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Retail, Certificate of Achievement

Banner Code: 1_CN_MGRT

Control Number: 22374

Financial Aid Eligible


This program is approved by the Western Association of Food Chains and persons completing the prescribed courses are eligible to receive both the OCC Certificate of Achievement and the WAFC Retail Management Certificate.

Program Outcomes

  1. Function effectively as a manager in a retail environment using the skills, principles, and tools they have acquired.
  2. Apply the retail principles they have learned in their professional lives.
  3. Analyze the ethical dimensions of effective retail managers in everyday conduct and decision making.
  4. Demonstrate effective written and/or oral skills.

Review Certificate Requirements.

Course Title Units
Required Courses
ACCT A1003-4
or ACCT A101
BUS A1393
CIS A1003
LEAD A2003
MGMT A1003
MGMT A1153
MKTG A1003
MKTG A2003
Total Units24-25

Retail Suggested Electives:
ACCT A102 Managerial Accounting
BUS A110 Business Law
BUS A138 Business English
BUS A240 Entrepreneurship
MKTG A110 Professional Selling
MKTG A220 Retail Buying

Program Sequence

These sequences at Orange Coast College are curriculum maps for students to finish all requirements for the certificate. There may be advisories, prerequisites, or time requirements that students need to consider before following these maps. Students are advised to meet with an Orange Coast College Counselor for alternate sequencing.

Plan of Study Grid
Year 1
Semester 1Units
LEAD A200 1 3
MGMT A100 3
MKTG A100 3
CIS A100 3
 Units12
Semester 2
BUS A139 3
MGMT A115 3
MKTG A200 3
ACCT A100
or ACCT A101

or
3-4
 Units12-13
 Total Units24-25
1

Recommended as the first course in the sequence.