Program Description
Students choose business administration because it provides them with skills across occupations and industries. You’ll learn finance, marketing, and general business principles, and more. Then, in the program’s capstone course, you’ll get to demonstrate your business skills when you run an online business simulation.
Basic background in business with emphasis on skills required to coordinate multiple functions within a small business. Program focuses on recordkeeping skills, communication skills and enhancing interpersonal skills to improve the efficiency of an organization.
Career Opportunities
Graduates may work as part of a team or may be the main support person at an entrepreneurial firm. Much depends on the student’s work experience and prior background. The skills are general in nature but broad enough to be applicable to a wide variety of work settings. Students who are currently employed as the main support person in a small office will benefit from the breadth of training through their introduction to basic managerial skills.
- Administrative Service Manager
- Purchasing Manager
- Sales Manager
Length of Program
Full-time students would typically complete a 58-credit program in four to five quarters, after basic skills and/or pre-college are complete.
South Puget Sound Community College believes that all students need to develop a broad range of abilities that will not only make them more effective in their professional pursuits but will enhance their capacity to relate well to others in their daily lives. At the end of this program students will:
At the completion of the Business Operations Coordinator Certificate, the successful student will be able to:
- Analyze and evaluate alternatives that lead to successful accomplishment of organizational objectives
- Create and present information in written, oral, and symbolic forms to clearly convey business information
- Formulates strategies to collect and evaluate quantitative and qualitative data to support organizational objectives
- Recognize and assesses ethical dilemmas in the workplace
- Recognize and adapt interpersonal behaviors and communication styles to effectively collaborate in a multicultural world
- Support and manage the operations of a small organization within a variety of fields
- Create documents and maintain records important to the daily operation of the business
- Manage customer or client expectations
- Use a variety of media, including the web, to market the business
The SPSCC college-wide abilities are embedded into each program:
- Analytical Reasoning
- Effective Communication
- Information Literacy
- Multicultural Awareness
- Social Responsibility
Courses by Quarter (Pathway Map)
Check with your advisor to determine where you will start. Advisors must approve changes to academic plan.
Pre-College Level
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| 1 - 7.5 |
| Applied Math I | |
| Applied Math II | |
| Contextualized Math I | |
| 1 - 10 |
| ESOL Level I (Beginning Literacy) | |
| ESOL Level II (Low Beginning) | |
| ESOL Level III (High Beginning) | |
| ESOL Level IV (Low Intermediate) | |
| ESOL Level V (High Intermediate) | |
| ESOL Level VI (Advanced) | |
| ABE Language Arts III (Low Intermediate Language Arts) | |
| ABE Language Arts IV (High Intermediate Language Arts) | |
| ABE Language Arts V (Adult Secondary Level Language Arts) | |
| MATH 092 | Mathematical Reasoning | 5 |
| or ABE 065 | Contextualized Math II |
| ENGL 090 | Integrated Reading and Writing I | 5 |
| or ENGL 095 | Integrated Reading and Writing II |
| CCS 101 | Pathways to Success | 3 |
College Level
This certificate is a total of 60 - 61 credits.
CCS 101 Pathways to Success is a required course for all students. Skip if already taken in Pre-College.
Advising Notes
***Required indicates that students must take one of the specific courses listed. Any substitution would require Advisor and Department approval.
***Recommended indicates that Pathway faculty recommend the courses listed, but other courses may fulfill the degree requirement. Students should consult with Advisor about additional course options.
Pathway
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| CCS 101 | Pathways to Success | 3 |
| BUS 104 | Business Math | 5 |
| ENGL 098 | Transitional English Composition | 5 |
| or ENGL& 101 | English Composition I |
| ACCT& 201 | Principles of Accounting I | 5 |
| OFTEC 108 | Introduction to Microsoft Office | 3 |
| OFTEC 141 | Microsoft Excel | 5 |
| OFTEC 136 | Microsoft Word I | 5 |
| CMST& 220 | Public Speaking | 5 |
| or CMST& 240 | Intercultural Communication: Diversity |
| 4-5 |
| Starting and Managing a Small Business | |
| Introduction to Social Media | |
| Digital Productivity Tools | |