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
- Function effectively as a manager in a retail environment using the skills, principles, and tools they have acquired.
- Apply the retail principles they have learned in their professional lives.
- Analyze the ethical dimensions of effective retail managers in everyday conduct and decision making.
- Demonstrate effective written and/or oral skills.
Review Certificate Requirements.
| Course | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| ACCT A100 | Accounting for Small Business | 3-4 |
| or ACCT A101 | Financial Accounting | |
| BUS A139 | Business Communication | 3 |
| CIS A100 | Introduction to Computer Applications | 3 |
| LEAD A200 | Organizational Leadership | 3 |
| MGMT A100 | Applied Management for Public and Private Organizations | 3 |
| MGMT A115 | Human Relations and Supervision | 3 |
| MKTG A100 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
| MKTG A200 | Retail E-Commerce Management | 3 |
| Total Units | 24-25 | |
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.
| Year 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Semester 1 | Units | |
| LEAD A200 | Organizational Leadership 1 | 3 |
| MGMT A100 | Applied Management for Public and Private Organizations | 3 |
| MKTG A100 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
| CIS A100 | Introduction to Computer Applications | 3 |
| Units | 12 | |
| Semester 2 | ||
| BUS A139 | Business Communication | 3 |
| MGMT A115 | Human Relations and Supervision | 3 |
| MKTG A200 | Retail E-Commerce Management | 3 |
| ACCT A100 or ACCT A101 |
Accounting for Small Business or Financial Accounting |
3-4 |
| Units | 12-13 | |
| Total Units | 24-25 | |
- 1
Recommended as the first course in the sequence.