Office Professions - Office Skills Core - Certificate of Achievement

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Program Code: CBZ.35293

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.

Winter First Year:

CST 106 - Internet Foundations Credits: 1
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: 13

Total Credits: 13

Notations

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PART OF A LADDERED PROGRAM. CREDITS EARNED MAY BE APPLIED TOWARDS COMPLETING THE OFFICE PROFESSIONS - OFFICE ASSISTANT - ADVANCED CERTIFICATE.

A Grade of “C” (2.0) or higher is required in OAT 151 and OAT 171 .
CST 106 and OAT 171 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 section 4 of the College Catalog “Academic Policies/Graduation Requirements.”
Credit by examination is available for CST 106 , OAT 151 , OAT 171 , and OAT 175 .
Keyboarded assignments are required for OAT 151 .
OAT 175 requires MATH LEVEL 2.
Students may earn credit hours with evidence of Certified Administrative Professional (CAP) certification. Consult Counseling & Advising Services for more information.
OAT 171 Document Processing: Beginning requries OAT 170 Keyboarding with a “B” grade or better. A keyboarding waiver test is available of OAT 170 . Contact the BTec Division office, 989.686.9127, to arrange for a waiver test.