Small Business Management Certificate (online)

for more information contact:

Peter Stone (864) 592-4694 or stonep@sccsc.edu

Program Start Date: Fall or spring terms

Minimum Program Length: 3 terms-day
Note: Students required to take Transitional Studies courses or who elect to attend part-time will take longer to complete the designated program.

Program Description
The Small Business Management Certificate students fulfill the needs of the business community for entry level management employees and for beginning entrepreneurs
who can develop a business plan for a marketable skill or product, develop and market the skill or product, and have a basic understanding of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling a small business. Graduates will have sufficient skills to enter the marketplace, form a small business, or continue their education in management.

Practical Experience
Students gain basic skills in marketing, management, financial principles, and computer applications which are important for beginning managers and entrepreneurs.

Professional Opportunities
Students with a marketable skill or product will be able to form and operate a small business. Other students will be able to obtain assistant manager positions, sales positions, management trainee positions, or continue their education.

Unique Aspect
Credits earned in this certificate may be applied to the Management Associates Degree Programs.

Course Requirements for Small Business Management                Credit Hours

A. General Education Courses
None

B. Major Courses
ACC 101 Accounting Principles I* 3
ACC 102 Accounting Principles II* 3
BUS 121 Business Law I* 3
CPT 101 Introduction to Computers* 3
CPT 178 Software Applications* 3
ECO 211 Microeconomics 3
MGT 101 Principles of Management* 3
MGT 120 Small Business Management* 3
MKT 135 Customer Service* 3
MGT 201 Human Resource Management* 3
MKT 101 Marketing* 3
MKT 260 Marketing Management 3

For Admissions information and assistance related to these online degrees,

please contact the Admissions Office at (864) 592-4800 or toll free 1-866-591-3700