Business Administration, Management - Major #2181

Certificate of Achievement Program Map
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The program map below represents an efficient and effective course taking sequence for this program. Individual circumstances might require some changes to this path. It is always recommended that you meet with your pathway counselor to develop a personalized educational plan.


A certificate of achievement in Business Administration is designed to provide a basic understanding of and proficiency in the important functional areas related to business management.


Upon completion of the program, students will:
  1. 1. Appropriately apply the management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling.
  2. 2. Read and interpret basic financial statements.
  3. 3. Assist in the formulation and implementation of a corporate strategy.
  4. 4. Demonstrate proficiency in soft skills required for workplace success including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, and professional behavior.
  5. 5. Utilize basic workplace written, verbal, and non-verbal communication skills required for the workplace, including the proper use of appropriate technologies, written reports, and formal presentations.
Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester

Term 1

12 units

Workplace Communication

3 units

BA 5
Workplace Communication

3 units
Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
This course provides instruction in professional workplace communication, including written, oral, and presentation fundamentals, with emphasis on organization, correctness, completeness, conciseness, and tone. (A, CSU)
Course Details:
      1. CSU Transfer Course
        or

        BT 5
        Workplace Communication

        3 units
        Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
        This course provides instruction in professional workplace communication, including written, oral, and presentation fundamentals, with emphasis on organization, correctness, completeness, conciseness, and tone. (A, CSU)
        Course Details:
            1. CSU Transfer Course

              BA 10
              Introduction to Business

              3 units
              Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
              A multidisciplinary survey of the U.S. business environment including the examination, analysis, reasoning, advocacy, and critique of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization’s policy, practices, and ability to achieve its goals. Demonstrates how these influences impact key areas of business including: organizational structure and design; management; marketing; organizational communication; technology; and financial practices. (A, CSU, UC)

              BA 33
              Human Relations in the Workplace

              3 units
              Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
              Multidisciplinary examination of how society, economics, and human behavior are inextricably interwoven into the American work environment. An emphasis on employee interaction with coworkers, clients, supervisors/managers, and their effect on the total organization. Emphasis on communication, societal and cultural differences, conflict resolution, ethics and politics, career selection and entry, inter-personal relations, motivation, leadership, attitude, and group dynamics. (A, CSU)

              Supervision and Leadership or Principles of Management

              3 units

              BA 40
              Supervision and Leadership

              3 units
              Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
              Focus on first-level (operational) supervision. Emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. (A, CSU)
              or

              BA 43
              Principles of Management

              3 units
              Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
              In-depth study of the primary management functions including: strategic and tactical planning; decision-making; organizational design and systems; leadership, motivation and communication; and control systems. (A, CSU)

              Term 2

              8 units

              Major Course

              8 units

              Select 8 units from the following: 

              Accounting

              3.5-4 units
              ACCTG 4A
              Financial Accounting
              4 units
              Effective Term: 2023 Fall Semester
              This course explores what financial accounting is, why it is important, and how it is used by investors and creditors to make decisions. It covers the accounting information system and the recording and reporting of business transactions with a focus on the accounting cycle, financial statements, and statement analysis. This course includes issues relating to asset, liability, and equity valuation, revenue and expense recognition, cash flows, internal controls, and ethics. (A, CSU, UC)
              Course Details:
              1. Advisory: CIT 12
              2. Advisory: CIT 15
                1. CSU Transfer Course
                  or
                  BT 131
                  Applied Accounting
                  3.5 units
                  Effective Term: 2024 Spring Semester
                  This course develops practical accounting skills for service and merchandising businesses involving classification of accounts, relationship of assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity; posting, accounts receivable, accounts payable, financial reports, the accounting cycle, and payroll. (A)
                  Course Details:

                          BA 18
                          Business and the Legal Environment

                          4 units
                          Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                          This is a law survey course with an emphasis on contract law. Other areas of law covered include civil procedure and ADR, constitutional law, administrative law, torts, criminal law and procedure, agency, labor and employment law, and international business law. A case study method is utilized along with a traditional lecture format. (A, CSU, UC)

