This curriculum is designed for those students who desire the education and training for a business career at the management level in many of the following areas; production, materials management and handling, marketing, supervision, transportation, and operations management. A general core of knowledge aims to equip students with sound foundations upon which the student may develop management and supervision abilities through advanced student and job experience.
Please contact the Student Success Team for this program if you have any questions.Course | Units | Typically Offered |
1st Semester | ||
MGMT 101 - Introduction to BusinessM | 3.0 | |
MGMT 101 - Introduction to Business (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement; READ 043 or appropriate placement; MATH 050 or MATH 050D or MATH 053 or appropriate placement This course is designed for the student who has an interest in a career in business. Topics cover business operations, strategies for both, domestic and international markets, economic factor, legal regulations, management, leadership, marketing, financial operations, accounting controls, and e-commerce. This course will count toward a business certificate or degree in business and will transfer to a four-year school. | ||
BUSL 110 - Legal Environment of BusinessM | 3.0 | |
BUSL 110 - Legal Environment of Business (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement; READ 043 or appropriate placement This course examines the legal regulatory, and international environment of business. Included are the topics of alternative dispute resolution, the forms of business organization, regulations affecting employment, and current environmental statutes. Case studies are used to discuss torts, crimes, contracts and sales, warranty and product liability, labor law, employment discrimination, and environmental law. | ||
CIT 101 - Introduction to Computer Information Technology (RHC GE 8B)M | 3.0 | |
CIT 101 - Introduction to Computer Information Technology (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement; READ 043 or appropriate placement; CIT 100A This course is an examination of information systems and their role in business. It will focus on information systems, database management systems, networking, e-commerce, ethics and security, computer systems hardware and software components. It will apply these concepts and methods through hands-on projects developing computer-based solutions to business problems. | ||
ENGL 101 - College Composition and ResearchGE | 3.5 | |
ENGL 101 - College Composition and Research (3.5 units) Prerequisite: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement This is a composition course that enables students to generate logical, coherent essays and reports necessary to academic and professional success. Students will become proficient in research techniques, learn critical reading and thinking skills through expository and persuasive reading selections, and apply these skills to creating original essays and a final research paper. The lab component of this course is designed to assist students in improving and refining their writing and language skills. Students will complete lab activities that enhance their ability to compose logical, well-supported arguments that exhibit grammatical fluency and correct documentation form. Students will meet with composition instructors through individual conferences that address students’ specific writing concerns. This course is designed for students who wish to fulfill the General Education requirement for Written Communication. | ||
RHC GE 3 - Physical EducationGE | 1.0 | |
Select one: KINA or DANC activity course. | ||
Total Semester Units: | 13.5 | |
2nd Semester | ||
MGMT 105 - Elements of SupervisionM | 3.0 | |
MGMT 105 - Elements of Supervision (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement; READ 043 or appropriate placement; MGMT 101 This course is designed for the student who is considering a career in management and is seeking an entry-level career position with a company in retailing, industry, or the government. This course examines the role of the first-line manager and/or supervisor within the organization and emphasizes the application of management functions in effective supervision. Topics include an overview of management principles in direct and straightforward terms, critical concepts and insights into real world practice and challenges. | ||
RHC GE 2 - Math CompetencyGE | 3.0† | |
† some classes may have higher units. Note: Students intending to transfer should begin at transfer level math. Transfer math courses are numbered 100+. Please meet with a counselor to discuss course options. | ||
RHC GE 4 - American InstitutionsGE | 3.0 | |
Note: All honors courses have a prerequisite. Select one: | ||
RHC GE 7b - HumanitiesGE | 3.0† | |
Notes: Select one: | ||
RHC GE 3 - Physical EducationGE | 1.0 | |
Select one: KINA or DANC activity course. | ||
Total Semester Units: | 13.0† | |
Summer 1 | ||
ElectiveEL | 3.0 | |
Select any course that is numbered 40 or above. Please see a counselor to discuss course options. | ||
Total Semester Units: | 3.0 | |
3rd Semester | ||
MGMT 120 - Human Relations in BusinessM | 3.0 | |
