Program Summary
GENERAL BUSINESS CONCENTRATION - Certificate of Achievement
2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025
The General Business concentration gives students the opportunity to design their own certificate by choosing courses from the list that represent skills they wish to gain.
Students are required to take at least one accounting course but are encouraged to select additional courses that will help them understand specific areas of business that relate to a current or future job. Any Accounting, Agriculture Business, Business, or Economics class (ACCT, AGB, BUS, ECON prefix) may be applied.
Career Opportunities
Career opportunities exist in the fields of Marketing, E-Commerce, Accounting, Economics, Finance, Entrepreneurship, Small Business, International Business, Sales, Human Resources, and Public Administration.
Required Course (4 units)
Units: 4.0
4.0
ACCT 251
ELEMENTS OF ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESS INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
4.0
OR
ACCT 201A
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
4.0
Optional Courses (choose 4-5 courses, minimum 12 units)
Units: 12.0-16.0
ACCT 201B
MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING
4.0
ACCT 203
TAX ACCOUNTING
4.0
4.0
ACCT 252A
COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS I
2.0
AND
ACCT 252B
COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS II
2.0
AGB 201
AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS
3.0
AGB 202
INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS
3.0
AGB 204
AGRICULTURAL SALES AND COMMUNICATION
3.0
AGB 205
FARM MANAGEMENT
3.0
AGB 206
SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE
3.0
4.0
AGB 210
INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURAL COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
4.0
OR
CIS 210
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
4.0
BUS 218
BUSINESS LAW
4.0
BUS 227
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
4.0
BUS 230
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COMMERCE
3.0
BUS 231
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
3.0
BUS 232
DIGITAL COMMERCE: CONTENT AND SERVICES
3.0
BUS 233
DIGITAL COMMERCE: PHYSICAL PRODUCTS
3.0
BUS 234
DIGITAL COMMERCE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP
4.0
BUS 243
MARKETING
3.0
BUS 245
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
3.0
BUS 248
SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
3.0
BUS 249
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
4.0
BUS 283
INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT
3.0
BUS 285
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3.0
ECON 200
SURVEY OF ECONOMICS
3.0
ECON 201A
PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS
3.0
ECON 201B
PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS
3.0
ECON 220
PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING
3.0
CIS 216
ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS
4.0
Total: 16.0-20.0
Program Outcomes
Demonstrate quantitative skills and critical thinking to interpret and evaluate business data that will impact business decision-making.
Assignments, quizzes, exams.
Demonstrate interpersonal skills appropriate to a business environment.
Assignments, quizzes, exams.