Business Administration: Retail Management (A.A.)
Department website: https://www.cerritos.edu/business-education/business-administration-and-management.htm
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS
The Business Administration: Retail Management A.A. Degree provides students with credentials that are the key to individual self-efficacy and a meaningful career. Mastery of this curriculum will help students lay the groundwork for managerial competence in the global marketplace. Retail Management education also helps students understand basic management functions, their interrelationships, and the organization’s competitive niche. There are numerous career opportunities that exist in the Business Field including Industry, Government, and Self-Employment.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
- Students utilize current business technology to analyze and evaluate retail business sector.
- Students explain the supply chain for a product moving from the field or factory to the shelf or consumer.
- Students gather and interpret demographic and market data for understanding retail consumers.
- Students identify strategies for hiring, motivating, training, and terminating employees.
Program Requirements
| Code Number | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Business Core Courses | ||
| BA 107 | Human Relations In Business | 3.0 |
| BA 120 | Management-Accounting and Internal Control | 3.0 |
| BA 132 | Computer Applications for Managers | 3.0 |
| and Select one of the below courses for 3 units | 3.0 | |
| Motivational Presentation Skills for Managers | ||
or BCOT 148 | Effective Business Presentations | |
or BCOT 247 | Managerial Business Communications | |
or COMM 100 | Introduction to Communications Studies | |
or COMM C1000 | Introduction to Public Speaking | |
| Degree Specific Courses (12 units) | ||
| BA 106 | Human Resource Management | 3.0 |
| BA 114 | Marketing | 3.0 |
| BA 115 | Management-Business | 3.0 |
| or BA 205 | Organizational Leadership | |
| or BA 208 | Leadership for Women in Business | |
| or WGS 208 | Leadership for Women in Business | |
| BA 118 | Retail Management | 3.0 |
| or BA 123 | Fundamentals Of Retailing | |
| Total Units | 24 | |
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Complete a minimum of 60 units to include (1) the above major requirements, (2) the General Education requirements, and (3) electives as needed
Note: Although many of these courses are transferable, this A.A. Degree is nontransferable. Please see a Business Counselor or the respective department chairperson for additional alternatives.