Program Code: CC.BUSMANAGEMENT
This certificate focuses on basic management and leadership skills, including: motivation, decision-making, ethics, workflow analysis, supervision and human relations skills, effective communication, essential technology skills, basic budgeting and accounting, and managing change. All courses required for this certificate can be used to satisfy requirements for the Business AAS.
For information call Sharon Parker, 503-594-3075 or sharonp@clackamas.edu.
Related Instruction Outcomes
Computation
- 1 course - MTH-050 Technical Mathematics I or higher
- Use appropriate mathematics to solve problems
Communication
- 1 course - WR-121Z Composition I
- Read actively, think critically, and write purposefully and capably for professional audiences
Human Relations
- 1 course - BA-285 Human Relations in Business
- Engage in ethical communication processes that accomplish goals
Program Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- make informed business decisions based on the use analysis of financial and budgetary data;
- demonstrate an understanding of the functions of leading, planning, organizing, and controlling in an organization;
- identify effective supervisory strategies (e.g. motivation, goal setting, coaching, leadership, etc.) for given individual and group situations;
- demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively;
- identify the various laws that impact employee management practices;
- identify effective supervisory strategies (e.g. motivation, goal setting, coaching, leadership, etc.) for given individual and group situations.
Plan of Study Grid Fall Term |
BA-101Z | Introduction to Business | 4.00 |
BA-131 | Introduction to Business Computing | 4.00 |
MTH-050 | Technical Mathematics I 1 | 4.00 |
WR-121Z | Composition I | 4.00 |
| Credits | 16 |
Winter Term |
BA-119 | Project Management Practices | 2.00 |
BA-211Z | Principles of Financial Accounting | 4.00 |
BA-226Z | Introduction to Business Law | 4.00 |
BA-251 | Supervisory Management | 3.00 |
BA-285 | Human Relations in Business | 4.00 |
| Credits | 17 |
Spring Term |
BA-206 | Management Fundamentals | 4.00 |
BA-223 | Principles of Marketing | 4.00 |
BA-224 | Human Resource Management | 4.00 |
| 3.00-4.00 |
| Credits | 15-16 |
| Total Credits | 48-49 |
Electives
By completing all Business Management Certificate requirements, you will satisfy the requirements for the Management Fundamentals Career Pathway Certificate.
Any BA or BT course not included in the program, or any of the following:
Course List Code | Title | Credits |
COMM-111Z | Public Speaking | 4.00 |
CS-125H | HTML & Web Site Design | 4.00 |
CS-181 | CMS Web Development | 4.00 |
EC-201Z | Principles of Microeconomics | 4.00 |
EC-202Z | Principles of Macroeconomics | 4.00 |
FYE-101 | First Year Experience Level I | 2.00 |
Career opportunities include:
- management trainee
- first-line supervisory
- management analyst
- merchandiser
- marketing/sales representative in small and medium-sized retail and service companies