General Business Certificate
Health Studies Certificate
The General Business Certificate is designed to prepare students for clerical jobs by providing instruction in essential skills. The courses in this program are applicable to the Business Administration A.A.S. degree program.
The mission of the Health Studies certificate is to provide a foundation of academic prerequisites for students seeking admission to an Associate’s degree in an allied health care program. The curriculum provides a foundation essential for transfer into a variety of academic majors, such as nursing, dental hygiene, and radiologic technology. The Health Studies Certificate program will enable graduates to develop: • An understanding of the basic principles of the anatomy and physiology of the human body; • The ability to recognize and comprehend the basic principles of microbiology; • The ability to explain the role of nutrition in health maintenance; • An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of allied health care personnel, and • Fundamental problem solving skills.
The program prepares students for jobs in business, industry and government, such as retail sales clerk, accounts receivable and accounts payable clerk, file clerk and other general office jobs. Fall Semester BUS 113 BUS 121 ENG 123 BUS 118
CR Business Mathematics............................................3 Business Law I.........................................................3 College Composition..............................................3 Document Formatting............................................3 12
Spring Semester CR ACC 111 College Accounting OR ACC 121 Financial Accounting........................3-4 BUS 212 Business Communications.....................................3 CIS 121 Intro to Computers OR............................................ Business Elective (a)...............................................3 Business Elective (a)...............................................3 12-13
Minimum Credit Hours required for certificate: 24 Notes:
(a) Business elective courses (three-credit) chosen from among courses with prefix ACC, BUS, MGT, MKT or TEL.
Fall Semester BIO 151 ENG 123 HSC 100 NTR 161 PSY 121
Anatomy & Physiology I (a)..................................4 College Composition..............................................3 Intro to the Health Professions..............................1 Introduction to Human Nutrition........................3 Introduction to Psychology...................................3 14
Spring Semester BIO 152 Anatomy & Physiology II.......................................4 BIO 241 Microbiology...........................................................4 SOC 121 Sociology..................................................................3 General Elective .................................................3-4 14-15
Minimum Credit Hours Required for Certificate: 28 Notes:
(a) The prerequisite for BIO 151 is high school chemistry and biology taken within the last three years OR BIO 112 and CHM 113 taken within the last three years.
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