Entrepreneurship Certificate

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Semester Sequence

This is a suggested full-time schedule for a student who has completed any developmental course work and has no transfer credits.

Fall Semester Year 1*

ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 101 - Introduction to Business and Industry 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 105 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 140 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s).

Spring Semester Year 1

MNGT 150 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 201 - Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 206 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s). **
MNGT 216 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).
Program Elective 3 Credit(s).

Program Requirements and Electives - 27 Credits

Program Requirements:

ACCT 101 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 101 - Introduction to Business and Industry 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 105 - Principles of Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 140 - Business Law I 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 150 - Principles of Marketing 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 201 - Human Resources Management 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 206 - Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s). **
MNGT 216 - Seminar in Entrepreneurship 3 Credit(s).

Program Electives:

Choose one elective.

ACCT 102 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 104 - Introduction to E-Business 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 158 - Salesmanship 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 159 - Managing Customer Relations and Service 3 Credit(s).
MNGT 239 - Business Communications 3 Credit(s). ***
MNGT 257 - Financial Management 3 Credit(s).

Total Number of Credits Required for Certificate: 27*

Notes

*Credit students who are new to college (no successfully completed college coursework at other institutions) are required to take ACDV 101 in the first semester at CCBC. This is a 1-credit class, and it does not count towards the number of credits required for a degree or certificate. Students are required to provide an official transcript(s) to document successful completion of college coursework at another institution(s) for this requirement to be waived.

**Contact department chair for permission to waive ACCT 102 .

***ENGL 101 prerequisite.

Program Description

This program is designed to prepare students to own and operate a small business. As an integral part of the program, each student is required to develop a business plan which includes provisions for financing, site selection, marketing, budgeting, record keeping, physical facilities, incorporation, insurance, inventory control and possible franchising. All credits earned in the Certificate program may be applied toward the Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Management.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:

demonstrate mastery of the process and functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, staffing, and controlling) and the principles of managerial decision making through written assignments and in-class exercises designed to promote strategic thinking and analysis;
review employee selection and training strategies and techniques;
create, design, and deliver effective and well-organized oral and written presentations utilizing state-of-the-art technology; and
analyze the relationship between human resource management issues in the workplace and changing ethical and legal issues and how these changing paradigms impact the human resource management of a culturally diverse workforce.

Gainful Employment Disclosure

https://www.ccbcmd.edu/migrate/gainfulemployment/Entrepreneurship.html