Administrative Professional

Administrative Professional

Certificate of Completion: 49 credits. Advising Guide

Career Description

The Administrative Professional certificate is intended to meet business career needs for entry-level administrative assistants, secretaries, receptionists, file clerks and data entry personnel. Workers in these positions may perform a wide variety of duties such as working with modern office technology to produce and file business documents, greeting the public, planning and scheduling, accounting and creating web pages.

Course of Study

The program emphasis is on use of computers, document preparation and editing, filing, and use of the Internet. The Administrative Professional certificate is wholly contained within the Administrative Professional Associate of Applied Science degree, and, as such, all course work may be applied to completion of the AAS degree.

Students must also meet general certificate requirements.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, students will be able to:

1. Perform basic entry-level office work.
2. Effectively use written, oral, and visual communications skills.
3. Use current and emerging technologies to solve workplace problems through presentation, research, analysis, and synthesis.
4. Demonstrate professional and friendly behavior in the workplace.
5. Apply basic mathematical equations to relevant office tasks.

Prerequisites

• Placement in to MTH 65 Beginning Algebra (4 credits) or MTH 98 Quantitative Math (4 credits) or equivalent placement
• WR 115 Expository Writing (4 credits) or IRW 115 Critical Reading and Writing (5 credits) or equivalent placement
• CAS 121 Beginning Keyboarding (3 credits) or instructor permission

Administrative Professional Certificate Electives

• Any CAS/OS/WT course in addition to the required CAS/OS courses from the Administrative Professional certificate