Tax PreparerCertificateProgram Schedule Report

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How this report is built

This report shows where required courses for this program were actually offered over the last two academic years (24-25 and 25-26). A program is considered completable at a location when, for every required slot, at least one course in the slot was offered at that location or online during this window. Online sections satisfy completion at any physical location.

The location summary tallies the share of required classes that ran ≥1 section at each location during the window — not the number of section-instances. So "8 of 12 classes (67%)" means that 8 of the program's 12 non-GE required slots had at least one section offered at that location.

General Education area choices are not shown — Butte's GE offerings are intentionally distributed across all main locations, so they are not the location constraint. Only major-required courses (and explicit course choices listed in the program map) are tracked here.

Program flexibility statement

You can complete all the required coursework for the Tax Preparer certificate online, so you have flexibility in where you're physically located. If you prefer in-person classes, you'll need to combine Main Campus, Chico Center, or Glenn Center with online sections to cover all your requirements, since no single physical location offers everything you need. Meet with a counselor to map out a schedule that works best for you.
⚠ Auto-generated: This summary was written by an AI model from the schedule history below. AI-generated content can be incorrect — verify against the section data before relying on it.

How this statement was generated

⚠ AI-generated content can be wrong. The summary above was produced by Claude (Anthropic) from the schedule data on this page. Always cross-check claims against the actual section history and program map.
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
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2026-06-12T19:23:09.431508+00:00

Prompt sent to the model

You are writing a brief, student-facing flexibility note for a Butte College program. Imagine you are a counselor sitting across from the student. The student is trying to decide WHERE they will physically have to be to finish this degree.

PROGRAM
  Title: Tax Preparer
  Award: Certificate

LOCATIONS
  - Main Campus — Butte's main campus.
  - Chico Center — general center; many transfer-degree courses run there.
  - Glenn Center — satellite center.
  - Skyway Center — the dedicated home of the Auto Technology and
    Industrial / Power Pathway programs.
  - Cosmetology Center — the dedicated home of the Cosmetology and
    Barbering programs.
  - Online means a student can take it from anywhere with internet.
  - Dual Enrollment sections are taught at participating high schools
    across the region (NOT at Butte's centers). Coverage varies by HS.

LOCATION NAMING — HARD RULE
  Refer to locations ONLY by the official names exactly as listed above
  (Main Campus, Chico Center, Glenn Center, Skyway Center, Cosmetology
  Center, Online). NEVER mention a city or town name — no Oroville, no
  Willows, no Paradise, and never "Chico" as a city — not even
  alongside a center name. Students read a city name as the town
  itself, and Butte's campuses don't sit where the names suggest (Main
  Campus is not "in Oroville" in any practical sense). Write "at the
  Chico Center", never "in Chico". Write "at Main Campus", never "in
  Oroville".

RELIABLE REQUIRED-COURSE OFFERINGS BY LOCATION (last two academic years)
A required course counts as "reliably offered" at a location only if it
showed a REGULAR PATTERN — at least one section in BOTH window falls or
in BOTH window springs. A one-off section doesn't count: the student
can't bank on it coming back. For Select-N slots (e.g. "Select two"),
the slot is reliably satisfied at a location only when ≥N of its
options are reliably offered there.

  Main Campus:    Partial  (1 of 6 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Chico Center:   Partial  (2 of 6 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Glenn Center:   Partial  (1 of 6 required slots reliably satisfiable here)
  Online:         Yes      (6 of 6 required slots reliably satisfiable here)

WHAT EACH STATUS MEANS
  - "Yes"     — every required slot has reliable coverage at this location. A student can plan to take their major coursework here.
  - "Partial" — SOME required slots are reliably covered here, but not all. A student who wants to attend mostly at this location will have to combine it with another location or with Online for the gaps.
  - "GE only" — NO required slots are reliably covered here. The student can complete GE breadth here, but for the major's required courses they'll have to go elsewhere.

GROUND TRUTHS YOU MUST RESPECT
  - For Associate degrees, GE breadth requirements can be completed at ANY Butte center or online. That's a given for every Associate program — you don't have to belabor it, but you may briefly mention it when the student's location story for required courses is unfavorable.
  - When a Skyway-Center or Cosmetology-Center program shows "Yes" at its specialized center, LEAD with that — those programs are housed there by design, and the student should plan on being at that center (not Main Campus) for the bulk of their major coursework.
  - Don't tell a student to come to Main Campus when the program's specialized center has full reliable coverage. Main might still be useful for GE; the major work is at the specialized center.
  - "GE only" is NOT "Partial". Don't soften it. Say plainly the program's required coursework isn't taught there.
  - Online is a real option for some programs, but ONLY when its column is "Yes". Don't promise online completion based on "Partial".
  - Dual Enrollment coverage is an aggregate across participating high schools — at any single HS the available courses are typically far fewer. If you mention dual enrollment, mention that "what's offered at your high school will vary."
  - Even "Yes" is "has been reliably available recently" — future schedules can shift. The student should still meet with a counselor.

