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Office Administration

Office Administration

A.A.S. Degree (G)

The Office Administration program offers a flexible program leading to the Associate Degree in Applied Science. While software applications and office administration skills are the foundation of this program, the course elective structure allows students the opportunity to acquire a broad base of business and computer skills to enhance upward mobility. Software certification opportunities are available.

Program Graduate Competencies

The Program Graduate Competencies listed below identify the major learning goals related to your specific program of study and identify the knowledge and skills you will have when you graduate to be successful in your chosen field.

  1. Produce the documents necessary for a functioning business office.
  2. Demonstrate accurate and efficient keyboarding skills.
  3. Integrate office-related skills to function in a professional manner within the workplace.
  4. Use diverse research methods and information sources to complete a variety of business documents.

Core Curriculum Competencies

The Core Curriculum Competencies listed below identify what you will be able to do as a graduate, regardless of your program of study. You will acquire these core competencies through general education courses and program-specific coursework. You will be expected to use relevant technology to achieve these outcomes:

  1. Apply clear and effective communication skills.
  2. Use critical thinking to solve problems.
  3. Collaborate to achieve a common goal.
  4. Demonstrate professional and ethical conduct.
  5. Use information literacy for effective vocational and/or academic research.
  6. Apply quantitative reasoning and/or scientific inquiry to solve practical problems.

Graduation Requirements

Core Courses

ENG 101Crit Thinking & Acad Writing

3
ENG 102Composition and Research

3
SSC 100First Year Seminar

1
 
MAT 145Math of Finance

3
Or
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3
Or
MAT 153College Math and Statistics

4
 
ECO 111Macroeconomics

3
Or
ECO 122Microeconomics

3
 
PSY 121General Psychology

3
Or
SOC 111Sociology

3
Or
SPA 133Using Beginning Spanish

3
Or
SPA 136Spanish Communication I

4
Or
SPA 137Spanish Communication II

4

Program/Major Courses

ACC 101Accounting I

4
ACC 162Computerized Accounting

3
OAT 121Keyboarding

4
OAT 152Excel Level I

3
OAT 157Word Level I

3
OAT 159PowerPoint

3
OAT 240Integrated Business Applicatns

3
OAT 242Desktop Publishing

4
OAT 251Access

3
OAT 258Word Level II

3

Program/Major Support Courses

BUS 101Introduction to Business

3
BUS 275Portfolio and Professionalism

3
ENG 124Oral Communications

3

Select 2 course(s) from:

BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
COM 111Human Communications

3
MGT 212Principles of Management

3
MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3
MKT 214Advertising and Promotion

3
PLG 170Intro to the Legal System

3
SOC 215Business Ethics

3

Suggested Pathway to Graduation (Course Sequence Sheet)

Semester 1

SSC 100First Year Seminar

1
ENG 101Crit Thinking & Acad Writing

3
 
MAT 145Math of Finance

3
Or
MAT 152Quantitative Reasoning

3
Or
MAT 153College Math and Statistics

4
 
OAT 121Keyboarding

4
BUS 101Introduction to Business

3

Semester 2

ENG 102Composition and Research

3
 
ECO 111Macroeconomics

3
Or
ECO 122Microeconomics

3
 
OAT 152Excel Level I

3
OAT 157Word Level I

3
OAT 159PowerPoint

3

Semester 3

ACC 101Accounting I

4
ENG 124Oral Communications

3
OAT 258Word Level II

3
OAT 251Access

3
Elective
Social Science/Humanities Elective

3

Semester 4

OAT 240Integrated Business Applicatns

3
OAT 242Desktop Publishing

4
BUS 275Portfolio and Professionalism

3
ACC 162Computerized Accounting

3
Elective
Support Elective

3
Elective
Support Elective

3

Approved Electives

Select one (1) social science/humanities elective.

PSY 121General Psychology

3
SOC 111Sociology

3
SPA 133Using Beginning Spanish

3
SPA 136Spanish Communication I

4
SPA 137Spanish Communication II

4

Select two (2) support electives.

BIO 100Medical Terminology

3
MKT 212Principles of Marketing

3
MKT 214Advertising and Promotion

3
MGT 212Principles of Management

3
COM 111Human Communications

3
PLG 170Intro to the Legal System

3
SOC 215Business Ethics

3

To complete program requirements, you must pass the above courses and earn at least 62 credits. The number of courses and credits required for graduation may be more depending on your need for developmental education courses and the elective choices you make (if electives are a part of the program). Some programs also have college-level courses that you must take if you do not score at a certain level on the College Placement Test. If this applies to your program, the courses are listed at the top of the sequence sheet before the first semester of the course list.

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