2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
General Business Certificate of Achievement
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The General Business Skills low-unit certificate prepares students for entry-level positions for many industries. Students learn how businesses operate, under what influences, with what stakeholders. They learn to communicate clearly on business matters, and they develop an understanding of human relations in the workplace. Completion of this low-unit certificate with the BUS13 elective option provides students with the three core courses required of most of the Business Certificates of Achievement. Entry level positions that need the skills learned by students who complete this low-unit certificate include entry level office clerks, accounting assistants, production assistants, office assistants, recreation assistants, audio and video equipment assistants, billing and posting clerks, and many others across a wide range of industries.
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Program Student Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this program will be able to:
- Effectively and appropriately apply principles, planning, organization, and styles to written and oral business communications, including proper consideration of ethical, cultural, gender, and other aspects of the communication.
- Create appropriate written business documents, such as letters, memorandums, reports, proposals, requests for proposals (RFPs), instructions, employment-related documents, as well as email and other online written business communications. Use correct grammar, style, and format.
- Apply familiarity with the functions of business including the major concepts related to business ownership and the factors that influence them; competition and marketing; and the systems, technologies, and operational controls through which business organizations operate, to business communications.
- Behave in a professional manner appropriate to organizational expectations, including getting along well with others, exercise of initiative and self direction and observation of laws, rules, and ethical practices.
- Apply analytical and organizational skills, including the ability to exercise judgment, manage finances and solve workplace problems, as well as ability manage time and prioritize tasks.
- Propose effective solutions to common human relations problems in an organization.
REQUIRED COURSES:
| Course ID |
Title |
Units |
| BUS 1 or |
Introduction to Business |
3 |
| BUS 1H |
Honors Introduction to Business |
3 |
| BUS 104 * |
Business Communication |
3 |
| BUS 103 or |
Business English |
3 |
| ENG 1A * or |
English Composition |
4 |
| ENG 1AH * |
Honors English Composition |
4 |
| BUS 125 |
Human Relations |
3 |
| BUS 196 |
Workplace Success Skills |
1 |
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Restricted Electives |
3 |
TOTAL UNITS FOR THE CERTIFICATE:
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16-17
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| Restricted Electives: Select 3 units |
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| BUS 13 |
Legal Environment & Business Law |
3 |
| BUS 102 |
Oral Business Communications |
3 |
| BUS 105 |
Social Media Marketing |
3 |
| BUS 16 |
Personal Law, Street Law |
3 |
| BUS 135 |
Marketing |
3 |
| BUS 160 |
Entrepreneurship |
3 |
| CWE 180 |
Co-Op-Ed Business |
3 |
| CIM 112 |
Microsoft Office |
3 |
| CIMA 102 |
Word Processing - Word |
3 |
| CIMA 104 |
Spreadsheets - Excel |
3 |
| CIMA 108 |
Business Presentations - Powerpoint |
3 |
*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.
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