Business Management, Applied

College of Rural and Community Development
Business Technologies Division
Bristol Bay Campus 907-842-5109
Chukchi Campus 907-442-3400
Interior-Aleutians Campus 907-474-5439
Kuskokwim Campus 907-543-4500
Northwest Campus 907-443-2201
Tanana Valley Campus 907-455-2800
www.tvc.uaf.edu/abus/

Certificate

Minimum Requirements for Certificate: 30 credits

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Planning and preparation are keys to success in business. The applied business management certificate provides students with the basic principles necessary to run a business effectively. Graduates of the program will have the foundation of contemporary management skills needed to successfully lead private, public and non-profit organizations through ever-changing social and economic conditions.

The program covers basic knowledge and skills, emerging technologies, advanced procedures, and interpersonal skills. Course work includes accounting, management, human relations, math, communications, customer service, computers, law, finance and logic. The curriculum also serves as the first year of training toward the A.A.S. degree in applied business.

Potential careers for graduates include entrepreneurship and entry-level positions in business management, tourism, human resources, public administration and office administration.

Certificate Program

Concentrations: Computer Applications, Finance, General Business, Human Resources, International Business, Marketing, Office Administration, Public Management, Recreational Guiding and Tourism.

  1. Complete the general university requirements.
  2. Complete the following certificate requirements:
    1. Complete 3 credits from one of the following communication courses:
      ABUS F170--Business English (3)
           or ABUS F271--Business Communications (3)
           or ENGL F111X--Introduction to Academic Writing (3)
           or ENGL F212--Business, Grant, and Report Writing (3)--3 credits
    2. Complete one of the following computation requirements:
      ABUS F155--Business Math (3)
           or any MATH course at the F100-level or above (3)--3 credits
    3. Complete the following human relations course:
      ABUS F154--Human Relations--3 credits
  3. Complete the following general business courses:
    ABUS F101--Principles of Accounting I (3)
         or ABUS F142--Office Accounting I (3)--3 credits
    BA F151--Introduction to Business--3 credits
    CIOS elective appropriate to skill level--3 credits
  4. Complete one of the following concentrations:
    Computer Applications
    CIOS F100-level or above word processing elective--3 credits
    CIOS F100-level or above microcomputer spreadsheet elective--3 credits
    CIOS F100-level or above microcomputer database elective--3 credits
    CIOS F100-level or above microcomputer graphics of web design elective--3 credits

    Finance
    ABUS F120--Finance and Personal Investing--3 credits
    ABUS F160--Principles of Banking--3 credits
    ABUS F210--Income Tax--3 credits
    ABUS F233--Financial Management--3 credits
    CIOS F135--Microcomputer Spreadsheets--3 credits
    Note: CIOS F135 is the required CIOS general business core elective for this certificate.

    General Business
    ABUS F201--Principles of Accounting II (3)
         or ABUS F210--Income Tax (3)
         or ABUS F220--Quickbooks Accounting (3)
         or ABUS F221--Microcomputer Accounting (3)
         or ABUS F235--Fund Accounting for Non-Profits (3)--3 credits
    ABUS F179--Fundamentals of Supervision--3 credits
    ABUS F232--Contemporary Management Issues--3 credits
    ABUS F260--Marketing Practices (3)
         or ABUS F263--Public Relations (3)--3 credits

    Human Resources
    ABUS F141--Payroll Accounting--3 credits
    ABUS F179--Fundamentals of Supervision--3 credits
    ABUS F231--Introduction to Personnel--3 credits
    ABUS F242--Employment Law--3 credits

    International Business
    ABUS F178--Business and Professional Presentations--3 credits
    ABUS F275--Applied International Business--3 credits
    PS F201--Comparative Politics--3 credits
    Foreign language elective--3 credits

    Marketing
    ABUS F175--Customer Service--3 credits
    ABUS F178--Business and Professional Presentations--3 credits
    ABUS F260--Marketing Practices (3)
         or ABUS F263--Public Relations (3)--3 credits
    CIOS F200-level graphics or web design elective--3 credits

    Office Administration
    ABUS F102C--Keyboarding: Document Formatting--1 credit
    ABUS F116--Using 10-Key Calculators--1 credit
    ABUS F134--Alphabetic Filing--1 credit
    ABUS F170--Business English--3 credits
    ABUS F182--Office Procedures--3 credits
    ABUS F264--Filing/Records Management--3 credits

    Public Management
    ABUS F235--Fund Accounting--3 credits
    PS F100X--Political Economy--3 credits
    PS F101--Introduction to American Government and Politics--3 credits
    PS F212--Introduction to Public Administration--3 credits

    Recreational Guiding
    ABUS F175--Customer Service--3 credits
    NRM F161--Wilderness Leadership Education--3 credits
    EMS F152--Emergency Trauma Training First Responder (3)
         or EMS F195--Wilderness First Responder (3)
         or more advanced Emergency First Responder
         Training (3)--3 credits
    RECR electives--3 credits

    Tourism
    ABUS F158--Introduction to Tourism--3 credits
    ABUS F175--Customer Service--3 credits
    ABUS F199--Practicum in Applied Business--3 credits
    ABUS F256--Small Hotel, Bed and Breakfast, and Lodge Operations (1-3)
         or ABUS F267--Transportation and Logistics
         Management (1-3)
         or ABUS F268--Rural Tourism: Planning and
         Principles (1-3)
         or ABUS F269--Food and Beverage Management (1-3)--3 credits
  5. Minimum credits required--30 credits

Note: Other courses specific to individual education and career goals may be substituted with program approval.