The Business Management Program is designed to provide students with a well-rounded education in business operations, management techniques, human relations, basic marketing principles, accounting, business law, economics and business computer applications.
Program specialties include: Management, Retail Management, and Small Business/Entrepreneurship. To be successful, students need basic competence in reading, written and oral communication, and mathematics. Also, students in this field should possess an interest in working with others, developing business strategies, and responding to today’s competitive business environment and changing technology.
Career Opportunities
This program is designed to teach students to solve problems, develop management strategies, make oral presentations, and write reports such as business plans and case analyses. Management skills are useful in many job settings: retail, wholesale, manufacturing, social services, government, and education. These skills are also important for people who wish to improve their performance in existing jobs or develop their own businesses.
Students completing the Business Management Certificates of Achievement will increase their practical skills relating to devising plans, organizing tasks, leading others, and controlling operations. Students may pursue their interests in management, in general, or choose to focus on managing in retail and/or small business settings.
Required Core Courses for All Options
BUS 8 Legal Environment of Business
BUS 20 Introduction to Business
BUS 35 Management and Human Relations
BUS 44 Human Resource Management
BUS 64 Principles of Marketing (Fall semester only)
ECON 25 Introduction to Economics
BCIS 80 Introduction to Computer Applications
ACCT 2 Financial Accounting
Option A - Business Management
BUS 25 Small Business Management
BUS 40 Organization Management
CMST 2 Public Speaking
ELECTIVES Business electives 6 units
Select 6 units from BUS 13, BUS 18, BUS 50, BUS 60, BUS 68, BUS 66, BUS 120, BUS/MATH 204, BCIS 13, BCIS 85, ACCT 20, ACCT 4 (Pre), or ACCT 100 (Pre). Other business related courses may be substituted as Business electives with the approval of the Business Education Department Chairperson.
Option B - Retail Management
BUS 50 Sales in Today's World
BUS 60 Advertising and Copywriting
BUS 66 Retail Management
CMST 2 Public Speaking
ELECTIVES Business/Radio/TV Film/Fashion Merchandising
Option C - Small Business/Entrepreneurship
BUS 25 Small Business Management
or SBM 125, SBM 127,
and either SBM 194, SBM 126, or SBM 133
SBM 128 Bookkeeping 2 units
BCIS 85 Microsoft Excel
BUS 40 Organization Management
BUS 60 Advertising and Copywriting
ELECTIVES BUS, ACCT, or SBM electives
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