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Start or boost your business career with a variety of classes. If you need to learn a business-related computer program, check the Computers & Technology category.
6 classes currently available (ordered alphabetically by class name)
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Child Care Programs Administration
Learn the fundamentals of starting and administering your own child care center, including how to provide your staff with the skills they need to be effective.
This class fulfills Michigan requirements to be a program director.
This class qualifies for 3.00 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.Child Care Programs Administration Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Sep 15, 2010 to Dec 8, 2010 Wed 7:00pm to 9:25pm WCC Main Campus Crane Liberal Arts & Sciences Building Room 160 LifeLong Learning instructor - Tuition
- $199
- Fees
- $0
- Total
- $199
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Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Are balance sheets and income statements Greek to you? Would you like to learn more about ratios, margins and other financial concepts? This course will give you a basic understanding of financial numbers and their meaning and will enhance your ability to analyze these numbers. You will learn: -The components of income statements and balance sheets. -How to perform an expense analysis. -The difference between fixed and variable expenses. -About breakeven analysis, cost-benefit analysis and other ratios. Who should attend: Those who don't have a formal accounting or finance background but whose job responsibilities include handling or dealing with the business or company's financial matters.
The suggested book for this class is Crash Course in Accounting & Financial Statement Analysis, ISBN 13-978-0-470-04701-9, available at the WCC bookstore. This class is also approved for 7.5 strategic credits by HRCI.
This class qualifies for 7.50 strategic recertification credit hours approved by the Human Resource Certification Institute. For more information, visit Human Resource Recertification.Finance for Non-Financial Managers Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Oct 8, 2010 to Oct 15, 2010 Fri 8:30am to 12:25pm WCC Main Campus Morris J. Lawrence Building Room 130 Deborah Weirich - Tuition
- $85
- Fees
- $25
- Total
- $110
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Michigan Real Estate: Continuing Education
This course is approved by the Board of Real Estate Brokers & Salespeople for 6 hours of the relicensure continuing education requirements. Provider #188, Course #1100 2/4, Topics #L5492 & L5494. Subjects covered will include Michigan statutes and rules update, real estate law cases, national industry updates and avoiding fraud and misrepresentation claims. This course includes the required 2 hours of law. Participants arriving after the class begins will not be admitted due to the 6 hours state requirement. Your real estate ID and drivers license is required at check in, which begins 30 minutes before the class start time. Students must pre-register for this class.
This class is approved by the Board of Real Estate Brokers and Salespeople. Approval #100-J012-65 topic #J257. Meeting times include a lunch period.
This class qualifies for 0.60 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College.Michigan Real Estate: Continuing Education Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Oct 22, 2010 Fri 9:30am to 3:55pm WCC Main Campus Business Education Building Room 270 Chris Bowman - Tuition
- $29
- Fees
- $11
- Total
- $40
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MIOSHA: Ergonomic Principles
This class will help manufacturers establish ergonomic programs in the workplace. Using the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's Ergonomic Primer as a guide, you'll learn how to look for signs of cumulative trauma, develop in-house expertise, gather evidence of ergonomic problems, identify controls, and implement a proactive ergonomic program. Some of the other topics covered include successful ergonomic innovations by manufacturers, problem jobs, using job safety analysis as an ergonomic tool to identify a job's tasks and subtasks, corrective recommendations, and ergonomic awards offered by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The focus is on implementing engineering controls involving material handling, hand tools, and workstations.
This class qualifies for 0.60 Continuing Education Units or Hours of Training provided by Washtenaw Community College. For more information, visit MIOSHA Attendance Certificate.
MIOSHA: Ergonomic Principles Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Sep 15, 2010 Wed 9:00am to 3:55pm WCC Main Campus Business Education Building Room 270 Fred Kirkland - Tuition
- $105
- Fees
- $0
- Total
- $105
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Real Estate License Exam Preparation
Join aspiring real estate agents, investors, and homeowners in this state-approved class about real estate that's open to the public. The class covers real estate laws, rules and regulations, contracts, financing, ownership, brokerage, valuation, and fair housing.
Books provided.
For more information, visit Real Estate License Exam Preparation.Real Estate License Exam Preparation Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Oct 18, 2010 to Nov 2, 2010 Mon 6:00pm to 9:55pm Tue 6:00pm to 9:55pm Wed 6:00pm to 9:55pm Thu 6:00pm to 9:55pm WCC Main Campus Business Education Building Room 270 Chris Bowman - Tuition
- $195
- Fees
- $66
- Total
- $261
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Small Business Development Training Make a Living Doing What You Love!
Come and learn the skills necessary to be successfully self-employed in a service-oriented business. Topics include pros and cons of self-employment, establishing yourself as a business entity, setting and collecting fees, financial record keeping, avoiding problems with the IRS, marketing your practice on a limited budget, networking, limiting liability and creating effective client contracts, small business ethics, and more.
An optional text is "Small Time Operator: How to Start Your Own Business, Keep Your Books, Pay Your Taxes and Stay Out of Trouble", ISBN 9780917510281. Approved for 4.0 DONA International Continuing Education Units.
This class qualifies for 4.00 Continuing Education Units approved by DONA International, an association for doulas.Small Business Development Training Schedule Information Section Space Date Day & Time Location Instructor Cost Cart 1 Space available Nov 2, 2010 to Nov 9, 2010 Tue 6:30pm to 8:25pm WCC Main Campus Technical & Industrial Building Room 228 Patty Brennan - Tuition
- $60
- Fees
- $15
- Total
- $75
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