Certificate

Curriculum

First Semester

Second Semester

Certificate Requirement: 32 credit hours

Admissions Requirements

High school graduate with a minimum of a 75% overall average or a minimum 2500 GED test score.  A 70% or higher on the Math A/Algebra regents exam is recommended.

Program Objectives

A graduate of the Business Management certificate program should be able to:

1. Prepare financial statements and maintain accounting records.
2. Generalize and discriminate among current American business practices, including production marketing, finance, and human resource management.
3. Demonstrate fundamental problem-solving skills related to finance and business.
4. Communicate effectively both orally and in written formats.
5. Demonstrate understanding of the impact of individual economic decisions and the major arguments and considerations that influence government as it attempts to intervene in the market system.
6. Discuss corporate power, labor unions, poverty and wealth, government taxation, and public policy.
7. Display a fundamental understanding of computers and computer information systems and be familiar with common computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software.