Administrative Assistant, Certificate of Achievement
Upon successful completion of the Administrative Assistant Certificate, the student demonstrates the skills, knowledge, and training for employment available in private industry, non-profit organizations, and government offices for the following positions: Executive Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Office Professional, Executive Secretary; demonstrates his or her ability to plan and organize meetings, maintain schedules and calendars, make travel arrangements, and communicate effectively orally; manage document input, output, storage, and retrieval; prepare, write, and process a variety of business documents; prepare business presentations; and use critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Minimum Units Required: 34.5
Recommended Sequence:
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BUS 017A
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Beginning Business Communications
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3
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BIM 002
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Advanced Keyboarding: Document Formatting
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3.5
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BIM 081
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Records Management and Filing
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3
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BUS 001A
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Principles of Accounting
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5
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or
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BUS 010A
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Bookkeeping
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3
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BUS 017B
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Advanced Business Communications
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3
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CSA 035
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Multimedia Presentations
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3
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BIM 007A
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MS Word: Beginning Concepts and Applications
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3
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BUS 015
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Computer Spreadsheets for Accounting
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2
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BIM 007B
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MS Word: Advanced Concepts and Applications
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3
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BIM 038
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Office Technologies
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3
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Electives
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See Group I Below
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5
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(minimum of 5 units from the following)
BUS 030
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Supervision and Human Relations
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3
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BIM 023P
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Beginning Desktop Publishing, Using PageMaker
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2
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BIM 031
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Electronic Calculation
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3
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or
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BIM 032A
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Beginning Office Calculation
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1
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and
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BIM 032B
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Intermediate Office Calculation
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1
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and
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BIM 032C
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Advanced Office Calculation
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1
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CSP 043A
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Database Design
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3
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(CSP 043A is equivalent to CS 043A)
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CSA 045
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Microsoft Windows
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1
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(CSA 045 is equivalent to CS 045)
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GUID 033
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Job Seeking Skills
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1
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COM ST 001A
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Fundamentals of Speech
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3
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or
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BUS 006/
COM ST 006
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Business and Professional Communication
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3
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or
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COM ST 003
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Interpersonal Communication
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3
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or
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COM ST 007
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Intercultural Communication
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3
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Minimum Units 34.5
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