Administrative Assistant
College Credit Certificate
The Administrative Assistant certificate program is designed for students with secretarial experience who wish to broaden their knowledge of business, intensify previously acquired secretarial skills, prepare for career advancement into managerial, supervisory or administrative positions and gain necessary background to sit for the Certified Professional Secretary Examination. All course work may later be applied to an Associate in Applied Science degree, if desired. Prior secretarial experience is required for entry to this program.
Required Program of Study
| Course Number | Terms | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUS100 | Summer | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| ORI100 | College Success Strategies | 1 | |
| BUS110 | Business Mathematics | 3 | |
| COM121 | English Composition | 3 | |
| 10 | |||
| OFT212 | 1st | Office Procedures | 3 |
| OFT213 | Word Processing I | 3 | |
| BUS105 | Business English | 3 | |
| 9 | |||
| ACC105 | 2nd | Financial Accounting | 3 |
| MGT140 | Administrative Office Management | 3 | |
| OFT210 | Speed Writing I | 3 | |
| BUS200 | Macroeconomics | 3 | |
| OR BUS201 | Microeconomics | 3 | |
| 12 | |||
| ACC110 | 3rd | Managerial Accounting | 3 |
| BUS106 | Business Communications | 3 | |
| BUS230 | Business Law | 3 | |
| 9 | |||
| TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED FOR THE PROGRAM | 40 | ||
Upon successful completion of this programs, the student should be able to:
- Utilize business and management principles to analyze problems and make decisions.
- Apply economic theory to analyze social, political, financial and business problems.
- Apply math operations to solve fundamentals business problems.
- Apply basic language skills associated with the parts of speech, sentence formations, numerical expression, capitalization, punctuation and word division rules to business correspondence.
- Use word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation and Internet skills to complete office tasks.
- Apply principles of supervision and management in order to obtain maximum productivity from computerized systems in both traditional and automated offices, with appropriate emphasis on people, procedures and equipment.
- Demonstrate Speed Writing skills to take notes from oral dictation and produce mailable copy.
- Demonstrate effective communications skills in writing and speaking in a business environment.
- Prepare financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and evaluate the results by performing basic financial statement analysis.
- Calculate product costs and break-even point for manufacturing companies and prepare operational budgets using both variable and absorption costing methods.
- Apply the law to recognize legal implications of business and personal transactions.
Please note: These programs can be pursued on a part-time basis.
Appropriate placement test scores, or the completion of certain developmental courses, are required for all programs of study. Additional prerequisites may be necessary for some courses and can be found in the course descriptions section of the catalog.
It is recommended that students confer with their advisor when selecting electives.