Office Professions - Office Specialist - Advanced Certificate

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Program Code: CBA.35292

Office professions continue to evolve along with new office automation and organizational restructuring. In many cases, office professionals have assumed new responsibilities and learned to operate a variety of office equipment. Most organizations employ office professionals to perform and coordinate office activities and to ensure that information is disseminated to staff and clients. Managers, professionals, and other support staff rely on them to keep administrative operations under control. Office professionals are responsible for a variety of clerical and administrative duties that are necessary to run and maintain organizations efficiently. They use personal computers to communicate electronically and to run spreadsheet, word processing, database management, desktop publishing, and graphics programs.

Fall First Year:

OAT 105W - Time Management Credits: 1
OAT 151 - Business Communication I Credits: 3
OAT 160 - Records Management Credits: 3
OAT 171 - Document Processing: Beginning Credits: 3
OAT 175 - Electronic Calculation Credits: 2

Total Semester Credits: 12

Winter First Year:

CST 105 - Outlook Credits: 1
CST 147 - Electronic Media Communication Credits: 3
CST 151 - Spreadsheet Fundamentals Credits: 2
CST 155 can be taken in place of CST 151
OAT 152 - Business Communication II Credits: 3
ENG 111 and (ENG 112 or ENG 113 ) can be taken in place of OAT 152
OAT 172 - Document Processing: Intermediate Credits: 3
PHL 203W - Business Ethics Credits: 3
PHL 210W can be taken in place of PHL 203W

Total Semester Credits: 15

Fall Second Year:

ACC 110 - Introduction to QuickBooks Credits: 1
ACE 101W - Career Professional Development I Credits: 2
CST 107 - Desktop Publishing Credits: 1
MGT 153W - Introduction to Business Credits: 3
OAT 155W - Editing Credits: 2
OAT 285W - Office Technology Credits: 3

Total Semester Credits: 12

Total Credits: 39

Notations

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PART OF A LADDERED PROGRAM. CREDITS EARNED MAY BE APPLIED TOWARDS COMPLETION OF AN OFFICE PROFESSIONS - ADMINSTRATIVE ASSISTANT - ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS DEGREE.

A Grade of “C” (2.0) or higher is required in CST 107 , CST 151 , CST 155 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 , OAT 151 and OAT 152 or ENG 111 and ENG 112 or ENG 111 and ENG 113 .
ACE 101W , CST 105 , CST 107 , CST 147 , CST 151 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 and OAT 285W are key courses and must be completed within 5 years of completing the certificate. Failure to complete within the stated time frame will require you to repeat this course.
Credit by examination is available for CST 105 , CST 151 , OAT 151 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 and OAT 175 .
Students must apply for placement in ACE 101W in semester previous to anticipated placement.
Keyboarded assignments are required for OAT 151 and OAT 152 .
On-site visitations required in OAT 285W .
OAT 175 requires MATH LEVEL 2.
OAT 285W is a fall-only class.
Students may earn credit hours with evidence of Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) certification. Consult Counseling & Advising Services for more information.
OAT 171 - Document Processing: Beginnnig requires OAT 170 - Keyboarding with a “B” grade or better. A keyboarding waiver test is available for OAT 170 . Contact the BTec Division office, 989.686.9127, to arrange for a waiver test.