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The Small Business Management Career Studies Certificate program at Danville Community College is pending approval to start in Fall 2017. The 20-credit program will expose students to essential small business skills like accounting, management, planning, marketing, and regulations. Coursework includes creating a business plan and developing human relationship, accounting, legal, and marketing skills. The program aims to provide expertise to help students successfully launch their own business in a marketable field like air conditioning, photography, or web design. Graduates will be able to create business plans, perform accounting tasks, demonstrate management skills, understand regulations, develop marketing strategies, and possibly start their own small business.

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Small Business Management

The Small Business Management Career Studies Certificate program at Danville Community College is pending approval to start in Fall 2017. The 20-credit program will expose students to essential small business skills like accounting, management, planning, marketing, and regulations. Coursework includes creating a business plan and developing human relationship, accounting, legal, and marketing skills. The program aims to provide expertise to help students successfully launch their own business in a marketable field like air conditioning, photography, or web design. Graduates will be able to create business plans, perform accounting tasks, demonstrate management skills, understand regulations, develop marketing strategies, and possibly start their own small business.

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*SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT -

Career Studies Certificate


* Pen din g appr oval f or Fall 2017 st ar t u p
PROGRAM INFO
Students will be exposed to the following: essentials of
M in im u m cr edit s: 20 small business accounting; people-management skills
Len gt h : 1-2 semesters necessary for hiring, motivating, and supervising
employees; business planning and financial forecasting
Car eer oppor t u n it ies: skills; fundamentals of obtaining small business start-up
Earnings for small funding; laws and regulations associated with small
business owners will vary business ownership; customer service techniques; and
based on the type of small business marketing techniques with a possible
business, location, and emphasis on internet marketing, including social
other factors. networking and basic web design. When seeking to
launch a business venture, the more expertise and skill
The top five industries of
one can obtain in a marketable profession (air
high-growth firms in 2015
conditioning, photography, web design, etc.), the odds of
were: 1) IT Services, 2)
success increase. The CSC is primarily designed for
Advertising & Marketing,
individuals who have already obtained a skill that can be
3) Business Products & turned into a business venture.
Services, 4) Health, and 5)
Pr ogr am Ou t com es
Software. (Source: Kauffman
Foundation) Graduates of this program will be able to:
Since the recession of 1. Create a business plan that can be used to start
2009-11, small businesses and fund a small business start-up or expansion;
have accounted for 2. Perform small business accounting tasks and
67% of n et n ew jobs. understand the forms and documents associated
(Source: US Small Business with managing a small business accounting system;
Association) 3. Demonstrate human relationship skills used to
successfully interrelate with customers, associates,
Division : Business, employees, and superiors in a business setting;
Engineering, & Industrial 4. Understand essential legal and regulatory
Technologies requirements for small business;
Con t act : 434.797.8440 5. Recognize the features, advantages, and
or 434.797.8474 disadvantages of business ownership categories
(e.g., proprietorship, partnership, corporation, etc.);
For cou r se descr ipt ion s, 6. Develop marketing strategies for successful
visit danville.edu/catalog products and services.

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*SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT -
Career Studies Certificate

Lect u r e Hr s

Hr s in Class
Lab Hou r s

Cr edit s
Cou r se Sequ en ce
BUS 165 Small Business Management 3 0 3 3

ACC 220/ Accounting for Small Business OR


ACC 111/ Accounting 1 OR
FIN 215 Finance 3 0 3 3

MKT 110/ Selling OR


MKT 216/ Retailing OR
MKT 228/ Promotion OR
MKT 281 Internet Marketing 3 0 3 3
ITE 115/ Intro to Computer Applications OR
ITD 115 Web Page Design & Site Mgmt. 2-3 0-2 3-4 3
BUS 236/ Business Communication OR
CST 100 Public Speaking 3 0 3 3
BUS 298/ Seminar & Project OR
BUS 297 Cooperative Education 1 3 0 3-15 3
BUS 199 Supervised Study2 1 0 1 1
BUS 299 Supervised Study3 1 0 1 1
Tot al 19-20 0-2 20-211 20
1 If a student participates in BUS 297, Cooperative Education, contact hours would equate to
15 hours of internship-style work per week for the duration of the semester.
2 Create thorough business plan in BUS 165; participate in the Barkhouser Free Enterprise
Center Small Business Idea Fair; work with mentors already in a similar business.
3 Enhance business plan initially developed in BUS 165; participate in business counseling with
the Launch Place and/or the Longwood SBDC; visit with funding sources; and possibly launch
business venture.

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