Degrees and Certificates

BUSINESS: TRANSFER (A.A. Degree)

Major Requirements:
Course Units

• ACCTG 010 Financial Accounting 5
• ACCTG 011 Managerial Accounting 5
• BUS 028 Business Law 3
• CIS 002 Introduction to Computing 4
• ECON 001A Macroeconomics 3
• ECON 001B Microeconomics 3
• ENGL 001A English Composition 3
  
AND
• ENGL 001B English Composition 3
  OR one of the four following:
• ENGL 001C Clear Thinking in Writing 3
• PHIL 002 Introduction to Logic 3
• PHIL 003 Introduction to Ethics 3
• PHIL 017 Logic and Critical Reasoning 3
  
AND
• MATH 010 Elementary Statistics 3
  
AND
• MATH 008 Finite Mathematics 3
  OR
• MATH 012 Applied Calculus 4

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (A.S. Degree)

Major Requirements:
Course Units

• Acctg 050 Accounting for Small Business 1
• FD 027 Professional Image 3
• Bus 028 Business Law 3
• Bus 061 Business & Society 3
• Bus 062 Business Mathematics 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
• CIS 002 Introduction to Computing 4

To be awarded an A.S. Degree, a student must complete:

1. All the major requirements plus the requirements for one or more of the certificate programs listed below.
   • Administrative Assistance
   • Administrative Coordination
   • Administrative Management
   • Advertising
   • Business Administration
   • Business Communication
   • Business Leadership Skills
   • Business Management
   • Business Work Experience
   • E-Commerce
   • Human Relations in Business
   • Marketing
   • Professional Selling
   • Retail Management
   • Retail Selling
   • Small Business Startup
   
   
2. Certificates

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE (Certificate) (Minimum 16 units)

Course Units

• BUS 070 Effective Office Skills 3
• BUS 071 Administrative Record Keeping 3
• BUS 072 Administrative Communication 3
• CA 033 Beginning Office Computing 3
• CA 074 Using the Internet for Research 1
• COUNS 018 Job Search Methods 1
• WRKEX 302 Occupational Work Experience 2

Recommended Electives:

• ENGL 903 Basic Grammar & Sentence Structure
• CA 010 Computer Keyboarding
• FD 027 Professional Image
• FD 030A Success Strategies
• DM/IS 094A Computer Skills Development

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION (Certificate) (Minimum 16 units)

Course Units

• BUS 061 Business & Society 3
• BUS 062 Business Math 3
• COMM 012 Intercultural Communication 3
• CA 032B Intermediate Microsoft Word 2
• CA 046B Presentation PowerPoint 1
• CA 081B Beginning Database, Microsoft Access 1
• WRKEX 303 Occupational Work Experience 3

Recommended Electives:

• ENGL 905 English Fundamentals 3
• ACCTG 050 Accounting for Small Business 1
• CA 063C Intermediate and Advanced Excel 3
• CA 096 Web Pages with HTML 1
• DM/IS 021A Web Development 1 3
• HTECH 005 Basic Medical Terminology 3

ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT(Certificate) (Minimum 12 units)

Course Units

• Bus 034 Human Resource Management 3
• Bus 036 Strategic Management 3
• Bus 068 Organizational Behavior 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

Recommended Electives:

• ENGL 001A English Composition

ADVERTISING (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 081 Advertising Principles 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
  OR
• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
  OR
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
  OR
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3

BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

BUSINESS LEADERSHIP SKILLS (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 032 Leadership 3
• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
  OR
• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
  OR
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 033 Functions of Management 3
• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

BUSINESS WORK EXPERIENCE (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 301-304 Business Work Experience Education 8 (total)

E-COMMERCE (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 025 Electronic Commerce Technologies 3
• DM/IS 021A Web Development 1 3
• DM/IS 021B Web Development 2 3
• DM/IS 021C Web Development 3 3
• CA 062B Beg. Spreadsheets, Microsoft Excel 1
• CA 063B Inter. Spreadsheets, Microsoft Excel 2

HUMAN RELATIONS IN BUSINESS (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 061 Business and Society 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3
• Comm 012 Intercultural Communication 3

MARKETING (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 025 Electronic Commerce Technologies 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

PROFESSIONAL SELLING (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 301-304 Business Work Experience
  
Education 3 (total)
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3

RETAIL MANAGEMENT (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Acctg 010 Accounting Fundamentals Financial 5
• Bus 033 Functions of Management 3
• Bus 034 Human Resource Management 3
• Bus 035 Retail Management 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 062 Business Math 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
• Comm 012 Intercultural Communications 3
• CA 031B Beginning Word Processing, Microsoft Word 1
• CA 046B Presentation, PowerPoint 1
• CA 062B Beginning Spreadsheet, Micrsoft Excel 1

Office Internship (Optional)

RETAIL SELLING (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Bus 301-304 Business Work Experience 3 (total)
• Bus 078 Business Communication 3
  OR
• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
  OR
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3

SMALL BUSINESS STARTUP (Certificate)

Required Courses:
Course Units

• Bus 040 Sales Strategies 3
• Bus 054 Small Business Startup Management 3
• Bus 056 Marketing Principles 3
  OR
• Bus 051 Introduction to Business 3
  OR
• Comm 017 Effective Listening 3
• Bus 066 Human Relations in Business 3
• Acctg 050 Accounting for Small Business 1
• Acctg 060A Accounting--Quickbooks 3

BUSINESS PROGRAMS WITH INTERNATIONAL/FOREIGN LANGUAGE EMPHASIS

Dual-content Business/Foreign Language certificates are available with each of the following Business Certificate Programs:

• Administrative Assistance
• Administrative Coordination
• Administrative Management
• Advertising
• Business Administration
• Business Communication
• Business Leadership Skills
• Business Management
• Business Work Experience
• E-Commerce
• Human Relations in Business
• Marketing
• Professional Selling
• Retail Selling
• Small Business Startup

To pursue a business career with a language emphasis,
choose one of the following language areas:

• French 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 003A, 003B 057A, 057B
  French for International Business
• German 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 050A, 050B 051A, 051B
  Intermediate German with emphasis on Business
• Japanese 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 050A, 050B 051A, 051B
  Intermediate Japanese with emphasis on Business
• Russian 001A, 001B, 050A, 050B 051A, 051B
  Intermediate Russian with emphasis on Business
• Spanish 001A, 001B, 002A, 002B, 003A, 003B 057A, 058B
  Spanish for International Business

The certificate requires a minimum of 15 semester units in one language. Courses chosen depend on your language background and/or fluency when starting the program.

• Marketing, Sales and Advertising

REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON EDUCATION (CERTIFICATE)

Major Requirements:
Course Units

• RLEST 090 Principles of Real Estate 3
• RLEST 091 Real Estate Practice 3
  
And one of the following:
• RLEST 092 Real Estate Economics 3
• RLEST 093A Legal Aspects of Real Estate 3
• RLEST 094A Real Estate Appraisal I 3
• RLEST 095A Real Estate Finance 3
• BUS 028 Business Law 3
• RLEST 099 Property Management 3
• ACCTG 010 Financial Accounting 5

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