MarketingCertificate of AchievementAS Degree

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Community of interest
Business, Cosmetology, Arts & Design
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Certificate of Achievement
Program code
01311.00CA
Department
Marketing
CIP code
52.1801: Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General.
TOP code
0509.00 - Marketing and Distribution*
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Program Snapshot

Community of interest
BCAD Business, Cosmetology, Arts & Design
Award
Certificate of Achievement
Program code
01311.00CA
Department
Marketing
CIP code
52.1801: Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations, General.
TOP code
0509.00 - Marketing and Distribution*

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Certificate of Achievement — expand to learn about this award

A career-aligned credential built around a specific field of study or area of emphasis. Faster to complete than a degree, and the coursework typically stacks into a related AS or AA later if you choose to continue.

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Term 1

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15 units
BUS 20
Introduction to Business
3 units
course details

This course is survey of business providing a multidisciplinary examination of how culture, society, economic systems, legal, international, political, financial institutions, and human behavior interact to affect a business organization's policy and practices within the U.S. and a global society. Students will learn about how this business context (including issues such as ethics and sustainability) influences the primary areas of business including: organizational structure and design; leadership, human resource management, organized labor practices; marketing; organizational communication; technology; entrepreneurship; legal, accounting, financial practices; the stock and securities market; and therefore affect a business' ability to achieve its organizational goals. (C-ID BUS 110).

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BUS 35
Leading and Supervising Teams
3 units
course details

This course invites current and future managers to build foundational skills for leading teams of employees in a diverse, multicultural work environment. The focus is on self-assessment, analyzing to understand work situations, as well as developing leadership skills and strategies. This course emphasizes individual factors impacting success including communication skills, conflict resolution, motivation, decision making, leadership style, and business ethics.

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BUS 64
Principles of Marketing
3 units
course details

This course explores the nature, function and importance of marketing. It focuses on conducting opportunity analysis, assessing consumer behavior, engaging in marketing research, and target marketing as the basis for devising marketing objectives and plans. Students will develop and assess marketing strategies to meet the needs of consumer and Business-to-Business (B2B) target markets using the "4 P's": product, promotion, price and place. The emphasis is on ethics, needs-satisfaction, and relationship marketing in today's global, technology-infused, competitive environment.

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ECON C2001
Principles of Microeconomics
3 units
course details

An introductory course using microeconomic models to understand individual decisions by consumers and firms, market outcomes including market failure, elasticity, market structures, labor markets, inequality, and the impact of government policies. Market equilibrium will also be discussed. (C-ID ECON 201).

Prerequisite: Placement as determined by the college’s multiple measures assessment process or completion of a course taught at or above the level of elementary algebra.

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14 units
ACCT 20
Introduction to Accounting
3 units
course details

This course is an introductory accounting course designed for students with little or no prior training in accounting. Topics span the accounting cycle including analysis of business transactions, journalizing, posting, and preparation of financial statements using a hands-on approach. The course prepares students for entry level accounting careers, further study of accounting principles, or to help small business owners manage their own accounting records.

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BCIS 33
Skills for the Working Professional
1 units
course details

This course provides an exploration of essential soft skills necessary for working professionals, focusing on both external and internal communication, effective conflict management, and cultivating a positive attitude. Students will also learn to develop interpersonal and self-management skills for creating a professional image, preparing them for success in today’s workplace.

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BCIS 81
Microsoft Excel for Business
1 units
course details

This course is designed for those who want to learn Microsoft Excel for Windows from the perspective of owning or running a business. Course content includes designing and analyzing worksheets and using formulas and functions with an emphasis on accounting principles.

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BUS 50
Sales Strategies
3 units
course details

This course introduces personal selling concepts, processes and tools. It emphasizes the importance of ethical, professional conduct; an understanding of consumer behavior; needs-satisfaction selling; and effective two-way communication. Students learn how to find and qualify prospects; establish rapport; ask questions to determine customers' needs; present pertinent product/service features, advantages and benefits; overcome buyers' objections; and close the sale. Students will participate (as buyers, sellers and critical observers) in interactive sales presentations.

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BUS 60
Advertising and Promotion
3 units
course details

This course introduces students to the function of promotion in relation to business and society. It looks at promotion as a social and economic institution. Emphasis is placed on integrating marketing communications across multiple platforms including social media and other online spaces to achieve the organizations objective.

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BUS 68
Web Marketing
3 units
course details

This course introduces students to web marketing tools, strategies, application and measurement. It examines benefits and challenges associated with web marketing technologies including web site development, search engine optimization, online advertising, social media, email campaigns, blog marketing, digital public relations, multimedia and mobile marketing. Students will learn how to create a web marketing strategy and then apply web marketing technologies in a measurable way to achieve business objectives.

