{
  "college": "mt-san-antonio-college",
  "edition": "2026-2027",
  "departmentName": "Business",
  "id": "business--business-small-business-management-level-i-certificate",
  "name": "Business: Small Business Management - Level I",
  "award": "Certificate",
  "department": "business",
  "sourceUrl": "https://catalog.mtsac.edu/programs/programsaz/business/business-small-business-management-level-i-certificate/",
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      "markdown": "**Business Division  \nAccounting and Management Department**  \nSmall Business has been described as the engine of change within the economy. The Business: Small Business Management - Level I Certificate exposes students to the fundamentals of managing and planning a small business. Upon completion students may qualify for an entry-level management position in a small business. Entrepreneurs may use this certificate as a means to plan and develop new business ventures.\n\n#### Required Courses"
    },
    {
      "kind": "courselist",
      "rows": [
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUSM 20",
          "title": "Principles of Business",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUSM 66",
          "title": "Small Business Management",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "course",
          "code": "BUSS 36",
          "title": "Principles of Marketing",
          "units": "3",
          "indent": false
        },
        {
          "type": "total",
          "text": "Total Units",
          "units": "9"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "##### Special Information\n\nStudents receiving financial aid need to declare the Level III Certificate as their goal to meet Financial Aid requirements.  \nBusiness Management Website"
    },
    {
      "kind": "text",
      "markdown": "### Outcomes\n\n##### Program Learning Outcomes\n\n_Upon successful completion of this program, a student will be able to:_\n\n-   List and explain the foundations upon which business is built and the economic challenges facing the United States.\n-   Have developed a working knowledge of marketing terminology.\n-   Describe business planning for small business.\n\nReview Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for this program."
    }
  ]
}