WHAT TO WRITE
  Two to three short, plain sentences in second person ("you can…", "you'll need to…"). Lead with where the major's required coursework actually runs reliably — that's what determines where the student has to be. Be honest, not promotional.

  - Do NOT list percentages or course counts.
  - Do NOT promise future schedules.
  - Do NOT use the words "completability", "completable", "AY", or "primary location".
  - Do NOT call a "GE only" location a place to "complete the program" — they can't.

OUTPUT
  Return ONLY the statement text. No preamble, no quotation marks, no markdown headers.

Completability by location

Section history by location

Main CampusPartial1 of 6 classes (17%)
Main Campus — section history for AY 24-25 and AY 25-26
Course AY 24-25 AY 25-26
Fa Sp Fa Sp
Term 1
ACCT 20 — Introduction to Accounting No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 46 — Business Math Calculations No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 81 — Microsoft Excel for Business No sections offered 1 No sections offered No sections offered
Select one:
BCIS 13 — Business Communication 1 1 1 1
BCIS 18 — Introduction to Business Technology 1 1 1 1
BUS 62 — Money & Happiness: Cultural, Psychological and Economic Factors No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ECON 4 — Principles of Microeconomics 2 2 2 2
Term 2
ACCT 100 — QuickBooks Pro-Computerized Accounting No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ACCT 105 — Income Tax Preparation No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
Chico CenterPartial2 of 6 classes (33%)
Chico Center — section history for AY 24-25 and AY 25-26
Course AY 24-25 AY 25-26
Fa Sp Fa Sp
Term 1
ACCT 20 — Introduction to Accounting 1 1 1 1
BCIS 46 — Business Math Calculations No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 81 — Microsoft Excel for Business No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
Select one:
BCIS 13 — Business Communication 1 No sections offered 1 No sections offered
BCIS 18 — Introduction to Business Technology No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BUS 62 — Money & Happiness: Cultural, Psychological and Economic Factors No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ECON 4 — Principles of Microeconomics 2 1 2 2
Term 2
ACCT 100 — QuickBooks Pro-Computerized Accounting No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ACCT 105 — Income Tax Preparation No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
Glenn CenterPartial1 of 6 classes (17%)
Glenn Center — section history for AY 24-25 and AY 25-26
Course AY 24-25 AY 25-26
Fa Sp Fa Sp
Term 1
ACCT 20 — Introduction to Accounting No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 46 — Business Math Calculations No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 81 — Microsoft Excel for Business No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
Select one:
BCIS 13 — Business Communication No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BCIS 18 — Introduction to Business Technology No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
BUS 62 — Money & Happiness: Cultural, Psychological and Economic Factors No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ECON 4 — Principles of Microeconomics No sections offered 1 No sections offered 1
Term 2
ACCT 100 — QuickBooks Pro-Computerized Accounting No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
ACCT 105 — Income Tax Preparation No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered No sections offered
Online✓ Yes6 of 6 classes (100%)
Online — section history for AY 24-25 and AY 25-26
Course AY 24-25 AY 25-26
Fa Sp Fa Sp
Term 1
ACCT 20 — Introduction to Accounting 3 3 3 3
BCIS 46 — Business Math Calculations 2 2 2 2
BCIS 81 — Microsoft Excel for Business 3 2 3 2
Select one:
BCIS 13 — Business Communication 2 3 3 3
BCIS 18 — Introduction to Business Technology 2 2 2 2
BUS 62 — Money & Happiness: Cultural, Psychological and Economic Factors 1 1 No sections offered 1
ECON 4 — Principles of Microeconomics 3 4 3 3
Term 2
ACCT 100 — QuickBooks Pro-Computerized Accounting 1 1 1 1
ACCT 105 — Income Tax Preparation 1 1 1 1

Dual Enrollment by High School

Some of this program's required courses have been offered as dual enrollment at participating high schools. Below is what ran at each HS during the two-year window. Coverage varies by school and changes year to year — confirm with your high school counselor before planning around it.

  • BCCS (BCCS)
    1 course, 1 section over the window
    BUS 62
  • CBBC (CBBC)
    1 course, 1 section over the window
    BUS 62
  • Hearthstone School (HRST)
    1 course, 1 section over the window
    BUS 62

Generated 2026-06-12 19:23 UTC by the Curriculum Management Program Schedule Report tool.