3_CE_HMBS

The home-based business certificate is a three-course sequence that was created to provide basic, intermediate, and advanced educational opportunities designed to help you choose and successfully launch a home-based business.

The courses will give the current and future home-based entrepreneur an overview of home-based business and the spectrum of opportunities that successful home-based entrepreneurs are pursuing. With an ever-increasing number of adults today self-employed, many are running their own home-based business or are planning to start one.

Program Level Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

1. Effectively communicate solutions to business problems, using appropriate language and tools and demonstrating understanding of business terms and concepts.
2. Analyze and recommend effective business decisions/solutions using a systematic, evaluative, and information-based approach.
3. Develop and exhibit high standards of professional practice, demonstrating awareness of ethical and social responsibilities in today’s multicultural, team-oriented, rapidly-changing global environment.

Certificate Graduation Requirements

A Certificate is awarded upon completion of the required coursework with a grade of C or higher in each course. To receive the certificate, the student must file a petition for graduation during his/her final semester. In addition:

Certificate of Specialization

• 50 percent of the certificate program’s units must be completed at Coastline.

Course List

Course	Title	Units
Required Courses
Students will complete all of the following:
BUS C170	Entrepreneurship and Small Business Finance	3
BUS C222	Entrepreneurship and Small Business Operations and Management	3
Select one of the following:		3
BUS C100	Introduction to Business
BUS C110	Business Law/Legal Environment of Business
BUS C120	Personal Finance
BUS C130	E-Commerce: Strategic Thinking and Management
BUS C150	Introduction to Marketing
Total Units		9