Program Codes:
SBUS.COA
Certificate of Achievement
Small Business Management/Entrepreneurial Studies is for people who intend to start, or who already operate a small business. This program can help students who have a skill or idea - and want to be their own boss - to realize their goal of running a successful business. The degree program incorporates General Education courses with the Small Business Management curriculum. The certificate is designed for those with no prior college course work and includes English composition with the Small Business Management curriculum. The certificate of achievement program is geared toward people who already hold a College degree and intend to operate a small business.
Below are required courses for program completion. Courses may have prerequisite and corequisite requirements.
Check course descriptions for details. Designed for the person with an associate degree or higher. Assumes basic skills and General Education (including math) requirements are satisfied.
The planning, supervision, control and performance of activities involved in the production of goods and services. The problems of human relations and labor-management and the functions of human resources, marketing, purchasing, production and finance are explored from the standpoint of effectively carrying on business that relates positively to the society of which it is a part.
Focuses on accounting as applied in the small business setting. Emphasizes small business record keeping from basic journalizing to year-end closing and financial statement preparation. Use of computerized general ledger and other software will be employed to accomplish the above mentioned tasks. Also covers managerial issues and demonstrates use of basic analytical tools for problem solving at the small business level.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Introduces the student to the principles of small business management and the functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, financing and staffing a small business enterprise.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
For the small business owners/entrepreneurs looking to improve their marketing skills in today's domestic, global and international business environments. Through a case study format with additional emphasis on other relevant functional areas of business, the student will come to fully understand all activities and processes involved in the flow of goods, services, ideas and events from producer and/or manufacturer to consumers. Through this type of analysis, the small business owner/entrepreneur will be able to incorporate a systems approach, to fully understand the marketing and sales conditions being affected and to analyze the problems as well as the strategies used in solving these problems.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Techniques of advertising and sales promotion to increase sales. Topics include: policies and procedures used in planning and preparing advertisements evaluation and selection of media, planning and coordinating advertising, sales promotion and facility layout for small business.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Introduces the fundamental principles of risk and financial management. Content focuses on insurance, consumer and trade credit, budgeting, banking, investing, loans and other financial considerations facing owners of small business.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
An interdisciplinary course which integrates and synthesizes concepts and information from preceding management courses. Emphasis is on establishing an environment to employ previously learned material, with the opportunity to practice decision-making and control techniques based on this material. Case studies are employed and supplemented with simulation techniques. Emphasis is given to subordinate supervisor interaction, with students participating individually and in teams.
Note: Not all major courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Contact Name: Associate Professor Nancy Bailey, department chair
Contact Phone: 732.906.2594
Contact Email: ABLS@middlesexcc.edu
Department Web: http://www2.middlesexcc.edu/academics/academic-departments/accounting-business-and-legal-studies.html
Articulation agreements with public and private institutions offer students who earn the A.A.S. degree the opportunity to transfer all of their coursework to the four-year institution. Students in specialized programs, or who earn an A.A.S. degree should discuss the transfer process with an advisor.
They will study the elements that are necessary for a thriving business: business plan, capital needs, marketing strategies, legal and tax issues, forms of ownership, employee management, new technologies, sales, marketing and new product development. They will acquire skills particular to entrepreneurs but transferable to the general business environment.
Note: Not all SBM courses are offered every semester both day and evening. Please call the department chair at 732.906.2594 to discuss course offerings for future semesters.
Algebra I is a prerequisite for all majors. Students may satisfy this requirement with a grade of “C” or better in high school Algebra I. Algebra I competency may be verified with a passing score on the College’s placement test or by the completion of the appropriate course.
Once students complete developmental coursework (if needed), the degree can be completed in two years of full-time study. They can shorten the amount of time by taking courses in the summer and winter sessions. Some major courses in the Small Business Management program may only be offered in the evenings and not every semester.