Allan Hancock College is a California public

community college in northern Santa Barbara

County serving more than 11,000 credit

students each semester. The college offers

degrees and certificates in more than 100

fields of study from accounting to welding.

The college has a campus in Santa Maria

and centers in Lompoc, Solvang, and at

Vandenberg AFB.

The Allan Hancock Joint Community College District is committed to the active promotion of diversity and equal access and opportunities to all staff, students, and applicants, including qualified members of underrepresented/protected groups. The college assures that no person shall be discriminated against because of race, color, ancestry, religion, gender, national origin, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, status as a Vietnam-era veteran, marital status, or sexual orientation.

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Business Fast Track

Business Fast Track

Career Technical Education (CTE)

Fast Track Business Certificate of Accomplishment Series The Fast Track Business Certificate of Accomplishment Series at Allan Hancock College offers you the opportunity to improve your workplace skills with classes that are easily adaptable to your busy schedule.

OpTiOn 1 offers you a series of short classes, often a single 8-hour day, per course.

OpTiOn 2 covers the same overall content as option 1, but fits it into a more traditional style, semester-long schedule.

Business-Supervisory Management (Certificate of Accomplishment)Completing the certificate of accomplishment in supervisory management will help supervisors manage competing priorities, complex responsibilities, diverse personalities, and multiple projects.

3 units constitute the certificate:

OPTION 1:

BUS 360 Introduction to Supervision .5 unitBUS 362 Management: People Skills .5 unitBUS 363 Management: Conflict .5 unitBUS 365 Managing Teams .5 unitBUS 367 Managing Change .5 unitBUS 377 Managing Service Quality .5 unit orOPTION 2:BUS 302 Essentials of Management 3 units

Your education is your future, get on the fast track now. Allan Hancock College offers many ways to help you become more competitive in today’s workplace. The Fast Track Business Certificate of Accomplishment Series is an inexpensive and quick option. Or, advance yourself toward a business degree pathway with a Business Certificate of Achievement.

Students with a certificate in business from Allan Hancock College will gain a competitive advantage in the job market by mastering business principles and effective communication skills to facilitate their success in starting a business career.

Employment Opportunities:Earning a certificate of accomplishment or achievement in business from Allan Hancock College will help you gain the technical skills necessary to begin a successful entry-level management career in:

• Business Management• Business Administration• Customer Service• Marketing• Human Resource Management

The salary for entry-level jobs rests solidly in the $25,000 - $35,000 range according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov). Your pay will increase with experience. Professional business managers are both highly skilled and highly paid and can earn $40,000 to $98,000 annually depending on education and experience.

For more information:Business, including its certificate series, is one of the career technical education programs at Allan Hancock College within the department of Business. It resides in the Finance and Business industry sector.

Business Department office Phone: 805-922-6966 ext. 3239 Fax: 805.928.7905 (Santa Maria) 805.735.3976 (Lompoc Valley Center)

Or visit our website at www.hancockcollege.edu/cte

•Certificate of Accomplishment options: •Business-SupervisoryManagement •Business-HumanResourcesManagement •Business-ExecutiveLeadership •Business-CustomerService •Business-SalesandMarketing •BusinessLaw

•Certificate of Achievement: Business

BUS 381 Entering Global Markets .5 unitBUS 382 Advertising & Public Relations Strategies .5 unit orOPTION 2:BUS 303 Sales and Marketing 3 units

Business Law (Certificate of Accomplishment)The certificate of accomplishment in business law will prepare students to apply legal concepts to day-to-day business situations and to interact with legal counsel.

3 units constitute the certificate:

BUS 369 Employment Law .5 unit BUS 370 Ethics and Integrity .5 unitBUS 371 Sexual Harassment .5 unitBUS 373 Forming a Small Business .5 unit

Plus an additional 1 UNIT from the following:

BUS 372 Workplace Diversity .5 unitBUS 374 Business Incorporation .5 unitBUS 375 Patents and Copyrights .5 unitBUS 396 Performance Measurement .5 unit

Option 2 is not available for this program

Additional certificates offered in the Business program

Business Certificate of AchievementThe Business Certificate of Achievement will prepare you for immediate employment in entry-level management positions. The coursework gives you the opportunity to explore several different business career paths. You will produce work-based learning projects that

Business-Human Resource Management (Certificate of Accomplishment)The certificate of accomplishment in human resource management is specifically designed to help prepare human resource managers to develop programs and policies that satisfy a diverse employment population while also directing the organization toward goal attainment.

3 units constitute the certificate:

OPTION 1:

BUS 363 Management: Conflict .5 unitBUS 369 Employment Law .5 unitBUS 370 Ethics and Integrity .5 unitBUS 371 Sexual Harassment Prevention .5 unitBUS 372 Workplace Diversity .5 unitBUS 396 Performance Measurement .5 unit orOPTION 2:BUS 391 Human Resource Management 3 units

Business-Executive Leadership (Certificate of Accomplishment)Earning the certificate of accomplishment in executive leadership will teach students how to build competencies in planning and organizing tasks, empowering people, and maintaining a productive organizational culture.

3 units constitute the certificate:

OPTION 1:

BUS 356 Managing Organizations .5 unitBUS 361 Your Leadership Style .5 unitBUS 362 Management: People Skills .5 unitBUS 367 Managing Change .5 unit

BUS 376 Strategic Planning .5 unitBUS 397 Executive Leadership .5 unit orOPTION 2:BUS 387 Executive Leadership Series 3 units

Business-Customer Service (Certificate of Accomplishment)The certificate of accomplishment in customer service will help prepare students to develop more effective methods of customer service delivery.

3 units constitute the certificate:

OPTION 1:

BUS 362 Management: People Skills .5 unitBUS 363 Management: Conflict .5 unitBUS 370 Ethics and Integrity .5 unitBUS 377 Managing Service Quality .5 unitBUS 394 Managing Verbal Communication .5 unitBUS 357 Management: Listening .5 unit orOPTION 2:BUS 389 Customer Service Series 3 units

Business-Sales and Marketing (Certificate of Accomplishment)The certificate of accomplishment in sales and marketing helps entrepreneurs and managers use innovative strategies to compete more effectively in the marketplace.

3 units constitute the certificate:

OPTION 1:

BUS 357 Management: Listening .5 unitBUS 366 Promoting a Small Business .5 unitBUS 378 Effective Sales Methods .5 unitBUS 380 Marketing Strategies .5 unit

demonstrate your ability to apply business principles to real-world scenarios. This certificate includes coursework that may be applied to the associate in science degree program in business management, marketing or administration.

Business (Certificate of Achievement)24 units constitute the certificate.

Required core courses (24 units):

BUS 101 Introduction to Business 3 unitsBUS 102 Marketing 3 unitsBUS 104 Business Organization and Management 3 unitsBUS 302 Essentials of Management 3 unitsBUS 107 Human Relations in Business 3 unitsBUS 110 Business Law: Contracts and Sales 3 units BUS 160 Business Communications 3 units andCBIS 101 Computer Concepts and Applications 3 units orCBIS 141 Microsoft Excel – Comprehensive 3 units orCBOT 131 Introduction to Word Processing 3 units