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Call Center

Course Requirements & Program Options

Stairway To Success

The Call Center/Customer Service Program provides three opportunities to achieve varying levels of success. Each level builds on the previous level by providing additional skills and knowledge necessary to achieve success in the call center industry.  

Step One - Certificate of Completion through The Center for Professional, Career, and Technical Education

Step Two - Business Management Certificate

Step Three - Associate in Applied Science Business Management Degree: Call Center Option


Stairway To Success Step 1  [back]

Step 1 provides a basic knowledge and hands-on practice of the foundational skills needed in a customer service/call center environment. In Step 1, students are prepared for immediate employment in a customer service call center. Students in this level should focus on completing the following courses:

BUS 198  Computer Information Systems in a Call Center   3 hrs  
BUS 199   Call Center Operations        2 hrs  
BUS 200 Customer Service Communications             5 hrs  
BUS 201 Sales & Marketing In A Call Center 1 hr  
BUS 202 Professional Development 1 hr 
 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS

12 hrs 

At the conclusion of Step 1, graduates will receive a certificate of completion from Jefferson State Community College’s Center for Professional, Career, and Technical Education. Students are also provided with job placement opportunities. In addition, students can apply the 12 semester credit hours toward the next two success levels:


Stairway To Success Step 2  [back]

After the student completes Step 1, they can then move to Step 2. Step 2 adds to the student’s customer service skills by expanding their knowledge in areas directly utilized in a customer service call center.  These skills allow students to assume a broader range of responsibilities and provide more value to their customers and the company for which they are employed.

BUS 215 

Business Communication   3 hrs  

REM 173

Fundamentals of Selling 3 hrs  

BUS 203

Coaching & Development in a Call Center   2 hrs  

*ENG 101

English Composition 1 3 hrs  

*MTH

Elective Math 100 or 116 or higher  3 hrs  
 

    TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR STEP 2

14 hrs
 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR STEP 1 PREVIOUSLY EARNED

12 hrs.
 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR BUSINESS MANAGEMENT CERTIFICATE (STEP 1 & 2 COMBINED)

26 hrs

* For the Business Management Certificate, these course requirements may be satisfied by an appropriate score on the WorkKeys Skills Assessments.

Students completing the courses in Steps 1 and 2 receive a Business Management Certificate: Call Center Option from Jefferson State Community College. The 26 semester credit hours can be applied toward a Business Management Degree.


Stairway To Success Step 3  [back]

The final step to success builds on the skills learned in Steps 1 & 2.  The courses in step 3 prepare the student for team leader and supervisory positions in the call center environment.  Students at this level should focus on completing the following courses:

*ENG 101 English Composition 1 3 hrs
*MTH Elective Math 100 or Math 116 or higher Math Course 3 hrs
SPH 106
     OR
SPH 107
Fundamentals of Oral Communication

Fundamentals of Public Speaking
3 hrs
ECO 231 Principles of Macroeconomics 3 hrs  
ECO 232 Principles of Microeconomics 3 hrs  
Lab Science Elective Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physical Science, Physics 4 hrs  
Humanities & Fine Arts Elective

Art, Music, Humanities, Philosophy, Literature, Foreign Language 

3 hrs  
CIS 146 Microcomputer Applications 3 hrs  
PED/HED  Elective   2 hrs
ACT 145

Basic Accounting Procedures or BUS241 Principles of Accounting 1 

3 hrs
BUS 263 Legal & Social Environment of  Business     3 hrs  
BUS 285 Principles of Marketing  3 hrs  
BUS 146 Personal Finance 3 hrs  
MST 111 Elements of Supervision  3 hrs 
 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR STEP 3

36 hrs
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR STEP 1 & 2  PREVIOUSLY EARNED 26 hrs
  TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR Associate in Applied Science Degree 62 hrs

*Students must take ENG 101 and MATH 100,117 or higher to receive an Associate Degree.

Students completing this coursework will have achieved 62 semester credit hours and receive an Associate in Applied Sciences Degree in Business Management: Call Center Option.


 

Contact Persons

Bruce M. Bursi
Coordinator Call Center/Customer Service  
2601 Carson Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35215
205-856-7919 
bbursi@jeffstateonline.com   
Norma Grant Bell
Dean of Professional, Career, and Technical Education
2601 Carson Road
Birmingham, Alabama 35215
205-856-7893
ngbell@jeffstateonline.com