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BUSINESS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Scope of ASSOCIATE IN OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES DEGREE
BUSINESS OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
113.5 Academic/72.0 Financial Aid Quarter Credits
SIX QUARTERS OF STUDY: Days – Sixty Weeks; Nights – Eighty-four Weeks
The Associate in Occupational Studies Degree – Business Office Administration program provides the required skills to enter the field of office management and administration.
Students receive a strong clerical foundation in business computer applications, business communications, financial record keeping, and general office procedures by completing the Business Office Specialist program in their first academic year of study. The second academic year provides the opportunity to specialize in office management with an emphasis on advanced business computer applications, basic principles of business, supervision techniques, and office dynamics in order to plan, direct or coordinate supportive services of an organization. Students will increase the level of clerical skills and learn the basics of computerized accounting with QuickBooks. Elective courses allow students to tailor their program according to career objectives.
Students are trained for intermediate level positions for a variety of job titles: office manager, administrative assistant, executive secretary, executive assistants, and administrative/clerical support professionals. An Associate in Occupational Studies in Business Office Administration is awarded by the college upon satisfactory completion of all graduation requirements.