Investigate the relationship between entrepreneurial thinking and opportunity, and learn how to turn that creative spark into a new business venture. You’ll learn to research, develop and write detailed start-up business plans. You’ll get the marketing, accounting and finance, customer service, and human resource skills to start and grow your own successful business.

The Associate in Business Direct Transfer Agreement/Major Related Program (BUS DTA/MRP) degree is designed for students who are majoring in Business and transferring within Washington State. Completion of this degree fulfills lower division general education requirements for completion of a bachelor’s degree and prerequisites for the Business major.

The Business Department offers Associate in Science degrees and certificate programs in three major areas: Entrepreneurship, Management, and Marketing. The degree programs require a total of 60 units; of which, 24 units are selected from General Education areas and the remaining 36 units are selected from a business major concentration. Several levels of certificates are available in each of the three areas of concentration. The certificate programs can be completed without the requirements of General Education. A C grade or better is required in all degree and certificate major and major elective courses.

The Entrepreneurship certificate program is designed to prepare prospective entrepreneurs to launch new ventures.

The Entrepreneurship major appeals to innovative, creative, solution-oriented students that may not want to work for someone else. Students are provided with the knowledge and skills required to identify entrepreneurial businesses' issues, evaluate the viability of an opportunity, and prepare a start-up business plan emphasizing financing, marketing, and organization.