Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management

Certificate
Entrepreneurship & Small Business Management (B89)

This certificate has been designed for current and prospective  business professionals seeking opportunities in creating and managing their own business and entrepreneurship ventures. Students will be introduced to the planning, managing, and goal-setting functions required within small business ownership and entrepreneurship.

Work and Employment

This certificate would enable students to gain skills and competencies to become an entrepreneur or enhance the skills of current entrepreneurs. This certificate would also enhance students' education if they continue towards a four-year degree in business.

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Program Contacts at Sauk Valley Community College

• Academic Advising, 815-835-6354
• Emily Zimmerman, Associate Professor of Business/CEO 815-835-6259

 

Total Hours Required - 25-26 Hours

Major Field Requirements - 13 Hours

Course #	Course Title	Hours
ACC101	Financial Accounting	4 Hours
This course presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements primarily for users external to a business enterprise organized as a corporation. Students study the forms of business organization and the common transactions entered into by businesses. The emphasis is on understanding and applying basic accounting principles and other concepts that guide the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a corporation. The procedures of how to analyze and interpret historical financial statements as well and the limitations of using these in making forward-looking business decisions is included. The primary content emphasis will be accounting for current assets and liabilities long-term assets and liabilities corporations cash flow statements and financial statement analyses. Prerequisite None4 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI BUS 903 LectureLab Hours 4 lecweek
BUS103	Intro to Business	3 Hours
Introduction to Business provides a foundation of knowledge in business including an understanding of the basic processes of marketing finance production accounting information technology human resource management and the relationships of business to our society and government and the global economy.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
BUS260	Entrepreneurship Principles	3 Hours
Entrepreneurship Principles examines the various skills habits and mindset essential for a successful entrepreneurial venture. Real world case studies will provide opportunities to analyze why certain businesses fail while others succeed. Students will also encounter exposure to a variety of entrepreneurship ventures through lectures group discussions and research that support growth in problem recognition solution development and the exploration of career options. Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
ECO211	Principles of Macroeconomics	3 Hours
A survey of macro-economic theory with emphasis on resource allocation in a mixed-enterprise economy. Concentration is on the operation of the market mechanism the role of government and labor international trade national income determination and accounting money and banking monetary and fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI S3 901LectureLab Hours 3lec week

 

Electives - 12-13 Hours

Choose from the list of ACC, BUS, CIS and ECO courses below:

Course #	Course Title	Hours
ACC102	Managerial Accounting	4 Hours
This course presents accounting as a system of producing information for use in internally managing a business. The course emphasizes the identification accumulation and interpretation of information for planning controlling and evaluating the performance of the separate components of a business. Included is the identification and measurement of the costs of producing goods or services and how to analyze and control these costs. Decision models commonly used in making specific short-term and long-term business decisions also are included.Prerequisite ACC 101 4 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI BUS 904LectureLab Hours 4 lecweek
BUS112	Human Relations	3 Hours
Stresses development of the individual and inter-personal relationships applied to business and industry with emphasis upon values communications problem solving motivation and leadership. In addition human relations skills and organizational behavior concepts are developed within modern organization environments to understand behavior performance learning perception values and diversity. Communications skills conflict resolutions power politics ethics and team dynamics are presented and analyzed within modern organizations. Organizational development principles such as organizational change global diversity productivity participative management and time as well as career management skills are presented and applied.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
BUS205	Principles of Management	3 Hours
Principles of Management analyzes the organizing planning and controlling of business activities and the directing of people to achieve the objectives of business by studying the current management theories.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
BUS210	Marketing	3 Hours
An examination of the fundamental principles and functions of marketing with emphasis on the tools and techniques by which goods are transferred from producer to consumer notforprofit marketing consumer behavior organizational buying behavior and the relation of marketing to the economic and business structure.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
BUS222	The Legal Environment of Bus	3 Hours
The legal environment law course is an introductory course to law and the judicial system. Topics covered in the course include federal law securities employment labor relations social environment laws product liability and consumer protection. Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
CIS109	Introduction to Computers	3 Hours
This introductory course consists of the study of computer hardware software operating systems communications networking Internet systems and program development life cycles and their role in business decision making. The use of Internet multimedia security and ethics will be emphasized throughout the course. In addition laboratory experience will be gained with a survey of Microsoft Windows and business computer software applications programs in word processing electronic spreadsheets database management presentation graphics and Internet. Prerequisite None. Students having no experience with computers are encouraged to first take CIS 100-Keyboarding3 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI BUS 902LectureLab Hours 2 lec 2 labweek
CIS220	Computer Accounting	2 Hours
This course covers small business accounting using computer software. Topics include creating a chart of accounts recording customer and vendor transactions processing payroll and printing reports. In addition setting up a new company is covered as well as advanced topics such as exporting to spreadsheet software.Prerequisite None. Recommend CIS 109 and ACC 101. 2 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 2 lec 0 labweek
ECO212	Principles of Microeconomics	3 Hours
Introduction to price theories the behavior of the firm under varying market conditions and the behavior of the consumer. Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI S3 902LectureLab Hours 3 lecweek

 

Suggested Program

First Semester - 13 Hours

Course #	Course Title	Hours
ACC101	Financial Accounting	4 Hours
This course presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements primarily for users external to a business enterprise organized as a corporation. Students study the forms of business organization and the common transactions entered into by businesses. The emphasis is on understanding and applying basic accounting principles and other concepts that guide the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a corporation. The procedures of how to analyze and interpret historical financial statements as well and the limitations of using these in making forward-looking business decisions is included. The primary content emphasis will be accounting for current assets and liabilities long-term assets and liabilities corporations cash flow statements and financial statement analyses. Prerequisite None4 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI BUS 903 LectureLab Hours 4 lecweek
BUS103	Intro to Business	3 Hours
Introduction to Business provides a foundation of knowledge in business including an understanding of the basic processes of marketing finance production accounting information technology human resource management and the relationships of business to our society and government and the global economy.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
BUS260	Entrepreneurship Principles	3 Hours
Entrepreneurship Principles examines the various skills habits and mindset essential for a successful entrepreneurial venture. Real world case studies will provide opportunities to analyze why certain businesses fail while others succeed. Students will also encounter exposure to a variety of entrepreneurship ventures through lectures group discussions and research that support growth in problem recognition solution development and the exploration of career options. Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursLectureLab Hours 3 lecweek
ECO211	Principles of Macroeconomics	3 Hours
A survey of macro-economic theory with emphasis on resource allocation in a mixed-enterprise economy. Concentration is on the operation of the market mechanism the role of government and labor international trade national income determination and accounting money and banking monetary and fiscal policy and macroeconomic fluctuations.Prerequisite None3 Semester hoursIllinois Articulation Initiative IAI S3 901LectureLab Hours 3lec week

 

Second Semester - 12-13 Hours

Course #	Course Title	Hours
	Choose FOUR Electives listed above	12-13 Hours