The Administrative Assistant certificate prepares students to provide general office administrative support that requires business communication, office administration, business math, customer relations and office software applications skills. The curriculum includes office applications software courses, business communication and electronic communication tools, office technology, office administration and business math. Students will also have elected additional practice in one or more of the following areas: desktop publishing applications, project management applications, advanced skills in database and spreadsheet applications, computerized accounting applications, online collaboration, organizational behavior, small group communication.
Learning Outcomes
Certificate 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
- Apply basic desktop publishing skills in Web or print design to publication designs
- Work at the expert level with applications used for e-mail and information, presentations, and word processing
- Work at an advanced level with applications used for spreadsheets and databases
- Apply business math concepts to workplace problems
Gainful Employment Disclosure
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