - For those who began prior to Fall 2023
  • Social Work Diploma - For those who began in/after Fall 2023

• University Arts Diploma 

Please note students enrolled in Open Studies should also refer to their goal program's Academic Planning Guide.

• Open Studies to enter Bachelor of Applied Arts in Animation and Visual Effects 
• Open Studies to enter Bachelor of Applied Arts, Film Production 
• Open Studies to enter Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Open Studies to enter Justice Studies Diploma
• Open Studies to enter Occupational and Physical Therapist Assistant Diploma
• Open Studies to enter Practical Nurse
• Open Studies to enter Social Work Diploma

• Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences  

• Bachelor of Science in Psychology

  • BSc in Psychology (university transfer to U of A)

  • BSc in Psychology (university transfer to U of C)

• University Sciences Diploma  

• University Transfer: Bachelor of Science

  • Agriculture (transfer to U of A) 
  • Biochemistry (transfer to U of A)
  • Biological Sciences (transfer to U of A or U of C)
  • Chemistry
  • General
  • Environmental and Conservation Sciences (transfer to U of A) 
  • Human Ecology (transfer to U of A)
  • Mathematics/Statistics (transfer to U of A)
  • Nutrition and Food Sciences (transfer to U of A)
  • Physics (transfer to U of A)
  • Physiology (transfer to U of A)
  • Pre-Professional Chiropractic
  • Pre-Professional Dental Hygiene (transfer to U of A) 
  • Pre-Professional Dentistry (transfer to U of A) 
  • Pre-Professional Medicine 
  • Pre-Professional Optometry (transfer to U Waterloo)
  • Pre-Professional Pharmacy (transfer to U of A) 
  • Pre-Professional Veterinary Medicine (transfer to U of C)
  • Pre-Professional Veterinary Medicine (transfer to Ross University)