Business

Do you love coming up with new business ideas or marketing slogans? Have you considered starting a business for a great idea of your own? If you consider yourself an entrepreneur or see yourself working in business, one of the business program degrees or certificates will set you up for success! 

Allan Hancock College’s business program is designed to prepare students for entry-level management and marketing positions. Students will learn how to plan, organize, influence, and control the day-to-day operations of a business organization. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to meet the challenges of today’s modern workforce.

Through work-based learning projects, students will acquire the skills needed to build a business plan for their own startup idea and much more. Successful completion of Hancock’s business program will help students add value to their resume when seeking employment opportunities. Graduates of the program are prepared for entry-level work in fields such as human resources, customer service, leadership, sales, marketing, and more.

The business program offers a variety of degrees and certificates based on different student goals. The multiple degrees and certificates apply important business principles, produce work-based learning projects, and help students to follow oral and written communication. Upon completion of a business degree or certificate, students will be prepared to transfer to a university of their choice for further study. 

This program will help you to:

• learn different leadership skills needed to work with a diverse workforce
• understand the elements of a business plan and how to communicate a new startup business
• grasp elements of a marketing plan and how creativity is used to produce successful outcomes
• understand business problems and how to use critical thinking for successful outcomes
• analyze a business organization and explain how to use problem solving skills
• identify multicultural and gender relationships and how to collaborate in a work team culture
• identify teamwork problems and how to analyze and solve them
• describe diversity in the workforce and the strategies used in a successful organization

To view the program requirements and suggested course sequences for the degrees and/or certificates available for this program, please visit the course catalog.

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• Accounting 
• Agribusiness 
• Recreation Management
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