Nov 08, 2024  
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025 
    
Yakima Valley College Catalog 2024-2025

Business Management Certificate


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Business Administration Certificates


Students can obtain certificates in specialized areas of business including accounting, accounting clerk, management, marketing, or retail management. Certificates should assist students who plan to enter the job market after only three or four quarters.

Required Courses


The Management certificate is designed for current and future managers who seek the skills to be an effective leader, supervisor, or manager. Courses in the certificate may apply toward the Associate of Applied Science degree in Business Management.

Total Credits 53


Core Competency Codes


♦ Computation
• Communication
■ Human Relations

Business Management Certificate Program Learning Outcomes


Students will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate effective communications, applying interpersonal and cultural awareness to business settings
  2. Utilize critical thinking skills to analyze and problem solve quantitative, legal, ethical, and other general business situations
  3. Apply information technology tools for problem solving and decision making
  4. Examine core marketing principles and their use in decision making and developing business strategy
  5. Differentiate the management functions of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling and their use in decision making and business strategy development

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