The Business Technology associate degree prepares students for general office administrative support in positions such as, office manager and administrative positions that require office administration, accounting, business communication, business math, customer relations and office software applications skills. The curriculum includes introductory through intermediate and some advanced office applications software courses, business communication and electronic communication tools, office technology, office administration and business math. Students will also have additional practice in one or more of the following areas: electronic communications, project management applications, Outlook personal information manager, small group communication, Internet basics, customer relations, report writing, and business ethics. Certificates of Achievement and Accomplishment in Administrative Assistant, Advanced Business Technology Specialist, Business Software Specialist and Office Assistant may be applied to this degree.
Learning Outcomes
Degree recipients should possess the skills & abilities described below:
- Apply business office administration skills such as information processing, critical thinking, leadership and ethical decision making in the workplace
- Critically apply software skills to solve business problems in a variety of situations
- Work at the expert level with word processing applications
- Work at an advanced level with applications for spreadsheets, databases and computerized accounting
- Apply basic desktop publishing skills in web or print design to publication designs
- Apply business math concepts to workplace problems
- Apply business office administration skills such as information processing, critical thinking, leadership and ethical decision making in the workplace
- Apply office accounting principles
- Apply organization behavior principles
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