• Our program teaches students all aspects of marketing, operations, management and accounting needed to own and operate a small business.
• Student Internships provide hands-on experience of running a business start-up without the risks and pressures of having to survive as an actual business.
• Students may join Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE), an award-winning , regional and international business group.
• Students work on business projects with local community groups like St. Vincent de Paul Village, Second Chance and the Inner City Business Network.
• The Small Business Resource Center, a computerized lab to develop business plans and research information connects students to real world business resources via the Internet.
• Enrollment fees are lowest of any college, university, or technical school in California.

City College Business Studies programs lead to careers in business or law.  Courses offered include Small Business Management, Navy Acquisition Management Training, Labor Studies, Legal Assistant (Paralegal), Real Estate, and Entrepreneurial and Community Service.  The Small Business Management program gives students the practice and skills to plan for and operate their own small businesses in the spirit of free enterprise.

Excellent Opportunities for Men and Woman:
Both women and men are making tremendous strides in the moderns business world.  The prospect of owning, operating and profiting from their own businesses as entrepreneurs is now more rewarding and viable than ever before.

Departmental Tips:

• Certificates of Achievement in Small Business Bookkeeping or Management & Team Building can be used to master the basics needed to start a small business or improve existing business operations.
• The Small Business Management Option II offers students real life experience in different business settings including a student-run business on campus and various community service projects.
• High school students can earn college credit by participating in the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) program.
• Students own and operate their own on-campus small business - the A LA CARTE snack cart.

Training Available:
San Diego City College:
Salley Deaton | Phone: 619-388-3279 | msalleyd@aol.com | A-1(i)

Industry Contact:
ABSSI - Association of Business Support Services International
http://www.abssi.org
 

Salley Deaton | Phone: 619-388-3279 | msalleyd@aol.com | A-1(i)