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Las Positas College is an inclusive, learning-centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students' transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning.

Supervisory Management Certificate of Achievement (CA)

About the Program

The Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Management is designed to provide the training and skills necessary to effectively manage diverse groups and individuals. The certificate aims to help individuals, managers, and supervisors develop skills to achieve organizational objectives through the development of human resources management skills. Developing abilities in the areas of mobilization, organization, communication, leadership, evaluation, and adaptation will be a focus.

Career Opportunities

An expanding global marketplace means that individuals have growing career options in which to utilize the knowledge and skills learned when studying supervision to work in any field, for a for-profit or not-for-profit entity, in any size or type of organization including large multinational companies either within the United States or internationally.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Management, students are able to analyze basic business documents to detect problems within an area of supervision.
Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Management, students are able to demonstrate effective strategies for team work, planning, organizing, leading, and controlling human resources.
Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Management, students are able to identify appropriate information compilation, reporting, storage and retrieval systems for common business situations.
Upon completion of the Certificate of Achievement in Supervisory Management, students are able to list the primary responsibilities of a supervisor in business today.

Learning and Career Pathway Maps

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Required Core: (18 units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
BUSN 30	Business Ethics and Society	3
BUSN 48	Human Relations in Organizations	3
BUSN 52	Business Communications	3
BUSN 56	Introduction to Management	3
BUSN 87	Organizational Management and Leadership	3
BUSN 88	Human Resources Management	3

List A: Select One (3-4 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
BUSN 1A	Financial Accounting	4
BUSN 18	Business Law	4
BUSN 40	Introduction to Business	3
BUSN 51	Accounting for Small Businesses	3
BUSN 58	Small Business Management	3
BUSN 86	Management Strategies & Dilemmas	3
CIS 55	Integrating Office Applications	4
MKTG 50	Introduction to Marketing	3

List B: Select One (3-6 Units)

Course Number	Course Title	Units
WRKX 94	Occupational Work Experience/Internship	3 - 6
WRKX 95	General Work Experience	3 - 6