Business Operations Certificate

This certificate degree program offers students an overview of business operations and its legal, ethical, and regulatory environments. Student exposure can be in basic accounting and customer service functions, nonprofit management or marketing and sales. Verbal and written communication skills are the basis of this program to help make students even more competitive in the job market.

Program Goals

The Business Operations Certificate is designed to lay a foundation of basic business principles required for success in the student’s personal or career objectives. This 30 credit program can lead the student to finish the Associate of Applied Science in Business and beyond to a baccalaureate program.

Graduates will be able to:

Communicate in a professional manner through both online and in-person communication.
Evaluate both professional conduct and corporate conduct for ethical issues.
Apply classroom skills to the real world through experience in the field.

Curriculum for a Certificate in Business Operations

General Education Core	9
Business Core	21
Total Credit Hours Required	30

General Education Core

COMM 202 - ~Fundamentals of Speech (3) OR
COMM 205 - ~Professional Communications (3)
ENGL 101 - ~English Composition I (3)
MATH 101 or higher (3)
Subtotal Credit Hours Required 9

Business Core

AGRB 101 - Agribusiness Introduction (3) OR
BUSN 101 - Introduction to Business (3) OR
BUSN 201 - Principles of Management (3) OR
BUSN 213 - Small Business Fundamentals (3)
ACCT 201 - Principles of Accounting I (3) OR
BUSN 125 - Customer Service Management (3) OR
BUSN 165 - Consumer Behavior (3) OR
BUSN 175 - Human Resource Management I (3)
FINC 201 - Principles of Finance I (3) OR
BUSN 205 - Business Ethics (3) OR
PHIL 205 - Introduction to Ethics (3)
BUSN 212 - Business Law 3
Any ACCT, AGRB, BUSN, ECON, or FINC course (9)
Subtotal Credit Hours Required 21

Program Disclaimer

This curriculum includes a list of courses required for this program of study for this calendar year. Your Academic Plan can be found on DegreeWorks once you become a degree-seeking student.

Note: All salary projections are based on the current position and educational needs. BRCTC cannot guarantee that the projections given will be the salaries students or graduates will ultimately receive.