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The associate degree curriculum in business administration enables students to move into a curriculum at a four-year institution leading to a baccalaureate degree. Career opportunities exist in many areas of business administration such as accounting, financial planning and analysis, financial service specialities, management, marketing and sales, production and logistics, and systems and technology development. DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm the requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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The Associate Degree In International Business is designed to
provide students and business practitioners, including those already involved in International Business, with practical “hands-on” exposure to the world of international business. Classes focus on businesses that import and export. Students learn the fundamentals of international business, culture, marketing, finance, law, and logistics. Different countries and cultures are explored.
Specialized topic areas (for example, marketing, financing, law, and logistics) are a sequence of short classes that should be taken in order. The program prepares students to take the NASBITE Certified Global Business (CGBP) Credential Exam.
DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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The associate degree curriculum in management is designed to
prepare students for various management positions in business,
government, and public organizations; to aid existing managers
in upgrading their skills; and to assist employees for promotion to
management/supervision positions. The core of the degree program provides the student with managerial skills and theory including communicating, decision-making, organizing, motivating, and human relations. DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm the requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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The Microsoft Office Professional program provides technical
skills training in Microsoft Office applications based on current
business standards to enhance business projects, improve business
communication, and increase productivity. This program prepares
students for Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams including
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Access. DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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The associate degree in accounting prepares students for entry-level positions and promotional opportunities in accounting, taxation, and administrative departments of businesses in areas such as manufacturing, merchandising, financial service, wholesale trades, and government. Specialized training in accounting enables students to maintain accounting records and develop financial reports and make effective use of financial information for analysis and decision-making. Entry-level employment opportunities include positions in accounts receivable and accounts payable, payroll, income tax preparation, and cost accounting. Promotional opportunities include higher-level responsibilities in these areas and the areas of general ledger, financial statement preparation, and financial statement analysis. DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm the requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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This American Bar Association (ABA) approved program is designed to prepare students to work as a Paralegal/Legal Assistant as defined by section 6450 of the California Business and Professions Code, who are qualified by education, who either contracts with or is employed by an attorney, law firm, corporation, governmental agency, or other entity, and who performs substantial legal work under the direction and supervision of an active member of the State Bar of California, as defined in Section 6060, or an attorney practicing law in the federal courts of this state, that has been specifically delegated by the attorney to him or her.
This program is not designed to prepare students for the practice of law.
DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map based on the 18-19 catalog. Please meet with a counselor to confirm the requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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The Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer
(AS-T) prepares students to move into a curriculum at a fouryear institution leading to a baccalaureate degree in Business
Administration. Please consult a counselor regarding specific course
requirements for your transfer institution. Completion of the AS-T
degree also provides guaranteed admission with junior status to the
CSU system although does not guarantee acceptance to a particular
campus. See the SAC catalog for a list of additional requirements for
all Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T) and Associate in Science for
Transfer (AS-T) degrees.
Upon completion of the AS-T degree in Business Administration,
students will have a general understanding of business
fundamentals, including the areas of accounting, economics, and
computer information systems. In addition, they will have an
understanding of the legal environment of business, and will have a
sufficient understanding of mathematical concepts to enable them to successfully pursue a business degree at a four-year institution.
The AS-T degree in Business Administration is appropriate for
students whose vocational plans include careers in business fields
such as accounting, computer information systems, finance,
management, marketing, or other business fields. DISCLAIMER: This is a sample map. Please meet with a counselor to confirm the requirements for achieving your educational goals.

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A certificate in accounting prepares students for entry-level
positions and promotional opportunities in accounting, taxation,
and administrative departments of businesses in public and private
sector areas such as manufacturing, merchandising, financial
service, wholesale trades, and government. Specialized training in
accounting and finance principles and practices enables students
to maintain accounting records and develop financial reports and
make st accounting, and a number of trainee positions. Promotional
opportunities include higher-level responsibilities in these areas and
the areas of general ledger, financial statement preparation, and
financial statement analysis.

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A certificate in general bookkeeping preparers a student with basic
knowledge of bookkeeping to enter into a business environment.
Entry-level employment opportunities include accounting or
bookkeep

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A tax preparer certificate prepares a student with knowledge and
practical experience for individual income tax preparation and receive
the qualifying education required by the California Tax Education
Council (CTEC) to become a California Registered Tax Preparer
(CRTP).
California law requires anyone who prepares (or assists with) tax
returns for a fee, and is not an attorney, certified public accountant
(CPA) or enrolled agent (EA), to register as a tax preparer with CTEC.
All CTEC Registered Tax Preparers (CRTP) must:
• First complete qualifying tax education from a CTEC-Approved
Provider
• Obtain a PTIN (Preparer Tax Identification Number) from the IRS
• Purchase a $5,000 tax preparer bond
• Register with CTEC within 18 months from the completion date
on the certificate of completion
• CTEC requires a Registration Fee (amount varies by year)
Upon completion of this certificate program, a student would fulfill
the education requirement to become a CRTP.
Entry-level employment opportunities include tax specialist and tax
practitioner.
Growth potentials include management-level positions and selfemployment opportunities.

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Adobe Web Projects for Business Certificate professionally trains
students to use Adobe software needed for business web projects.
Students will learn proper software usage, file setup, terminology,
search engine optimization, online marketing techniques, and
guidelines based on current business standards. Multimedia will be
integrated using Adobe software. This program prepares students
for Adobe Certified Associate certification exams for Photoshop,
Dreamweaver, and Animate.

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The Computer Fundamentals for Business Certificate program
provides professional training in using common business applications
and technology including common workplace technology terminology
and usage techniques. Program includes hardware, Internet, virus
protection, cloud technology, Microsoft Windows operating system,
and Microsoft Office applications. This program prepares students
for the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams in Word, Excel, and
PowerPoint to earn industry recognized certifications.

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The Microsoft Office Professional program provides technical skills
training in Microsoft Office applications based on current business
standards to enhance professional business projects, improve
communication, and increase productivity. This program prepares
students for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) exams for Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, and Outlook to earn industry recognized certifications.

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The Freelancer certificate is designed to give all students, but
especially non-business majors, a bootcamp understanding of
business as applied to a freelance independent contractor. It is
designed for new grads who want to freelance to start their careers,
full-time workers who want to freelance to earn extra money or
transition to a new career, laid-off workers, workers leaving full- time
jobs, parents who want to freelance for a flexible schedule, people
who want turn their hobbies into profitable freelance ventures, and
seniors who freelance to supplement their incomes.
In the classes students learn how to plan and get started, personal
and people skills, different business trades and industries,
networking and opportunities, how to get and develop customers,
where to get money, how to get paid and how to launch a new
freelance business. Classes are short one-unit classes. The goal of
the certificate is to teach, as quickly as possible, just what someone
needs to know to survive in business as a freelancer.