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3430 | Secretarial/Administrative Assistant

Occupational Certificate

Description of Program:

The Secretarial/Administrative Assistant certificate prepares you for an office occupation such as typist, payroll clerk, accounts payable/accounts receivable clerk, word processor, receptionist, file clerk, general office clerk, secretary, and administrative assistant.

Course content includes, but is not limited to, accounting (elective), payroll, business English, business communications, keyboarding, introduction to business trends, office machines, transcription, fundamental basic office procedures, introduction to computers, work relations, and interpersonal skills.

If you receive your Secretarial/Administrative Assistant occupational certificate, you may receive up to 30 credits toward an A.A.S. degree in General Secretarial (Program #2140). Consult your instructor.

Length: 1320 contact hours/ 44 occupational credits
PREFIX NUMBER COURSE NAME CONTACT HOURS
FIRST YEAR
First Term
  OTA 0311 Occupational Business English   48
  OTA 0101 Occupational Introductory Keyboarding   48
* OTA 0501 Occupational Business Math using Spreadsheets   48
  OTA 0595 Occupational Introduction to Business   48
  OTA 0422L Office Practices Lab   288
        480
Second Term
  OTA 0322 Occupational Business Communication   48
  OCA 0301 Occupational Word Processing MS Word   48
  OTA 0490 Occupational Personal Business Skills   48
* OTA 0405 Occupational Files Management and Document Processing   48
  OTA 0422L Office Practices Lab   288
        480
First Summer Flex Session
  OCA 0100 Occupational Computer Applications   48
  OTA 0402 Occupational Office Machines   48
  OTA 0422L Office Practices Lab   84
        180
Second Summer Flex Session
* OTA 0105 Occupational Intermediate Keyboarding   48
* OTA 0943 Occupational Office Internship   48
  OTA 0422L Office Practices Lab   84
        180
* Check the course descriptions for prerequisites.