+ Associate of Applied Business in Administrative Office
Systems
Teresa A. Marano,
Ph.D., program director
The two-year
program in administrative office systems prepares students for administrative
assistant responsibilities in business and industrial firms, professional
offices and governmental agencies.
The program
is designed to provide students with training in office and information
processing skills (word processing, spreadsheet, database, presentation,
web page development, and desktop publishing) and with knowledge
of business and communication theory to enhance their opportunities
for career advancement. The program can meet the needs of both beginning
and advanced students, and credits received may be applied toward
a four-year bachelor's degree in a related business field.
Learning
Outcomes
Graduates from
this program are expected to achieve the following:
- The ability
to operate personal computers and work with a variety of office
technologies in word processing, databases, spreadsheets and desktop
publishing;
- The ability
to compose, format, edit and proofread a variety of written business
communications such as letters, memoranda, forms, tables and reports;
- The ability
to organize time to meet deadlines and work under pressure in
the production of high-quality documents;
- The ability
to acquire, organize, summarize and make decisions about office
information when working with or without direct supervision;
- The ability
to analyze, integrate and master office systems by having completed
simulated office activities and an on-the-job work experience.
First year
- General education
- ENG 110,
111 and/or 112 (3-6)
- IPC 102
(3)
- Basic courses
- BUSE
101 (3)
- BAT 102
or LEGS 301 (3)
- General
Education elective (3-4)
- Core courses
- BUSE
110*, 201, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 224, 227, 228 (11)
- LIB 221
(1)
Second year
- General education
- General
education elective (3-4)
- Basic courses
- ECON
200 or 202 (3)
- ACCT
200 or 221 (3)
- Core courses
- BA 203
(3)
- BUSE
217, 253, 304, 305, 306, 307, 325, 326, 335, 401 (20)
- BUSE
314 (2)
*Only students
with fewer than one semester of high school typing should enroll
in BUSE 110 to receive credit for graduation.
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