Administrative Assistant, AAS

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(DADA0)

Minimum Credits: 61
Contact Hours: 61-67

The office careers program at Kirtland includes intensive training in basic and advanced secretarial and clerical courses stressing the use of current office procedures and practices assisted by modern equipment and facilities. A variety of courses are offered to meet the needs of beginning and advanced students. This program is designed to enable graduates to obtain positions of responsibility in a variety of office situations. Students may substitute advanced courses for beginning courses with prior advisor approval.

Notes

All OIS courses require a minimum grade of C+ (2.3) to progress in the program
In order to graduate, students must have a program GPA of 2.3 or better.

General Education

ENG 10303 English Composition I 3 cr.
Select one humanities course from ART, ENG-21400 or higher, HIS, HUM, MUS, PHL or THE. 3 cr.
Select Intermediate Algebra (MTH-12000) or higher or a science course from AST, BIO, CHE, GEL or PHY. 4-5 cr.
Select one social science course from ECO, GEO, POL, PSY or SOC. 3-4 cr.
Select any speech course. 3 cr.

General Education Credits: 15-18

Program Requirements

ACC 12500 Computer Accounting w/QuickBooks 4 cr.
BUS 10100 Intro to Business 3 cr.
BUS 21500 Business Law 3 cr.
CIS 10500 Intro to Computers 3 cr.
CIS 17001 Microsoft Office 3 cr.
CIS 22500 Spreadsheets 3 cr.
OIS 10500 Business Correspondence 3 cr.
OIS 11201 Business Calculations 3 cr.
OIS 11400 Keyboarding II 3 cr.
OIS 18200 Word Processing I 3 cr.
OIS 20500 Records Management 3 cr.
OIS 21000 Office Procedures 3 cr.
OIS 21500 Desktop Publishing for the Office 3 cr.
OIS 22200 Word Processing II-Word 3 cr.
OIS 29901 Internship-Administrative Assistant 3 cr. *

Occupational Credits: 46

Minimum Program Credits: 61

Suggested sequencing of courses:

Year 1 (Fall) 15 credits/15 contact hours

Year 1 (Winter) 16 credits/16-17 contact hours

Note:

*Prerequisite for Internship: Completion of all courses required for the program, consent of advisor, and a program GPA of 2.3 or better.