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2017-2018 
    
2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Office Professions - Administrative Assistant - ABS


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Program Code: ABS.10296

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.

Administrative assistants perform fewer clerical tasks than lower-level office professionals. In addition to receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and answering letters, they may handle more complex responsibilities such as conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and supervising other clerical staff.

Fall First Year:


Total Semester Credits: 15


Total Semester Credits: 16


Fall Second Year:


Total Semester Credits: 16


Winter Second Year:


Total Semester Credits: 16


Total Credits: 63


Notations


  1. A Grade of “C” (2.0) or higher is required in CST 107 , CST 151 , CST 155 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 , OAT 268 , OAT 273 , OAT 151  and OAT 152  or ENG 111  and ENG 112  or ENG 111  and ENG 113  
  2. CST 103 , CST 105 , CST 106 , CST 107 , CST 147 , CST 151 , CST 155 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 , OAT 268 , OAT 273  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. See Academic Policies and Information /Graduation Requirements .
  3. If you are planning to transfer, you should take ACC 211 .
  4. Credit by examination is available for CST 103 , CST 105 , CST 151 , OAT 151 , OAT 171 , OAT 172 , OAT 175  and MGT 153W .
  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. OAT 268  is a winter-only class. OAT 151 , OAT 160  OAT 172 , CST 147 , CST 151  with a C (2.0) grade minimum are the prerequisites for OAT 268 .
  10. Students may earn credit hours with evidence of Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) certification. Consult Counseling & Advising Services for more information.
  11. OAT 171 - Document Processing: Beginning  requires OAT 170 - Keyboarding  with a “B” grade or better. A keyboarding waiver test is available for OAT 170 . Contact the BIT Division office, 989.686.9127, to arrange for a waiver test.
    1. CST 155  can be taken in place of CST 151  
    2. ENG 111  and (ENG 112  or ENG 113 ) can be taken in place of OAT 152  
    3. PHL 210W  can be taken in place of PHL 203W  
    4. POL 105W , POL 212W , POL 215W , POL 220W , POL 221W , POL 223W , POL 225W , POL 228W , HIS 221W , HIS 222W , or HIS 237W  can be taken in place of POL 103W  
    5. Any ACE — 2-6 credit course can be taken in place of ACE 101W  
    6. ACC 211  can be taken in place of ACC 121  
    7. Any 1 credit LW course can be taken in place of LW 221W .
    8. Any 2 credit LW course can be taken in place of LW — and LWA — courses

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