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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.

Total Semester Credits: 12


Winter First Year:


Total Semester Credits: 14


Total Semester Credits: 12


Total Credits: 38


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.

  1. A Grade of “C” (2.0) or higher is required in 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 .
  2. ACE 101W , CST 105,  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.
  3. Credit by examination is available for CST 105 , CST 151 , OAT 151 , OAT 171 , OAT 172  and OAT 175 .
  4. Students must apply for placement in ACE 101W  in semester previous to anticipated placement.
  5. Keyboarded assignments are required for OAT 151  and OAT 152 .
  6. On-site visitations required in OAT 285W .
  7. OAT 175  requires MATH LEVEL 2.
  8. OAT 285W  is a fall-only class.
  9. Students may earn credit hours with evidence of Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) certification. Consult a student success advisor for more information.
  10. 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.

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