# Business Management (Certificate)

Shasta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Business

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### Program description

The Business Management certificate is a business program that will give students the skills they need to start and advance their career in management. Possible careers include finance, marketing, retail, hospitality, government organizations, and non-profit organizations.

This certificate is approved through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. Upon satisfactory completion of the listed requirements and filing an application for graduation with Admissions and Records, the student’s transcript will reflect completion of this certificate.

### Program learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student should be able to:

1. Express the accounting equation; identify and perform the processes of the accounting cycle; and prepare and interpret the basic financial statements for service and merchandising organizations in

accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

2. Recognize, acknowledge and apply the functions and responsibilities of retail management.
3. Develop and apply a business retailing strategy leading to a business plan.

**Requirements for certificate**

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ACCT-101 | Basic Accounting I | 3 |
| BUAD-45 | Human Relations on the Job | 3 |
| BUAD-66 | Business Communications | 3 |
| BUAD-77 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
| BUAD-41 | Leadership and Supervision | 3 |
| or BUAD-91 | Principles of Management |  |
| BUAD-176 | Principles of Retailing | 3 |
| **Total units for certificate** | | **18** |