Notes: MGMT 120 only offered in the Fall. MGMT 120 - Human Relations in Business (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate assessment; READ 043 or appropriate assessment; MGMT 101 This course is designed for the student who is seeking a career in management or is currently in a leadership role and wants a better understanding of human relation skills and techniques. Topics covered in the course include leadership, teamwork, communication, group problem solving, diversity, motivation, and managerial organizations. These topics will apply to both a diverse and competitive environment. | ||
MGMT 150 - Principles of ManagementM | 3.0 | |
MGMT 150 - Principles of Management (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 030 or ENLA 034 or appropriate placement; READ 022 or appropriate placement; MGMT 101 This course is designed for the student who is seeking a career in management or for the student who needs to expand his/her knowledge of management techniques and organizational methods. In this course, students will learn the theory and application of managerial functions as it applies to planning, organizing, leading, and controlling organizations. Additional topics to be covered will include the history of management, and practical management techniques, practices, and problem solving methodologies. The topics of employee empowerment, characteristics and qualities of successful managers, and contemporary trends in management will also be explored in this course. | ||
MRKT 170 - Principles of MarketingM | 3.0 | |
MRKT 170 - Principles of Marketing (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate placement; READ 043 or appropriate placement; MGMT 101 This course is designed for the student who is interested in a career in marketing or gaining an entry-level marketing position with a retail, industrial, service, or consumer product company. Discussion of marketing concepts, strategies, and techniques will take place in an environment that reflects new technologies and international competitiveness. The topics in the course will include marketing concepts, functions, operations, and organizations of retail and wholesale enterprises; distribution channels; market research; advertising; marketing costs; pricing; cooperative marketing, marketing legislation and regulations and trends. | ||
RHC GE 6 - Social and Behavioral ScienceGE | 3.0 | |
Note: All honors courses have a prerequisite. Select one: | ||
RHC GE 5 - Natural Science with LabGE | 4.0 | |
Note: All honors courses have a prerequisite. Select one Natural Science with Lab: | ||
Total Semester Units: | 16.0 | |
4th Semester | ||
MGMT 146 - Human Resources ManagementM | 3.0 | |
MGMT 146 - Human Resources Management (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate assessment; READ 043 or appropriate assessment This course is designed for the student who wants to study employer-employee relationships with particular emphasis on the challenges facing an expanding multicultural workforce in Southern California. Topics include: legal framework; personnel policies and procedures; implementing equal employment and affirmative action; legal aspects of supervision; training and development; interviewing; testing; wage and salary administration, job analysis and description; recruitment; transfers; promotions; and principles of collective bargaining. | ||
Select one: MGMT 108 / MGMT 208 M | 3.0 | |
MGMT 108 - Business Writing (3.0 units) Advisory: ENGL 035 or ENLA 100 or appropriate assessment; READ 043 or appropriate assessment The course covers the principles of effective writing in business. Extensive experience is provided using the different forms of business writing-memorandums, letters, reports, and resumes. Cultural differences and their impact on communicating in business will be studied. This course is designed for students pursuing careers in business. MGMT 208 - Business Communications (3.0 units) Prerequisite: ENGL 101 This course covers the principles of effective writing in business. The course provides extensive experience using the different forms of business writing: memorandums, letters, reports, and resumes. Cultural differences and their impact on communicating in business are studied. This course satisfies the business communications component for the Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer degree. | ||
RHC GE 7a - Fine ArtsGE | 3.0 | |
Note: All honors courses have a prerequisite. Select one: | ||
ElectiveEL | 3.0 | |
Select any course that is numbered 40 or above. Please see a counselor to discuss course options. | ||
ElectiveEL | 3.0 | |
Select any course that is numbered 40 or above. Please see a counselor to discuss course options. | ||
Total Semester Units: | 15.0 | |
Total Units for Business/ Management and Supervision AS program | 60.5† | |
† | Some classes may have higher units |
M | Major course; course may also meet a general education requirement |
GE | General Education course |
EL | Elective Course |
Students will identify the concepts of organizational design and behavior of organizations at the supervisory level.
Students will describe how technology and globalization affect the supervisor’s job.
Students will describe the term “360-degree appraisal” and apply the appropriate methods of motivation in an organizational setting.
Students will explain the effect of workforce diversity on motivating employees.
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