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Business & Technology
Business Technology Certificate

The Business Technology Certificate is specifically designed to meet the entry-level employment needs of the Greater Baton Rouge metropolitan area business community. This program of study is not designed for college transfer. It provides a general education and work skills needed for employment. Students have the opportunity to tailor the program of study by emphasizing
one or more courses in the following areas: accounting, business, computer science, economics, finance, management, marketing, and real estate.

To receive this certificate, the student must:

• have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better in all credits that are to be
  used towards the degree;
• arn a “C” or better in major courses, ENGL 101 and ENGL 102,
  CSCI 101 or 190, approved business-related electives, and courses that
  are prerequisites for other courses;
• complete the coursework listed below:

PROGRAM OF STUDY

General Education
English Composition I	3
Mathematics	3
Social Science (ECON 203 required)	3
TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION HOURS	9
Required Related Courses
Computer Science	3
(Credit will not be awarded for both CSCI 101 and CSCI 190)
Speech	3
TOTAL REQUIRED RELATED HOURS.	6
Major Courses
ACCT 200 Financial Accounting I	3
BUSN 110 Introduction to Business...	3
Choose one of the following: .................	3
BUSN 201 Principles of Marketing
BUSN 240 Business Communication
BUSN 295 Professional Success Skills
MANG 201 Principles of Management
TOTAL MAJOR HOURS	9
TOTAL APPROVED ELECTIVE HOURS	6

Approved Electives
Choose two from the following:
Any Accounting (ACCT) course
Any Business (BUSN) course
CIST 140 Database Management
CIST 160 Introduction to Desktop Publishing
CIST 235 Advanced Word Processing
CIST 240 Database Management II
CIST 250 Spreadsheets II
CIST 260 Advanced Desktop Publishing
CIST 270 Multimedia and Web Design
CIST 280 SQL for Business
ECON 204 Sports and Entertainment Economics
ECON 205 Economics of Money and Banking
ENGL 201 Workforce Writing and
Vocabulary Development
Any Finance (FINA) course
Any Management (MANG) course
MATH 202 Basic Statistics I
MATH 203 Basic Statistics II
Any Real Estate (REAL) course
SPCH 220 Communication for
Business Professionals
TOTAL APPROVED
ELECTIVE HOURS............................6
TOTAL CERTIFICATE HOURS ........30