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Business Administration – Business Entrepreneurship Certificate

Certificate | SC Program: CT.3055

Students completing this certificate will have the foundation necessary to begin building a small business and start their career as an entrepreneur.

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Map your education by viewing the program map for the degree or certificate you’re interested in earning below. Meet with a counselor to create your official comprehensive education plan.

A program map shows all the required and recommended courses you need to graduate and a suggested order in which you should take them. The suggested sequence of courses is based on enrollment and includes all major and general education courses required for the degree.

Fall Semester, First Year

16 Units Total

BUAD 39

M 3

Entrepreneurial Mindset

BUAD 39

Units 3

Entrepreneurial skills are increasingly important to personal and economic success, regardless of chosen field or whether working as an employee, contractor, or entrepreneur. This course provides an overview of the entrepreneurial mindset that individuals need in order to succeed in business and can apply to other aspects of their lives. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

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BUAD 40

M 3

Entrepreneurship & Small Bus

BUAD 40

Units 3

This course is an entrepreneurial perspective of starting a small business. The course covers techniques and methods of starting and managing a small business enterprise and incorporates the exploration of a sound business plan that includes a financial, management, and marketing analysis. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

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BUAD 42

M 3

Financing a Small Business

BUAD 42

Units 3

Advisory: Students will need to have access to and a working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

This course is designed to give an understanding on the various ways of funding a business venture. The course explores how to raise money for growing or starting a small business by reviewing sources of public and private debt, equity capital, Initial Public Offering, commercial loans and SBA-guaranteed programs. The equivalent of this course in content and objectives may also be offered on the Internet.

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BUAD 56

M 3

Entrepreneurial Structure

BUAD 56

Units 3

The importance of selecting a legal structure is often overlooked when starting a business, and the success of one's business depends on making the correct choice. This course covers the legal structures of sole proprietorship, partnerships, and corporations, as well as their subcategories. The pros and cons of each business type will be evaluated. Legal and tax implications will be explored. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

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BUAD 55

M 3

Social Media Marketing

BUAD 55

Units 3

The course provides an overview of social media marketing (SMM). This course is designed to build students' social media marketing skills by utilizing projects that give students hands on experience implementing social media marketing strategies. Topics include integrating different social media technologies into a marketing plan, creating social media marketing campaigns, and applying appropriate social media tools. Upon completion, students should be able to use social media technologies to create and improve marketing efforts for businesses. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

Alternative Courses

BUAD 77 Principles of Marketing

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BUAD 120

M 1

Starting a Small Business

BUAD 120

Units 1

This is a survey course that explores various components that need to be considered for anyone contemplating or currently operating a small business - the Entrepreneur. The major class project will be the development of a basic executive summary of the student's business of choice. This course may be offered in a distance education format.

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Total Units

Please see a counselor to discuss options for meeting general education requirements for transfer to California State Universities (CSU) and/or University of California (UC) campuses, as well as any specific additional courses that may be required by your chosen institution of transfer.

*Alternative Courses: Please see a Shasta College counselor for alternative course options. You can also view the following to find other courses to meet degree/certificate requirements:

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