Basic Business, Certificate of Achievement

Upon successful completion of the Basic Business Certificate program, the student demonstrates the skills, knowledge, and training a foundation of a variety of accepted business practices; principles and concepts; employment in the fields of clerical assistant or administrative clerk, doing mail sorting and distribution, supply room inventories, copy clerk, record keeping.

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. Program completers will analyze workplace scenarios identifying/debating legal, ethical and socially responsible.
  2. Program completers will compare and contrast the functions of production, marketing, human resource, accounting, information, and financial management.
  3. Program completers will assess elements of the global economy such as labor, capital, trade, natural resources, etc. and develop an action plan that describes how they will compete in this environment.
  4. Program completers will describe the role of competition, government involvement, and culture in a selected country's economic system.
  5. Program completers will identify different elements that distinguish capitalism, socialism, communism, and mixed economy.

Restricted Electives

Complete 12 units, including one course from 4 different Areas.

Area A

BUS 001A

Principles of Accounting

5

BUS 010A

Bookkeeping

3

Area B

BUS 008

Introduction to The American Legal System

3

BUS 018A

Business Law

3

BUS 018B

Business Law

3

BUS 019

Legal Environment of Business

3

Area C

BUS 020

Introduction to Business

3

Area D

BUS 021

Marketing

3

Area E

BUS 022

Professional Selling

3

BUS 023

Advertising

3

Area F

BUS 030

Supervision and Human Relations

3

BUS 031

Introduction to Management

3

Minimum Units Required: 12

Complete all courses with a grade of "C" or better.