Administrative Assistant

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Overview

Train for a career as an administrative assistant, administrative secretary, office administrator, or office manager and work in your choice of business and office settings. BTC’s Administrative Assistant program will prepare you for success in today’s business world, as you use your math, communication, and technical reading skills—and discover your personal strengths. The Administrative Assistant program will give you the hands-on and classroom instruction that all kinds of employers need. You could work in service firms like education and health, legal and finance, insurance or real estate. Manufacturing, construction, and transportation companies also hire skilled administrative assistants.

Program Outcomes

After successfully completing the AAS degree, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate proper keyboarding technique with a minimum speed and accuracy.
• Perform math calculations for business scenarios and analyze business financial documents.
• Communicate verbally and in writing using standard English.
• Prepare business documents using Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Create and manage files in Microsoft Office, Google, and Adobe applications.
• Analyze business organizational structure and the role of an administrative assistant in an office environment.
• Apply techniques for managing time, organizing records, and running meetings in an office environment.

After successfully completing the Office Assistant Certificate, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate proper keyboarding technique with a minimum speed and accuracy.
• Perform math calculations for business scenarios and analyze business financial documents.
• Communicate verbally and in writing using standard English.
• Analyze business organizational structure and the role of an administrative assistant in an office environment.
• Apply techniques for managing time, organizing records, and running meetings in an office environment.

Placement Requirements

ACCUPLACER Reading (247) or higher OR RDG 085 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Writing (245) or higher OR ENGL 092 with a C or higher and

ACCUPLACER Arithmetic (254) or higher OR MATH 090 with a C or higher

Degree and Certificate Requirements

Administrative Assistant AAS requires a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher and a minimum grade of C/2.0 in all courses.

Programs

• Administrative Assistant, AAS

• Office Assistant Certificate

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