Yuba College - Means Business!

The Business Division is staffed by 7 full-time professors and 9 to 10 adjunct faculty members each semester.
Business Division programs include:  Accounting, Business Computer Applications, Cooperative Work Experience Education, Cosmetology, Educational Internship, General Business, Information Technology, Management and Supervision, Marketing, Office Administration, and Real Estate.

Courses are taught in many different platforms during both the day and evening; Full 18- week semester classes; 9-week half semester classes; 1, 2, and 3 week sessions; weekend classes; online and distance education courses.  Classes are offered at the Yuba College campus, the Beale Center, and other community outreach locations as well as our distance education classes which are offered world-wide.

The Business Division is constantly striving to offer convenient scheduling for full-time transfer students as well as students who are upgrading their skills while working full-time.

An entire management certificate program was designed for the working adult and thus called “Management for Busy People”.  It can be completed entirely online within one academic year.  We are constantly offering more online classes as the demand grows with each semester.

The Business Division offers a wide range of business courses.  Accounting courses range from Principles of Accounting to Computerized Accounting and Income Tax Preparation.  BCA 15R is a General Education requirement that offers an introduction to the most current version of Microsoft Office products – Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint.  Other Business Computer Applications classes include:  BCA 17R (Advanced), and specific courses (both introductory and advanced) that focus on each of the Microsoft Office products individually.

Cooperative Work Experience Education offers students an opportunity to earn credits while they work.  General Business classes include the basics such as Introduction to Global Business, Business Mathematics, and Business English as well as Business Law.

Yuba College has a partnership with Sutter Beauty College to offer students the 1600 hours of training required to take the State of California exam to become a licensed Cosmetologist.

The Educational Internship program offers both paid and unpaid internships at several local businesses for students who have completed at least 12 units of coursework at Yuba College.  Current job listings are posted in the Counseling/Job Placement area as well as on MonsterTrak.com

Information Technology offers training for and discount exam vouchers for certification in CompTIA A+, Network +, Security+, and MCP as well as courses in Internet Literacy and Safety, Identity Theft, and Webpage Management and Design.

Our Management and Supervision program reaches a wide variety of students through 3-unit transfer courses such as Introduction to Supervision and Management Psychology to half and one-unit courses in small business planning and management techniques

Office Administration offers courses ranging from Keyboarding and Word Processing to Advanced Office Procedures, Legal Office Procedures and Medical Office Procedures.  Medical Word Processing is a very popular class for those who plan to become Medical Transcriptionists.

We have revitalized our Real Estate program to offer students the training they need in order to take the State of California Real Estate Sales Exam as well as the State of California Brokers Exam.

Our Dean

Dr. Edward Davis, Ph.D. – Dean of Business, Social Science and Humanities, Beale AFB Center, Outreach, and Career Technology.  A.A., Yuba College; B.A., M.A., C.S.U. Chico; Ph.D., Boston College, Massachusetts.  Experience:  C.S.U. Chico; Boston College, Massachusetts; U.C., San Francisco; C.S.U., Hayward; Dominican College, San Rafael; Marin Research Group, San Rafael; State University of New York, Fredonia; University of Maryland, Okinawa and Korea; Yuba College since 1999.  Office # 1118 – Telephone # 530-741-6853 – edavis@yccd.edu

Our Faculty

Professor Barbara Anderson – Accounting and General Business.  A.A., Yuba College; B.S, C.S.U., Sacramento; M.B.A., Chapman College, Orange.  Other graduate work:  C.S.U. Sacramento; C.S.U., Chico.  Experience:  Yuba College since 1987.  Office # 518 – Telephone # 530-741-6956 – banderso@yccd.edu

Professor Steven Cox – Business Computer Applications, General Business, and Information Technology.  B.S., C.S.U., Chico.  Experience:  San Benito High School, Hollister: Hewlett-Packard; Yuba College since 1999.  Office # 509 – Telephone # 530-741-6857 – scox@yccd.edu

Professor Percy Ellis – Business Computer Applications, Educational Internship Coordinator, Information Technology, and Management and Supervision.  B.S., San Diego State University.  Experience:  Dean Ellyson Chiropractic, Marysville; Three Rivers Optometry Group, Yuba City; A-1 Enterprises; Thompson & Rodriguez Physical Therapy; California Department of Transportation, Sacramento; Yuba College since 2000.  Office # 516 – Telephone # 530-741-6904 – pellis@yccd.edu

Professor James Finstad – Business Computer Applications.   B.A., M.A., C.S.U. Los Angeles.  Other graduate work:  Azusa Pacific College; C.S.U., Sacramento.  Experience:  Morningside High School, Inglewood; C.S.U., Los Angeles; Stanford University; La Sierra High School, Carmichael; American River College, Sacramento; Yuba College since 1976.  Office # 517 – Telephone # 530-741-6951 – jfinstad@yccd.edu

Professor Jeanie Lee – General Business and Office Administration.  A.A., Sacramento City College; B.A., M.A., National University.  Experience:  Cosumnes River College, Sacramento; Los Rios Community College District; Yuba College since 1989.  Office # 510 – Telephone # 530-741-6889 – jlee@yccd.edu

Professor Christopher Myers – Accounting, BCA, and Cooperative Work Experience Education Coordinator, and Management and Supervision.  B.S., San Jose State University; M.B.A, National University, Sacramento.  Experience:  Auditor General Office, Sacramento; Aerojet General, Rancho Cordova; Western Farm Credit Bank, Sacramento; Certified Public Accountant, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Fraud Examiner; Yuba College since 1994.  Office # 520 – Telephone # 530-741-6908 – cmyers@yccd.edu

Professor Marcia Stranix – General Business and Office Administration. A.A., Yuba College; B.S., M.A., C.S.U., Sacramento.  Other graduate work: C.S.U. Sacramento.  Experience:  Yuba College since 1979.  Office # 511 – Telephone # 530-741-6917 – mstranix@yccd.edu

Our Adjunct Faculty

David Anderson – Business Law – Employer:  Local Attorney
Shannon Buck – Medical Word Processing – Employer:  Fremont-Rideout Transcription Department.
Joseph Jones – Accounting – Employer:  Bureau of State Audits, California
Kenneth Jones – Business Computer Applications – Employer:  Yuba County
Rebecca Hambelton – Cosmetology – Employer:  Owner/Director, Citrus Heights Beauty College and Sutter Beauty College
Panda Morgan – Management & Supervision – Employer:  Sacramento Small Business Development Center
Michael Peebles – Management & Supervision – Employer:  San Juan High School
Ruben Ramos – Real Estate – Employer:  Local Real Estate Broker
Robert Stevens – Management & Supervision – Employer:  C.S.U. Chico
Richard Teagarden – Management & Supervision – Employer:  Yuba County Superintendent of Schools

Our Staff

Jackie Harryman – Administrative Secretary II.  A.A., Yuba College; Experience:  Marysville High School, Marysville; Yuba College since 1991.  Office # 502A – Telephone # 530-741-6763 – jharryma@yccd.edu

Teresa Paras – I.A. Business.  A.A., Yuba College; B.A., St. Mary’s College; M.S., University of LaVerne.  Experience:  Sacramento City College; American River College; Los Rios Community College District; Yuba College since 1998.  Office # 501 – Telephone# 530-741-6579 – tparas@yccd.edu