# Small Business Management (Certificate of Achievement)

Solano Community College · 2025-2026 Catalog · Department: Business - Management

Source: https://solano.elumenapp.com/catalog/catalog2025-2026/program/small-business-management-ca-summer-2024

**Minimum Units Required:** 28.0 units

This program is designed for those planning to start their own business, buy an existing business, buy a franchise, or who already own their own business. This option emphasizes learning the concepts and practical skills necessary to be a successful, professional entrepreneur. Specifically designed for working adults, the courses emphasize a systematic approach to business which focuses on the integration of theoretical and practical skills. A Certificate of Achievement can be obtained by completing the 28-unit major. All courses for this major must be completed with a minimum grade of C or a P if the course is taken on a Pass/No Pass basis.

### Program Learning Outcomes

-   Demonstrate oral and written skills unique in the business community.

-   Apply leadership, ethical standards, and team building skills necessary for managerial positions in the 21st century.

-   Conduct a personal SWOT analysis for a future small business venture.

-   Use basic computation skills to analyze and solve business problems requiring the use of mathematics.

-   Design a comprehensive business plan for a future small business venture.

-   Demonstrate the ability to use technology in analyzing and solving business problems.

### Program Requirements

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Small Business Management (CA)** | | 28 |
| **Courses Required** | | 22 |
| ACCT 050 | Computer Accounting | 3 |
| BUS 005 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| BUS 018 | Legal Environment of Business | 3 |
| BUS 092 | Business Communication | 3 |
| BUS 181 | Business Mathematics | 3 |
| BUS 182 | Small Business Mathematics | 1 |
| MGMT 055 | Management/Leadership Skills | 3 |
| MKT 174 | Retail Merchandising | 3 |
| **List A: (select a minimum of 6 units)** | | 6 |
| ACCT 001 | Principles of Accounting - Financial | 4 |
| ACCT 002 | Principles of Accounting - Managerial | 4 |
| BUS 060 | Introduction to International Business | 3 |
| ECON 001 | Principles of Economics (Macroeconomics) | 3 |
| ECON 002 | Principles of Economics (Microeconomics) | 3 |
| MGMT 191 | Human Relations | 3 |
| MKT 173 | Principles of Selling | 3 |
| OT 054A | Beginning Keyboarding A | 1.5 |
| OT 054B | Beginning Keyboarding B | 1.5 |