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Retail Management CC
Business Department | 3 CC - Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Earn your certificate in Retail Management at Clackamas Community College. In as little as a year, learn the skills needed for a career in the high-demand field of retail management.
Are you currently working a retail or sales position and want to move into a management position? A Retail Management certificate from Clackamas Community College will give you the skills employers are looking for. In as little as a year, you can prepare for leadership roles companies need while working with members of the retail industry.
Retail Management CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Identify effective human relations and leadership strategies
- Communicate effectively and interpret and analyze financial information for budget forecasts (Retail Management only)
- Demonstrate an understanding of marketing concepts
Careers
Career opportunities include:
- retail clerks
- cashiers
- manager trainees
- sales associate
- other similar positions in all types of retail establishments
Job Market
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PROGRAM CODE: CC.RETAILMGTL1Y
This certificate is sponsored by members of the retail industry and is recommended for students currently working in retail sales positions or those students who would like to work in retail sales and progress into management roles and responsibilities. Course work is specific to the retail industry and focuses on preparing retail employees for upward mobility.
PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- identify effective human relations and leadership strategies;
- communicate effectively using written documents, spreadsheets, and slide presentations;
- demonstrate an understanding of marketing concepts;
- analyze and evaluate the legal, procedural and ethical impacts of personnel management decisions;
- interpret and analyze financial information to make budget forecasts and analyses;
- evaluate retail management strategies to make sound decisions.
Retail Management Core Requirements
Complete BA-214 or BA-205
- BA-205
- Business Communications With Technology
- 4
- BA-214
- Business Communications
- 3
Complete the following Core Requirements
- BA-131
- Introduction to Business Computing
- 4
- BA-206
- Management Fundamentals
- 4
- BA-217
- Budgeting for Managers
- 3
- BA-223
- Principles of Marketing
- 4
- BA-224
- Human Resource Management
- 4
- BA-249
- Retailing
- 3
- BA-285
- Human Relations in Business
- 4
Most courses in this program can be applied to partially satisfy elective requirements in the Business Management certificate.
