Business Management, Advanced Skill Set

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Karen Morris
202c Engineering Technology Building / (304) 367-4731
Locust Avenue Campus
Karen.Morris@pierpont.edu

Program Purpose

The Business Management Skill Set will provide Business Management students with the opportunity to earn an advanced skill certificate before completing the full associate degree program.

Student Learning Outcomes

The Business Management Advanced Skill Set is designed to prepare students to:

Provide support to business management professionals in the areas of finance, legal, operations, and administrative procedures.
Demonstrate business problem skills
Work effectively, respectfully, ethically, and professionally with people of diverse ethnic, cultural, gender backgrounds, as well as with people with different organizational roles, social affiliations, and personalities
Demonstrate knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, database, the Internet and presentation software
Exhibit basic knowledge of business principles and procedures
Exhibit knowledge of fundamental accounting theory and procedures

Opportunities

The Advanced Skill Set will allow students to possible advance sooner in their current jobs and non-business students may also be interested in adding this skill to advance their career.

Required Courses 18 SEM. HRS.

ACCT 2201 - Principles of Accounting I 3 hr(s).
BUSN 1102 - Introduction to Business 3 hr(s). (Online)
OFAD 1150 - Computer Concepts and Applications 3 hr(s).
MGMT 2209 - Principles of Management 3 hr(s). (Online)
MGMT 2240 - Fundamentals of Human Resource Management 3 hr(s).
BUSN 2300 - Legal Aspects of Business 3 hr(s). (Online)

Notice to Students

This program alone does not qualify for financial aid. Students seeking financial aid eligible degrees may incorporate the classes as electives when their schedule allows or may declare an Associate or Certificate of Applied Science degree major of study in which the courses are embedded

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