Accounting and business administration degrees prepare students for careers in management, marketing, economics, and the free enterprise system. Supply chain management and logistics positions await students who possess skills in the international and domestic movement of goods. Students can also take part in the fields of culinary arts, paralegal, and cosmetology.
The following are the available programs of study related to the Business Career Pathway:
Learn to prepare financial statements and income tax returns, process payroll and accounts payable/receivable, or perform other routine accounting functions. Or you can transfer to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Earning a degree in business administration and accounting opens doors in many professional areas, including manufacturing, service, corporate, and nonprofit settings. Or you can transfer to a four-year college or university to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Learn QuickBooks and Excel, as well as skills to prepare financial statements and tax returns, process payroll and accounts payable/receivable, and other day-to-day operations.
Learn to create effective and engaging designs for print or web, including how to develop creative solutions for clients’ communication needs, how to focus on a strong concept, and how to use fundamentals of good composition, layout, and typography.
Learn about the environment of business, study business processes and best practices, gain an understanding of how businesses operate, and discover how you can be successful in a business career.
Learn how to work with hair and makeup on a flexible schedule, working for yourself or at a salon. Learn to advise clients on hair condition, cuts, and styles.
GTCC's culinary arts program is one of only two N.C. culinary schools accredited at the exemplary level by the American Culinary Federation’s Educational Institute. You'll practice at an on-campus student-run restaurant and in off-campus work-based learning externships.
If you want to own or manage a restaurant or hotel, this degree is for you. Learn how to lead people, manage revenue, and run facilities.
You will learn to support and manage a company's employees. Coursework includes employment law, managing employees, recruiting and hiring, writing job descriptions, determining pay rates and bonus programs, designing benefits programs, and training employees.
In this career, you will learn about patient registration, patient check-in and check-out, clerical support, customer service, medical terminology, medical insurance, and electronic health records for doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals, or other healthcare businesses.
You will work in administrative and supervisory positions in physicians’ offices, clinics, hospitals, and other medical businesses. Students learn medical terminology, medical insurance, accounting, healthcare finance, supervision, business software, and oral and written communication.
You will learn to properly code bills for office or hospital visits and medical treatments or procedures, as well as deal with doctors, patients, and insurance companies.
You will learn skills for general office support, customer service, administrative assistance, and executive assistance, as well as the integration of business software tools and oral and written communication.
Paralegals work in law firms, government agencies, businesses, and other places lawyers work. Paralegals help lawyers prepare for cases by drafting and filing reports, motions, and orders, as well as gathering facts, doing research.
You will learn to use industry-related equipment and software skills for operations management, transportation, warehousing, purchasing, and international trade. GTCC's program is the only community college program in the state with a teaching warehouse.
Medical receptionists greet patients as they enter a doctor's office, clinic, or hospital. They also provide clerical support to the admitting staff, answer telephone calls, and direct callers and patients to the appropriate department or unit.
A notary is a state-appointed impartial witness who signs and stamps documents including affidavits and depositions, property deeds, wills, and other official documents.