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The Business Technology Certificate is designed to specifically meet the entrylevel employment needs of the Greater Baton Rouge metropolitan area business community. This program of study is not designed for college transfer. It provides a general education and the work skills needed for employment. Students can tailor the program of study by emphasizing one or more courses in the following areas: accounting, business, computer science, economics, finance, management, marketing, and real state.

To receive this certificate, the student must:

  • have a cumulative GPA of 2.00 or better in all credits that are to be used towards the degree
  • earn a “C” or better in major courses, ENGL 101, CSCI 101 or 190, approved business-related electives, and courses that are prerequisites for other courses;
  • complete the coursework listed below:
General Education
English Composition ENGL 101 3
Mathematics 3
Social Science ECON 203 required 3
Total General Education Credits 9
Required Major Courses
ACCT 200 Financial Accounting I 3
BUSN 110 Introduction to Business 3
Choose one of the following 3
BUSN 201
 Principles of Marketing
BUSN 240 Business Communication
BUSN 295 Professional Success Skills
MANG 201 Principles of Management
Total Required Major Course Credits 9
Other Required Courses
Computer Science

(Credit will not be awarded for both CSCI 101 and
CSCI 190)		 3
Speech 3
Total Other Required Course Credits 6
Elective Courses (Choose two from the following)
  • Any Accounting (ACCT) course
  • Any Business (BUSN) course
  • Any Finance (FINA) course
  • Any Management (MANG) course
  • Any Real Estate (REAL) course
  • CIST 140 Database Management
  • CIST 160 Introduction to Desktop Publishing
  • CIST 235 Advanced Word Processing
  • CIST 240 Database Management II
  • CIST 250 Spreadsheets II
  • CIST 260 Advanced Desktop Publishing
  • CIST 270 Multimedia and Web Design
  • CIST 280 SQL for Business
  • ECON 204 Sports and Entertainment Economics
  • ECON 205 Economics of Money and Banking
  • ENGL 201 Workforce Writing and Vocabulary Development
  • MATH 202 Basic Statistics I
  • MATH 203 Basic Statistics II
  • SPCH 220 Communication for Business Professionals
Total Elective Course Credits 6
Total Program Credits 30

Contact the Division of Business and Social Sciences at 225.216.8154 for more information.