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Administrative Assistant

From managing schedules to answering phones to drafting business documents, administrative assistants keep businesses running smoothly.

In this program, you learn office and project management, business writing and presentations, and other office procedures. Courses also develop your organizational, supervisory and customer relations skills. You graduate with a strong foundation in Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint and other Microsoft Office applications.

Whether you want to work for a large corporation, nonprofit organization or government agency, this program prepares you for an important role in the daily operations of most organizations in every industry.

  1. Acquire comprehensive knowledge of and ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Project, and Outlook software.
  2. Handle multiple deadlines and priorities in an office setting.
  3. Think critically and act logically to evaluate situations, solve problems, and make decisions.
  4. Compose drafts and final responses to inquiries, letters, and questionnaires.
  5. Handle a variety of internal and external business forms and understand their purpose.
  6. Compile and analyze data and prepare brief and concise reports and presentations utilizing information processing technology and software.
  7. Demonstrate organizational, planning, and project management skills.
  8. Exhibit management initiative, dependability, and flexibility; follow directions; and take pride in quality work.
  9. Appreciate the scope of business operations and economic systems.
  10. Take meeting minutes and transcribe them into proper form.
  11. Organize and plan office work and exercise leadership skills that make the employee a successful member of a dynamic team.
  12. Operate a variety of business machines including computers, copy machines and scanners, transcribing equipment, facsimiles, printers, telephones, and calculating machines.
College credit toward degree completion may be earned by articulating from a high school business program or by completing comprehensive tests administered by the business technology department.

Breaking Ground on Your Pathway


Placement

Math placement is not required for this program.
English placement is not required for this program.

Plan Your Courses

Meet with our counselors to customize this plan just for you. You can also check the annual schedule or search the quarterly schedule for class days and times.

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Total Program Credits: 90


Program Courses

First Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 105
Grammar for Business  
5
BT 106
Computing Essentials  
5
BT 152
College and Career Strategies  
3
CATT 102
Microsoft Outlook  
2.5
Total Credits
 
15.5
 

Second Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 127
Human Relations and Professional Development  
3
BT 165
Word Processing  
5
BT 196
Skillbuilding  
1
BUS 103
Basic Business Math and Electronic Calculators  
5
Total Credits
 
14
 

Third Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 204
Spreadsheet Design and Analysis  
5
BT 272
Business Correspondence   1
5
CATT 190
Microsoft PowerPoint I  
2.5
MMGT 223
Customer Service  
3
Total Credits
 
15.5
 

Fourth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 231
Office Procedures  
5
BT 273
Business Research and Report Writing  
5
CATT 122
Microsoft Access I  
2.5
CATT 128
Desktop Publishing  
2.5
Total Credits
 
15
 

Fifth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 251
Current Trends in Technology  
5
BT 260
Administrative Office Management  
5
BT 280
Project Management for the Office   2
2.5
CATT 241
Microsoft Project  
2.5
Total Credits
 
15
 

Sixth Quarter

Course ID
Course Title
Credits
BT 160
Job Preparation Techniques  
3
BT 263
Integrated Office Applications  
5
BT 285
Administrative Professional Internship  
2
 
Approved Electives   3
5
Total Credits
 
15
 
ACCT 141
QuickBooks  
5
ACCT 142
Advanced QuickBooks  
5
ACCT 151
College Accounting I  
5
ACCT&201
Prin of Accounting I  
5
BT 274
Business Writing for the Web  
5
BUS& 101
Intro to Business  
5
BUS& 201
Business Law  
5
BUS 204
Introduction to Law  
5
BUS 280
Human Relations in Business  
5
CATT 123
Microsoft Access II  
2.5
CATT 191
Microsoft PowerPoint II  
2.5
CATT 238
Advanced Microsoft Excel I  
2.5
CATT 239
Advanced Microsoft Excel II  
2.5
CMST 127
Leadership Development  
3 - 5
CMST&210
Interpersonal Communication  
5
CMST 227
Intercultural Communication  
5
CMST 250
Managing Conflict Through Communication  
5
CMST 287
Business and Professional Communication  
3 - 5
ECON 100
Fundamentals of Economics  
5
HED 104
Medical Terminology and Anatomy  
5
HM 221
Event Management  
5
LA 107
Introduction to Legal Careers  
3
LA 130
Legal Ethics  
1 - 3
MIS 211
Information Technology In Business  
5
MMGT 125
Social Media Marketing  
5
MMGT 212
Retailing  
5
MMGT 243
Fundamentals of Project Management  
5
MMGT 244
Introduction to Lean Six Sigma  
2.5
MSEC 108
Medical Office Computing  
5
1 May be substituted with BT 274.
2 May be substituted with MMGT 243.
3 Select a course from the list of approved electives.

  • Tuition

  • Resident

    $
    9,216

  • Non-Resident

    $
    11,738

  • International

    $
    21,616

  • Avg. Books

    $
    702

  • Max. Course Fees

    $
    46

These dollar amounts reflect the costs associated with the completion of the degree/certificate.

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