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:

First Semester

Units

BUS 017A

Beginning Business Communications

3

BIM 002

Advanced Keyboarding: Document Formatting

3.5

BIM 081

Records Management and Filing

3

Second Semester

BUS 001A

Principles of Accounting

5

or

 

 

BUS 010A

Bookkeeping

3

BUS 017B

Advanced Business Communications

3

CSA 035

Multimedia Presentations

3

BIM 007A

MS Word: Beginning Concepts and Applications

3

Third Semester

BUS 015

Computer Spreadsheets for Accounting

2

BIM 007B

MS Word: Advanced Concepts and Applications

3

BIM 038

Office Technologies

3

Electives

See Group I Below

5

Electives:

(minimum of 5 units from the following)

BUS 030

Supervision and Human Relations

3

CSP 043A

Database Design

3

 

(CSP 043A is equivalent to CS 043A)

 

CSA 045

Microsoft Windows

1

 

(CSA 045 is equivalent to CS 045)

 

GUID 033

Job Seeking Skills

1

COM ST 001A

Fundamentals of Speech

3

or

 

 

BUS 006/
COM ST 006

Business and Professional Communication

3

or

 

 

COM ST 003

Interpersonal Communication

3

or

 

 

COM ST 007

Intercultural Communication

3

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Program Disclosure

Program Title:

Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General.

Length of Program:

18 Months

Tuition & Fees:

$46/unit x 34.5 units = $1,587.00

Other Costs:

Books & Supplies about $2,497.50

Occupations:


Dept. of Labor website

On Time Graduation Rate:

0.00%

Median Debt Upon Completion:

$0.00

*Please note that actual costs will vary by program.