Entrepreneurship Career Pathways Certificate
The Entepreneurship Career Pathways Certificate is an exciting new program that will help prepare you to start and effectively operate your own small business. The program builds skills in many areas critical to the success of a small business owner such as written and verbal communication, marketing, business law, accounting, financial management, and small business development. Many aspects of starting and running a small business are encompassed in the certificate from initial evaluation of a business opportunity and developing a business plan, to managing the small business and recordkeeping.
The certificate has the flexibility to meet your individual needs. Almost a third of the required curriculum is made up of electives where you can chose from an entrepreneur's dream list of subjects including international business for those interested in taking advantage of global market opportunities, to web page design, to communicating with employees and technical report writing.
Required curriculum for the certificate is as follows:
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| Term One | ||
| BA101 | Introduction to Business | 4 |
| BA180 | Business Math I | 3 |
| BA206 | Management Fundamentals | 3 |
| BA280C | Cooperative Work Experience | 2 |
| Approved Elective | 3 | |
| Term Two | ||
| BA150 | Developing a Small Business | 4 |
| BA211 | Principles of Accounting I | 3 |
| BA226 | Business Law | 4 |
| BA280C | Cooperative Work Experience | 1 |
| Approved Elective | 3 | |
| Term Three | ||
| BA223 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BA250 | Managing the Small Business | 3 |
| Approved Electives | 6 | |
| Total Credits | 42 |
List of Approved Electives:
| Course # | Course Name | Credits |
| BA165 | Customer Service | 3 |
| BA203 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| BA207 | Introduction to E-Commerce | 3 |
| BA222 | Financial Management | 3 |
| BA238 | Salesmanship | 3 |
| BA239 | Advertising | 3 |
| BA249 | Retailing | 3 |
| CIS125D | Microcomputer Applications-Database | 3 |
| CIS195 | Authoring for the World Wide Web | 4 |
| SDP109 | Elements of Supervision | 3 |
| SDP112 | Communicate Effectively in Workplace | 3 |
| SDP208 | Human Resources for Supervisors | 3 |
| SDP223 | Employee Appraisal and Development | 3 |
| WR121 | English Composition | 3 |
| WR227 | Technical Report Writing | 3 |
For more information, contact:
Bill Armstrong
Phone: (541)440-7854
Email:
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Entrepreneurship Certificate

