Business & Professional Studies

 
The Business and Professional Studies Department of Cuyamaca College offers programs designed to prepare you for a career in the various arenas of business. Each of these programs offers you an Associate Degree and/or Certificates of Achievement or Proficiency.

Some of the programs offer you courses which transfer to San Diego State University and other four-year colleges and universities to fulfill part of their course requirements for bachelors degrees. You will receive a quality education through Cuyamaca College Business and Professional studies programs. These classes are a good introduction or a way to expand your skills.

Associate Degree and Certificate Programs

▪ Accounting

Designed to prepare students to enter the employment field as accounting technicians or as tax technicians.

▪ Business Administration

Designed to give students who choose to work towards a bachelor's degree a well-balanced introduction to a professional career in business.

▪ Business- General

Designed to develop and foster those skills which can be utilized in an increasingly challenging business environment. This program is designed for students who do not plan to transfer to a four-year college or university.

▪ Entrepreneurship

Designed to provide a working knowledge of small business operations to both the prospective business person as well as the owner/manager of an existing business.

▪ Management

Designed to provide students with the skills necessary to be successful as a manager in business, government and service organizations.

▪ Business Data Management

Designed to provide training and experience using information systems to collect and process data producing intelligent business decisions for optimal operation and management.

▪ Database Administration

Designed to provide the training and skills needed to successfully complete the Microsoft Certified Database Administrator exam (MCDBA). This certificate is appropriate for individuals who derive physical database designs, develop logical data models, create physical databases, create data services by using Transact-SQL, manage and maintain databases, configure and manage security, monitor and optimize databases, and install and configure Microsoft SQL Server.

 

RELATED PROGRAMS & CLASSES

▪ Business Office Technology

Designed to prepare students for advancement in today's computerized business offices.

▪ Paralegal Studies

▪ Real Estate

▪ Economics