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Submitter's Information

Name

Dmitriy Kalyagin

Title

Business instructor

Region

Bay Area

College

Chabot College

CTE Dean

CTE Dean's Name

Tracey Coleman

CTE Dean's Email

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Program Details

Program Title

Entrepreneurship and Real Estate Entrepreneur

Submission Type

Program Modifications (formerly substantial changes)

TOPs Code

Small Business and Entrepreneurship (050640)

Projected Start Date

08/18/26

Catalog Description

The degree program prepares students to start a new business or to make an existing business more successful. Coursework focuses on the development of broad business and communications skills, plus the specific skills and plans required to succeed as an entrepreneur. If your main goal is to transfer to a four-year school, including earning a B.S. degree in Business Administration, consider completing the AS-T in Business Administration instead.

Enrollment Completer Projections

We project that 15-20 students will graduate with this degree annually. 

Program Proposal Attributes

Program Award Type(s) (Check all that apply)
  • Certificate of Achievement: 16 or greater semester (or 24 or greater quarter) units (C)
  • A.S. Degree (S)
Program Goal

The purpose is to provide current and future small business owners with necessary skills to open or improve their business. There is a projected annual gap of about 17,047 students in the Bay Region and 4,250 students in the East Bay Sub-Region. The program prepares students to open their own business or to improve the effectiveness of an existing business.

Course Units and Hours

Total Certificate Units (Minimum and Maximum)

18

Units for Degree Major or Area of Emphasis (Minimum and Maximum)

minimum 21 and maximum 30

Total Units for Degree (Minimum and Maximum)

60

Course Report

Program Requirements Narrative

We are submitting for changes in the AS degree in Entrepreneurship and the certificate of achievement in Real Estate Entrepreneur. The classes below are for the degree. The certificate includes 6 classes: ENTR 1 Intro to Entrepreneurship, REST 80 Real Estate Principles, REST 84 Real Estate Practice, REST 85 Real Estate Economics, ENTR 20 Marketing for Entrepreneurs, and ENTR 30 The Business Plan.

Program Requirements
CourseTitleUnitsYear/Semester
(Y1 or S1)
ENTR 1Intro to Entrepreneurship3Y1
ENTR 20Marketing for Entrepreneurs3Y1
ENTR 5 The Entrepreneurial Mindset3Y1
BUS 12Intro to Business3Y1
THTR 1 Intro to Theater3Y1
ENTR 30The Business Plan3Y2
BUS 19 Business Statistics4Y2
BUS 10 Business Law4Y2
ENTR 16Making the Pitch2Y2
Select six units from these:


BUS 50JTime Management Skills1Y2
BUS 50NDealing with Difficult People1Y2
BUS 50KListening Skills1Y2
BUS 43Personal Financial Planning3Y2
BUS 14 Business Communications3Y2

Supporting Documents

Bay Area Regional Questions

Goal of Program

CTE

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Please list similar programs at other colleges in the service area which may be impacted, including the name of the college, the name of the program that may be impacted, the name of the person you contacted and the outcome of that contact.

None of the Bay Area colleges offers a certificate in Real Estate Entrepreneur. However, there are eighteen community colleges in the Bay Region issuing 170 awards on average annually (last 3 years ending 2021-23) on TOP 0506.40 - Small Business and Entrepreneurship. In the East Bay Sub-Region, there are seven community colleges that issued 97 awards on average annually (last 3 years) on this TOP code.

Submission Details

Published at

07/23/25 - 11:35 AM

Last edited at

09/02/25 - 11:49 AM by Dmitriy Kalyagin

Status

Recommended

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