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WAFC RETAIL MANAGEMENT

The Western Association of Food Chains, Inc., is a non-profit organization comprised of the top officials of the food industry that represents retailer food sales of approximately 100 billion dollars per year in the Western United States.

Upon Completion of all courses in the WAFC Retail Management Certificate Program, students should be able to:

Identify concepts and theories of management, including the planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling functions.
Explain the complexities of management principles and theories
Develop and defend a personal philosophy of management.
Demonstrate the technical skills for keeping business records and preparing financial statements.
Participate in interpersonal and small group communications in a business setting.
Orally communicate management decisions to members of a group and be able to defend those alternatives
Objectively evaluate situations that call for management decisions and predict the outcomes of various alternatives.

CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT Required Courses
Course		Units
Business Math	Bus 125	3.0
Business Communications	Bus 139	3.0
Professional Communications	Bus/Mgmt 239	3.0
Intro to Info Sys & Appl	CIS 100	3.0
Applied Management	Mgmt 100	3.0
Accounting for Small Business OR Financial Accounting	Acct 100 Acct 101	3.0 4.0
Intro to Marketing	Mktg 100	3.0
Retail Store Management	Mktg 200	3.0
Human Relations & Supervision	Mgmt 115	3.0
Leadership In Action	Lead 200	3.0
TOTAL		30. - 31.0
Suggested Electives:
Managerial Accounting	Acct 102	4.0
Business Law	Bus 110	3.0
Business English	Bus 138	3.0
Small Business Ownership	Bus 240	3.0
Professional Selling	Mktg 110	3.0
Retail Buying	Mktg 220	3.0

ASSOCIATE DEGREE
Complete Certificate of Achievement and Graduation Requirements as outlined in the Graduation Requirements section of the catalog.

Note: All courses must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ or better.

OCC: To apply for a Certificate of Achievement in Retail Management from Orange Coast College go to the Graduation Office and pick up an application.

To receive your AA degree, complete Certificate of Achievement and Graduation Requirements as outlined in the Graduation Requirements section of the catalog.

WAFC: After completing all required courses:

Obtain an Application for WAFC Retail Management Certificate/Honorarium form from your employer’s Human Resources Dept.
Applicants must complete the form with the following attachments: copies of college transcripts for all courses completed for the program; all appropriate receipts.
Forward the entire application packet back to the Human Resources Dept. for review and approval.
The HR office will forward approved applications to the WAFC.