Small Business Management, Certificate

Campus: Clinton, Muscatine, & Scott Community Colleges

The Business Management program is designed especially for students interested a two-year, or shorter, degree to enter into the workplace.

This program provides the fundamentals necessary to be able to solve business-oriented problems. Students obtain extensive hands-on experience working “real-world” business problems relating to management and supervision. Students graduating from the program will have a solid business background necessary to enter or advance in the business job market in a variety of positions.

As a Business Management graduate you will be prepared to enter a company as a manager/supervisor trainee. If you are currently working in a business management position, you will- through updated skills, knowledge and techniques-be able to move up the career ladder to higher supervisory positions.

Plan of Study

Term 1

ACC 121 - Principles of Accounting I 3.00 Credit(s) OR
ACC 142 - Financial Accounting 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 102 - Introduction to Business 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 185 - Business Law I 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 110 - Small Business Management 3.00 Credit(s)
___:___ Business Specialty Elective 3.00 Credit(s) (from list below)

Term Total: 15.00 Credits

Certificate Total: 15.00 Credits

Business Specialty Electives

Must select a minimum of 15 credit hours:

BUS 130 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 135 - Managing the Entrepreneurial Venture 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 147 - The Successful Entrepreneur 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 186 - Business Law II 3.00 Credit(s)
BUS 908 - Cooperative Education 1.00 - 3.00 Credit(s)
FIN 121 - Personal Finance 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 110 - Small Business Management 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 130 - Principles of Supervision 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 151 - Management Communication I 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 165 - Principles of Quality 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 170 - Human Resource Management 3.00 Credit(s)
MGT 210 - Management Decision Making 3.00 Credit(s)
MKT 140 - Principles of Selling 3.00 Credit(s)
MKT 150 - Principles of Advertising 3.00 Credit(s)
MKT 160 - Principles of Retailing 3.00 Credit(s)

Notes:

Gainful employment information for the Samll Business Management program is located at www.eicc.edu/gainfulemployment