Business Assistant Diploma

B&SC Code: DBUA

CIP Code: 52.0101

New York Hegis Code: 5004

Available online in all states

Program: DBUA

The Business Assistant diploma program will provide students with the technical and critical skills necessary to perform basic business functions and processes aligned with meeting customers' needs and organizational goals. Graduates will gain the essential entrepreneurship, sales, and marketing principles skills necessary in an evolving workplace. Students will develop a versatile skill set, gaining knowledge in each area and preparing them for dynamic roles in today's changing business environments. Graduates of this program may apply credits earned toward the Business AAS degree program.

Graduates of this diploma plan will achieve the following program and institutional outcomes:

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills to solve problems and make decisions based on current business principles.
• Discuss the awareness of ethical behaviors within the business environment.
• Utilize appropriate current technology and resources to locate and evaluate information needed to accomplish a goal, and then communicate findings in visual, written and/or oral formats.
• Transfer knowledge, skills and behaviors acquired through formal and informal learning and life experiences to new situations.
• Employ strategies for reflection on learning and practice in order to adjust learning processes for continual improvement.
• Follow established methods of inquiry and mathematical reasoning to form conclusions and make decisions.
• Participate in social, academic, and professional communities for individual growth and to function as a citizen of a multicultural world.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills employers expect of new hires entering the career field.