Program Map
Retailing - Certificate of Proficiency
Award Type: Certificate of Proficiency
Effective Date: Fall 2016
Learning and Career Pathway
- Business, Economics & Information Technology
This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.
I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?
- Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
- Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
- Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:
The Certificate of Proficiency in Retailing consists of only FIVE classes. It is your first step towards earning an EIGHT-course Certificate of Achievement in Retail Management. This certificate was developed out of a collaborative effort between several industry and college professionals. Both certificates will prepare you for a supervisory or managerial position in the retail industry. Required classes can be taken in any sequence; there are no prerequisites to begin the program. All classes are available online, so you can complete this program fully online. The goal of the certificate is immediate employment or promotion.
What can I do with this Major?
You will work in a fast-paced and diverse retail industry with many opportunities for advancement. Careers are available in all areas of business and with over 42 million people employed, and responsible for 1 in 4 jobs in the United States. The certificate prepares you for managerial positions in retailing, merchandising, and distributing businesses.
Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education
Semester 1
9 units
BUS 14
Business Communications (Active)
3.0
BUS 22
Introduction to Management (Active)
3.0
BUS 36
Introduction to Marketing (Active)
3.0
Semester 2
6 units
BUS 28
Human Relations in the Workplace (Active)1
3.0
BUS 32
Retail Store Management (Active)2
3.0
1Chabot offers BUS 28 in Spring semester only. However, you can take the same class BUSN 48 online at our sister college, Las Positas College. Upon completion, fill out the course substitution form and email to Dmitriy Kalyagin at dkalyagin@chabotcollege.edu
2 Currently, we do not offer BUS 32 Retail Store Management. Please complete the same course online, MKTG 56 Marketing Strategies, at our sister college, Las Positas College. Upon completion, fill out the course substitution form and email to Dmitriy Kalyagin at dkalyagin@chabotcollege.edu
Link to Course Substitution Waiver:
Total Units: 15.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.