Business

A graduate of WSCC’s Accounting Associate Degree program will have the skills needed in entry‐level accounting positions. Complexity of the work will vary with the size and volume of the employee’s activities and the firm’s procedures. Most starting jobs will involve tasks such as keeping records of day‐to‐day business transactions, making entries in account ledgers, monitoring cash receipts and disbursements, processing appropriate budgetary costing procedures, and preparing balance sheets and materials for financial reports.

Potential careers in accounting include:

• Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks
• Billing, cost, and rate clerks
• Accountants
• Auditors
• Budget analysts

West Shore Community College and Michigan State University have partnered to offer Agricultural Certification programs to West Michigan. This partnership was created to support the local West Michigan Agriculture Businesses that are in need of skilled employees.

Students who enroll in the programs will earn an Associate of Applied Arts and Sciences Degree from WSCC and a Certificate from MSU’s Institute of Agricultural Technology in Agricultural Operations or Fruit and Vegetable Crop Management. The WSCC & MSU programs include professional workplace internships, plant science education, industry seminars, independent study options, and individual advising and program planning.

• Ag Science – Fruit and Vegetable Crop Management, AAAS
• Agribusiness, AAAS
• Agricultural Operations, AAAS

Potential careers in Agriculture Science include:

• Food science technicians
• Agricultural engineers
• Agricultural technicians
• Precision agriculture technicians

Business administration personnel control or direct the operation of a business, manufacturing plant, or similar organization. In general, they establish and/or carry out the policies of the organization, and plan and organize the operations of the departments under their direction. They see that the work of their department is coordinated with the operations of the whole organization and must be constantly alert to avoid wasting time, energy, and materials.

Potential careers in business administration include:

• Market research analysts and marketing specialists
• Online merchants
• Sales managers
• First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
• Administrative services managers
• Human Resources Specialist
• Secretaries and administrative assistants
• Receptionists and information clerks
• Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Medical office information systems prepares the student with the skills for an entry‐level medical office position. The student will be trained to understand and use medical terminology, work with appointment schedules, and understand the overall workings of a medical office.

Potential careers in medical office information systems include:

• Medical records and health information technicians
• Medical secretaries
• Medical transcriptionists