                          BA 20
                          Law and the Legal System

                          3 units
                          Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                          What every educated citizen should know about law as a social process and about American law and legal institutions. The historical origins of law as well as the role law plays in modern western and non-western societies. Institutional sources of law; legal reasoning; judicial decision making and remedies; an overview of the civil and criminal litigation process; administrative law and procedure; alternative dispute resolution mechanisms; ethics and the legal system. (A, CSU, UC)
                          Course Details:
                          1. Advisory: ENGL C1000
                            1. D8 - Political Science, Government, and Legal Institutions
                            1. B - Social and Behavioral Sciences

                            BA 28
                            Privacy Law and Cybersecurity

                            3 units
                            Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                            This course is intended to look at information security, privacy, ethics, and the laws as they pertain to future software engineers, IT Professionals, and upcoming business owners who will employ the internet and adaptive technologies sometime within their perspective occupations. Topics range from intellectual property, copyright and patents, contract law, consumer rights and protections, consumer financial information, federal and state laws, computer, and network security, to computer forensics and investigation. The Software Engineering Code of Ethics is also highlighted within this course. (A, CSU, UC)

                            BA 30
                            Personal Finance

                            3 units
                            Effective Term: 2017 Fall Semester
                            Examines personal financial management from an economic and behavioral perspective. Emphasis on the life-long impact financial decisions have on individuals, families and society. Topics include time value of money, opportunity cost and marginal analysis; tax strategies; financial planning strategies; financial monitoring and reporting; money & credit management; purchasing strategies and large asset acquisition; risk management through home, health, auto and disability insurance; saving and investing; and retirement and estate planning.

                            BA 31
                            Human Resource Management

                            3 units
                            Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                            Examines major functions of human resource management including planning, recruitment, selection, training and development, evaluation, compensation, labor relations and motivation. (A, CSU)

                            BA 34
                            Fundamentals of Investing

                            3 units
                            Effective Term: 2016 Fall Semester
                            Study of basic investment theory and practice including security valuation. Includes strategies for investments in government securities, corporate bonds, stocks, mutual funds and basic derivatives.

                            BA 35
                            Financial Management for Business

                            3 units
                            Effective Term: 2022 Spring Semester
                            Basic financial decision-making for business owners, entrepreneurs and financial managers. Financial statement analysis, working capital management, capital budgeting, time value of money, sources of funding, and financial markets and institutions. (A, CSU)
                            Course Details:
                            1. Advisory: BA 10
                            2. Advisory: MATH 201

                                  BA 38
                                  Operation of the Small Business

                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  A systematic approach to developing and managing a small business including the development of a formal, comprehensive business plan. Emphasis on discussions and practical exercises to develop expertise in the operations, marketing, human resource utilization, and financing of the small business venture. (A, CSU)

                                  Management

                                  3 units

                                  Can use the course not taken as a part of the core in Term 1. 

                                  BA 40
                                  Supervision and Leadership
                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  Focus on first-level (operational) supervision. Emphasis on planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. (A, CSU)
                                  or
                                  BA 43
                                  Principles of Management
                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  In-depth study of the primary management functions including: strategic and tactical planning; decision-making; organizational design and systems; leadership, motivation and communication; and control systems. (A, CSU)

                                  BA 51
                                  Business Planning

                                  1.5 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  Business Plan development. Review of resources available to assist entrepreneurs in developing and launching a business including sources of funding. (A, CSU)

                                  CIT 15
                                  Computer Concepts

                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  This course is designed as an introduction to computer concepts and their use. The topics in this course include the basic principles of hardware and software, application programs, systems software, telecommunications, networks, program design, the Internet, and the World Wide Web. Students will work with Windows and the Internet, word processing, spreadsheet, database programs, and a programming language. (A, CSU, UC)

                                  MKTG 10
                                  Principles of Marketing

                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  Utilizing both traditional and contemporary approaches, this course explores marketing's role in creating profitable exchanges including the examination, analysis, reasoning, advocacy, and critique of planning, product development, pricing, distribution, and promotion. Also researches and evaluates how consumer behavior, market research, retailing, and current technologies are used to achieve organizational goals. (A, CSU)

                                  RE 40
                                  Real Estate Principles

                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  California real estate history, real property descriptions, public and private restrictions, terminology, agency and contracts, forms, licensure, and careers in real estate. (A, CSU)

                                  RE 41
                                  Real Estate Practice

                                  3 units
                                  Effective Term: 2025 Fall Semester
                                  Day-to-day operations affecting brokers and sales persons, listings, advertising and marketing techniques. (A, CSU)
                                  Total: 20 units