Explore an Associate Degree for Transfer, Associate Degrees, and Certificates of Achievement.
Business
Ready to start your own business? Want to climb the corporate ladder? Add a Coastline degree or cert. to your briefcase. Make it your business to know the responsibilities of business in today's changing world.
Areas of Study
- Business - AS Degree or Cert. of Achievement
- Business Administration 2.0 - AS-T Degree
- Business Economics - Cert. of Accomplishment
- Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management - Cert. of Achievement
- Entrepreneurship Essentials - Cert. of Specialization
- Global Business - Cert. of Achievement
- Global Business Essentials - Cert. of Specialization
- Human Resources Management - AS Degree or Cert. of Achievement
- Marketing - AS Degree or Cert. of Achievement
- Project Management Essentials - Cert. of Specialization
Academic Plans
Business
Business - AS Degree
The General Business degree is designed to prepare students for employment at a small, medium, or large firm in a variety of capacities and across industries. Graduates will be well-versed in business terminology, business functions, communication, planning, organizing, and decision-making. Coursework exposes students to the fields of marketing, human resource management, operations and manufacturing, accounting and finance, as well as other niche professions in business. Students may select specific elective courses to meet their professional or personal business education goals. The courses in the program allow for further career and industry research.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Business - Associate of Science Degree (60 units)
Business - Cert. of Achievement
The General Business certificate is designed to help students explore an educational path in business for ultimate employment at a small, medium, or large firm. Graduates will be conversant in business terminology, business functions, communication, planning, organizing, and decision-making. Coursework exposes students to the fields of marketing, human resource management, operations and manufacturing, accounting, and finance. Students may select specific elective courses to meet their professional or personal business education goals. The courses in the program allow for further career and industry research.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Business - Certificate of Achievement (21-22 units)
Business Administration 2.0
The Associate in Science in Business Administration for Transfer at Coastline College is designed to provide students with the common core of lower-division courses required to transfer and pursue a baccalaureate degree in Business Administration. This includes business degrees with options such as accounting, finance, human resource management, international business, management, operations management, and marketing.
Core discipline courses focus on introductions to accounting, business, economics, business law, business communication, and business math. These courses will assist students in selecting their field of business specialization and they provide the foundation for future study of contemporary business and management.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Business Administration 2.0 - Associate in Science Degree for Transfer (60 units)
Business Economics
This 13-unit certificate program provides students with the necessary knowledge to make informed business and financial decisions. Students will gain an understanding of basic economic theory as it applies to practical business decision making, resource allocation issues, accounting practices, international markets, legal considerations, and consumer behavior patterns. This certificate is useful as a pathway to a transfer degree, to advance a career, or to gain intuition into business and economic trends.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Business Economics - Certificate of Accomplishment (13 units)
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
The small business sector is one of the fastest growing in the nation's economy. With an ever-increasing number of adults todayself-employed, many people either work for a small business or plan to start one of their own. Coastline's entrepreneurship program can help prospective entrepreneurs launch new ventures or, if you are an entrepreneur who already has your businessestablished, you can strengthen your managerial and business skills to grow your business.
You will learn the fundamentals of starting and operating your own business. The program includes basic business skills as well asspecific courses in starting and managing a business. Course work covers evaluating a business opportunity, preparing a business plan, planning advertising and sales promotions, marketing a product or service, and financial management for the entrepreneurial company.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, Certificate of Achievement (21 units)
Entrepreneurship Essentials
The Entrepreneurship Essentials program provides students a solid foundation in the business aspects of starting and operating a small business that provides products, services, or both. Students will explore entrepreneurial options and assess the viability of a business concept. Once the concept proves viable, students will develop operations, marketing, and financial plans describing how the business will run. By completing this three-course series, students will have the primary content of a full business plan that can be used to request funding, develop supplier relationships, build a management team, etc.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Entrepreneurship Essentials - Certificate of Specialization (9 units)
Global Business
The Global Business Certificate of Achievement provides students a broad base of skills needed in the business and supply chain management aspects of working in small, medium, or large organizations that provide products and/or services locally or globally. Courses emphasize global business and management practices and the tools utilized in today's global business environment. This certificate prepares students for careers in procurement, logistics, sales, production planning, and sourcing. Most courses in this certificate can be applied to a Business or Management degree.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Global Business - Certificate of Achievement (16-19 units)
Global Business Essentials
The Global Business Essentials Certificate of Specialization provides students a foundation in the business and supply chain management aspects of working in small, medium, or large organizations that provide products and/or services locally or globally. Courses emphasize global business and management practices and the tools utilized in today's global business environment. This certificate prepares students for careers in procurement, logistics, sales, production planning, and sourcing. Courses in this certificate can be applied to a Global Business Certificate of Achievement.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Global Business Essentials - Certificate of Specialization (9 units)
Human Resources Management
The program consists of various concentrations that will prepare an individual to have an understanding of business practices and provides students with the opportunity to select specific courses to meet their professional or personal business goals. These concentrations will provide entry-level professionals with knowledge and skills to work in a variety of business environments.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Human Resources Management - Associate of Science Degree (60 units)
Human Resources Management - Certificate of Achievement (21-22 units)
Marketing
The program consists of various concentrations that will prepare an individual to have an understanding of business practices and provides students with the opportunity to select specific courses to meet their professional or personal business goals. These concentrations will provide entry-level professionals with knowledge and skills to work in a variety of business environments.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Marketing - Associate of Science Degree (60 units)
Marketing - Certificate of Achievement (21-22 units)
Project Management Essentials
The Project Management Essentials Certificate will prepare students to take on project management activities in their jobs and personal life. It exposes students to project management curriculum for consideration of future study. Business professionals with technical project management knowledge, leadership, and business skills for the management of projects are responsible for project success. Companies are searching, recruiting, and hiring individuals who possess the right skills to effectively manage projects and are well compensated.
Course requirements / digital catalog info:
Project Management Essentials - Certificate of Specialization (9 units)
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Why choose Coastline to study Business?
Simple... We have great instructors and convenient options to suit your style of learning. Coastline wants to help you earn more money, advance your career, and see more opportunities become available to you - all at your convenience.
Coastline College graduates with business degrees or certificates have gone on to become Management Analysts, Administrative Services Managers, General Managers, and Operations Managers.
"Luckily, the online education at Coastline is exceptional and there are faculty that are going to be here for you to help you succeed!" -Aeron, Coastline Business Management student
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