Retail Management

Effective: Fall 2020
Certificate of Achievement Program Map
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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.

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  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu / admissions / degreeworks
Program 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, 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.


Learning and Career Pathway
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

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= Critical Course = Prerequisite for Other Courses = Prerequisite Required = Required for Major GE = General Education

Semester 1

12 units

BUS 14
Business Communications

3 units
This course applies the principles of ethical and effective communication to the creation of letters, memos, emails, and written and oral reports for a variety of business situations. The course emphasizes planning, organizing, composing, and revising business documents using word processing software for written documents and presentation-graphics software to create and deliver professional-level oral reports. This course is designed for students who already have college-level writing skills.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: ENGL 1

BUS 22
Introduction to Management

3 units
Principles and concepts of traditional management tasks, contemporary management challenges including human relations, diversity, quality, social responsibility and ethics, the global environment, human resource management, business communications, competitiveness, motivation, leadership and teamwork.
Course Details:

BUS 36
Introduction to Marketing

3 units
Survey of marketing, including consumer behavior, company and environmental analysis, market segmentation, product development, pricing, promotion, and distribution. Marketing for small and large businesses, startups, governments, and institutions. Personal, consumer, business to business and digital marketing are included.
Course Details:

Computer Course (Choose CAS 50 or CSCI 8)

3 units

CAS 50
Introduction to Computer Application Systems

3 units
Introduction to computer applications systems as it relates to business and home use. Course introduces software topics in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, internet, World Wide Web, electronic mail, file management, data communications and an introduction to basic computer programming. Hardware topics include PC system components and troubleshooting issues. Other topics include computer-based careers and trends, electronic computing issues, terminology, electronic communication skills, ethics, security, and netiquette in today’s business computing environment.
Course Details:
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CSCI 8
Computer Literacy

3 units
Introduction to computers including: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Multimedia, the internet, browsers, World Wide Web, an awareness of types of computer software in use including programming languages, electronic mail, computer-based careers and trends, and other computing issues in today’s society. No prior computer experience necessary. Course recommended for students of any major who want to learn about computers and how to use them. Hands-on laboratory experience reinforces lecture.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: MTH 55
    2. or
  2. Strongly Recommended: MTH 55A
    3. or
  3. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53
    4. or
  4. Strongly Recommended: MTH 53A
    5. or

Semester 2

13 units

BUS 1A
Financial Accounting

4 units
Explores financial accounting, its importance and how it is used by internal and external users as a decision-making tool. Covers accounting information systems; application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to value assets, liabilities, and equity; preparation, interpretation and analysis of financial statements. Includes topics on cash flow statement, cash and accrual accounting concepts, merchandising operation, internal controls and ethics, reporting and accounting for receivables, payables, long-term assets and liabilities, inventory, depreciation, stockholders’ equity, stocks and bonds.
Course Details:
  1. Strongly Recommended: BUS 7

BUS 21
Human Resource Management

3 units
Introduction to the management of human resources and an understanding of the impact and accountability to the organization in terms of human resource activities. Global human resource strategies, social and organizational realities, legal implications affecting people at work, union/non-union practices, comparable work, employee compensations, benefits, and employee rights.
Course Details:

BUS 28
Human Relations in the Workplace1

3 units
Business concepts of individual, group, and organizational human behavior as they affect human relations, performance, and productivity within the workplace. Strategies and techniques that influence communications, employee leadership and interactions among people—including cultural diversity and its impact—are explored.
Course Details:
Terms Offered: Spring

BUS 32
Retail Store Management2

3 units
Principles and practices used in the management of retail stores, includes site selection, layout, organization, staffing, positioning, customer service, promotional techniques, buying, pricing, store security, and information systems.
Course Details:
Terms Offered: Rotating
  • 1 - Chabot offers this class 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 (see below) 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 (see below) and email to Dmitriy Kalyagin at dkalyagin@chabotcollege.edu

Course Substitution Form: https://www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling/docs/forms/course%20substitution%20or%20waiver%20of%20program%20requirement.pd

Total Units: 25 units
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.