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Independent Business Management

Certificate
Program Code: BIND CER                        

Minimum graduation requirement — 30 semester hours

The Independent Business Management Certificate Program is designed for owners, managers, and employees of existing or proposed small businesses, entrepreneurial ventures, and independent businesses and organizations of all sizes. Completion of this certificate should improve and enhance the general business skills of present or aspiring independent business managers.


Suggested Full-time Sequence

 

FALL 1st Semester
BUS 117
CIS 101 or CIS 200
ENG 101
MGT 101
MKT 101

SPRING 2nd Semester
ACC 117 or ACC 101
BUS 205
Business concentration
Business concentration
MAT 110 or MAT elective

 

Requirements

Credit Hours

Required Program Courses (12 hours)

BUS 117 Independent Business I

3

MKT 101 Introduction to Marketing

3

MGT 101 Principles of Management

3

BUS 205 Principles of Business Law

3

 

Other Required Courses (6-8 hours)

ACC 117 Accounting and Bookkeeping or ACC 101 Financial Accounting

3-4

CIS 101 Introduction to Computers or CIS 200 Business Computer Systems

3

General elective

0-1

 

Business Concentration Courses (5-6 hours)
Choose two courses from the following:

ACC 102 Managerial Accounting

3

BUS 106 Business and Organizational Ethics

3

CIS 151 Using the Internet Effectively

2

MGT 112 Human Resource Management

3

MGT 113 Human Relations in the Workplace

3

MKT 211 Marketing Management

3

 

Required General Education Core Courses (6-7 hours)

ENG 101 Composition I

3

MAT 110 Business Mathematics or MAT elective

      3-4

Total Semester Credit Hours

30-33

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