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Career Connections

2-Year Degree Paths

Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.

4-Year Degree Paths

Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.

Example roles: 3

  • Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
  • Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products

Graduate School Paths

Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.

Example roles: 1

  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Local Job Market

Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm ProductsSOC 13-10226 nearby openings

Search keyword used: retail buyer · Search window: last 90 days, 100-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $89,252/yr

Top employers in sample

  • Barnes & Noble Education, Inc. 2
  • Barnes & Noble Education 1
  • Naked Wines 1
  • Palisade Ttahoe 1
  • Randa Corp 1

Where the postings are

  • Long Island, Sacramento County 1
  • North Sacramento, Sacramento County 1
  • Olympic Valley, Placer County 1
  • Reno, Washoe County 1
  • Sierra, Washoe County 1

Sample current postings

  1. Retail Assistant Manager - PatagoniaPalisade Ttahoe · Olympic Valley, Placer County · 10 days ago
  2. National Account Manager - B2B Wine SalesNaked Wines · Sonoma, Sonoma County · 13 days ago
  3. Nevada Wolf Shop Department Manager- General MerchandiseBarnes & Noble Education · Reno, Washoe County · 3 weeks ago
  4. Nevada Wolf Shop Department Manager- General MerchandiseBarnes & Noble Education, Inc. · Sierra, Washoe County · 3 weeks ago
  5. Department Manager - Sacramento City CollegeBarnes & Noble Education, Inc. · Long Island, Sacramento County · 3 weeks ago

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Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific ProductsSOC 41-401219 nearby openings

Search keyword used: sales representative · Search window: last 30 days, 25-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $54,945/yr

Top employers in sample

  • HMG Careers 4
  • 2020 Companies 1
  • American Eagle Outfitters 1
  • Best Buy 1
  • Cintas 1

Where the postings are

  • Chico, Butte County 7
  • Butte Creek, Butte County 3
  • Chapmantown, Butte County 2
  • Nelson, Butte County 2
  • Gridley, Butte County 1

Sample current postings

  1. Erie Home - Outside Sales RepresentativeErie Home · Nelson, Butte County · today
  2. ProSales Associate (Early Career Sales Program)Herc Rentals · Butte Creek, Butte County · 1 day ago
  3. Retail Sales AssociateBest Buy · Chico, Butte County · 2 days ago
  4. AE - Sales Leader (Full-Time)American Eagle Outfitters · Chapmantown, Butte County · 3 days ago
  5. Route Sales Representative - Full-time - OrovilleUnited States Bakery External · Thermalito, Butte County · 4 days ago

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Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm ProductsSOC 13-10238 nearby openings

Search keyword used: purchasing agent · Search window: last 90 days, 100-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $108,710/yr

Top employers in sample

  • CBRE 1
  • Dan Ellison Team - Coldwell Banker 1
  • Generations Home Loans 1
  • LSI 1
  • Nox Group 1

Where the postings are

  • Cameron Park, El Dorado County 1
  • Fairfield, Solano County 1
  • North Highlands, Sacramento County 1
  • Reno, Washoe County 1
  • Rio Vista, Solano County 1

Sample current postings

  1. Purchasing AgentThe Dutra Group · Rio Vista, Solano County · 2 days ago
  2. Purchasing AgentLSI · North Highlands, Sacramento County · 7 days ago
  3. Purchasing AgentNox Group · Reno, Washoe County · 9 days ago
  4. Mortgage Loan Officer - Escrow and Closing Background WelcomeGenerations Home Loans · Cameron Park, El Dorado County · 13 days ago
  5. Maintenance Technician IIPartnership HealthPlan of California · Suisun, Solano County · 4 weeks ago

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Business Teachers, PostsecondarySOC 25-10113 nearby openings

Search keyword used: Business instructor · Search window: last 90 days, 100-mile radius · Avg listed salary: $81,483/yr

Top employers in sample

  • Kaplan 1
  • Lassen College Portal 1
  • Palisade Ttahoe 1

Where the postings are

  • Davis, Yolo County 1
  • Olympic Valley, Placer County 1
  • Susanville, Lassen County 1

Sample current postings

  1. MCAT Prep Instructor - University of California, DavisKaplan · Davis, Yolo County · 6 days ago
  2. Mountain Sports School SupervisorPalisade Ttahoe · Olympic Valley, Placer County · 2 weeks ago
  3. Business - Adjunct InstructorLassen College Portal · Susanville, Lassen County · 6 weeks ago

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Posting counts come from Adzuna's index of US job boards, covering the last up to 90 days within up to 100 miles of ZIP 95965. Coverage and salary visibility vary by employer. Empty searches expand the radius and posting window before the section gives up.

Source Notes

Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.

Live wage data was not available from the BLS helper for the mapped occupations, so some pay fields may be blank.

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