General Business Concentration CoA

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.

Program Outcomes

1. Demonstrate quantitative skills and critical thinking to interpret and evaluate business data that will impact business decision-making.
2. Demonstrate interpersonal skills appropriate to a business environment.

Enrollment: 100,Completers: 30, Average (excluding huge bump from auto award in 2021) across General Bus CS, 2015-2020

Workforce preparation

Required Course (4 units)           

ACCT 251            ELEMENTS OF ACCOUNTING FOR BUSINESSINCLUDING AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS            4

 or

ACCT 201A         FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING            4

Optional Courses (choose 4-5 courses, minimum 12 units)           

ACCT 201B         MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING                                    4

ACCT 203            TAX ACCOUNTING                                                     4

ACCT 252A         COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS I  2

 and

ACCT 252B         COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS II 2

AGB 201             AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS                                      3

AGB 202             INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURALBUSINESS     3

AGB 204             AGRICULTURAL SALES ANDCOMMUNICATION   3

 or

BUS 241              SALES                                                                            3

AGB 205             FARM MANAGEMENT                                               3

AGB 206             SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT INAGRICULTURE                      3

AGB 210             INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURALCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS   4

 or

CIS 210 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER APPLICATIONS                 4

BUS 218              BUSINESS LAW                                                         4

BUS 227              BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS                                4

BUS 230              INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL COMMERCE              3

BUS 231              SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING                                     3

BUS 232              DIGITAL COMMERCE: CONTENT ANDSERVICES   3

BUS 233              DIGITAL COMMERCE: PHYSICALPRODUCTS         3

BUS 234              DIGITAL COMMERCE: ENTREPRENEURSHIP          4

BUS 243              MARKETING                                                                 3

BUS 245              INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS                                  3

BUS 248              SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT                           3

BUS 249              ENTREPRENEURSHIP                                                 4

BUS 283              INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT                       3

BUS 285              HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT                      3

BUS 286              HUMAN RELATIONS                                                  3

ECON 200           SURVEY OF ECONOMICS                                           3

ECON 201A        PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS                      3

ECON 201B         PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS                       3

ECON 220           PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING                           3

CIS 216 ELECTRONIC SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS                         4

Total Units         16 - 20