Prepare for a fast-moving IT career with hands-on skills that employers value. Build your expertise in:

• Networking, virtualization, and scripting/automation
• IT service management and customer support
• IT business analysis and problem-solving
• Cloud, DevOps, and cybersecurity fundamentals

You’ll learn by doing in our upgraded IT labs, using tools and content aligned with Microsoft, Cisco, and ServiceNow. In your final term, showcase your skills through a field placement or capstone project—real experiences that employers recognize.

Why now: Alberta and Canada have strong demand for IT talent, with thousands of job postings each year. This program helps you step confidently into Calgary’s growing tech workforce.

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Competency-Based Education

This program uses Competency-Based Education (CBE). You progress by demonstrating skills, not by time spent in a class.

What you can expect:

• Clear competencies: Every course spells out exactly what you’ll master.
• Flexible assessment: Prove your skills through labs, simulations, projects, and real-world tasks.
• Credit for experience: Prior learning can shorten your path to completion.
• Work-integrated options: Field placements or capstone projects build real experience and a portfolio.

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Career-ready talent for a growing labour market

Bow Valley College designed Information Technology Solutions as the foundation pillar for our refreshed tech portfolio, aligning with employer needs in networking and virtualization, cloud and DevOps, and cybersecurity. With hands-on labs, CBE assessments, and industry partnerships, you’ll graduate with verified competencies that employers recognize so you can be ready to step into Alberta’s high-demand IT roles.

Career possibilities: junior network analyst, IT business analyst, service desk technician, systems administrator, database analyst.

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