Administrative Assistant Certificate 2002-2005

The secretary/administrative assistant performs general office work, assisting company officials with routine executive and clerical duties; transcribes materials, interviews office callers, answers and makes phone calls, handles personal and business mail, writes routine correspondence on own iniiative, and may supervise other clerical workers. Computerized and word processing equipment is often used. Administrative Assistant Certificate: 34.5 - 36.5 Total Units Core Requirements: 29.5 - 31.5 units BIM 2 Intermediate Keyboarding 3.5 units BIM 7A Beginning Word Processing: Concepts and Applications 3 units BIM 7B Intermediate Word Processing: Concepts and Applications 3 units BIM 38 Office Technologies 3 units BIM 42 Records Management & Filing 3 units BUS 1A OR BUS 10A Principles of Accounting Bookkeeping 3-5 units BUS 17A Beginning Business Communication 3 units BUS 17B Advanced Business Communication 3 units BUS 15 Computer Spreadsheets for Accounting 2 units BUS / CS 35 Multimedia Presentations 3 units Electives: plus 5 - 6 units from the following courses: BIM 23M OR BIM 23P Desktop Publishing Using Pagemaker 2 units BIM 31 OR BIM 32 A,B,C Electronic Calculation Beg., Inter., Adv. Office Calculation 3 units BIM 82 WordPerfect for Windows 2.5 units BUS/CS 14 Microcomputers and Small Business Systems 3 units BUS 30 Supervision and Human Relations 3 units CS 43 Database Design, Micro 3 units CS 45 MicroSoft Windows 1 unit GUID 33 Job Seeking Skills 1 unit COMM ST 1A OR BUS 6 OR COMM ST 7 OR COMM ST 3 Fundamentals of Speech Business and Professional Speaking Intercultural Communication Interpersonal Communication 3 units