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St. Clair County Community College Catalog
2008-09 edition

Program Code: AASEX
ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE
Computer and Office Technology Department (810) 989-5628

The Administrative Executive Assistant Associate Degree program prepares students for careers as administrative assistants and/or executive secretaries. Employment opportunities are found in every industry including manufacturing, construction, wholesale and retail trade, banking, insurance, real estate, education, government, and health care facilities. This curriculum provides skills in business communications, interpersonal relations, computer keyboarding and word processing, accounting principles, electronic spreadsheets and file management, office procedures, and transcription, along with on-the-job training. Successful graduates have readily found positions in business and often progress to high-level positions.
Suggested Course Sequence
FIRST YEAR – 1st Semester		Semester Hours
OA 130	Time and Project Management for Students		1
OA 135	Automated Office Principles and Practices		4
ENG 101	English Composition I	WR	3
OA 115*	Intermediate Keyboarding	CL	4
BUS 158**	Business Math	CT MA	4
			16
2nd Semester		Semester Hours
CIS 115	Microcomputer Applications	CL	4
OA 155	Word Processing on Microcomputers	CL	4
OA 161	Office Technology	CT OC	4
OA 260	Machine Transcription for Word Processing		3
			15
SECOND YEAR – 1st Semester		Semester Hours
OA 225	Business Communications	OC WR	4
OA 262	Records Management	CT	4
CIS 200	Electronic Spreadsheets	CL	4
OA 235	Electronic Office Administrative Procedures		3
			15
2nd Semester		Semester Hours
PS 101	Introduction to Political Science	GA GP	3
OA 255	Advanced Word Processing & Desktop Publishing		4
ACCT 189***	Office Accounting		4
OA200A	Co-operative Educational Experience		3
OA200B	Co-operative Educational Experience		3
			17
Total Credit Hours = 63, Total Contact Hours = 63

* OA 110 Beginning Keyboarding or equivalent is a prerequisite. or MTH 102 or higher * or ACCT 211 or higher NOTE: Upon successful completion of the required courses, all competencies will be satisfied.

Department Chair
Denise McNeil
(810) 989-5631

Department Secretary
Sue Bacheller
(810) 989-5628

Discipline Coordinator
Denise McNeil
(810) 989-5631

“The instructors at SC4 are knowledgeable on the latest office technology, and are willing to work with students who have been away from school. The wide range of experience covered in this program prepares you well for all aspects of the job.”

Pam Marchlewski,
Administrative Assistant
Great Lakes Financial Strategies, Marysville
SC4 Clerical Specialist Certificate, 1999

Completion of the associate degree program for administrative executive assistant prepares you for entry level jobs such as:

Clerks of all types
Secretary
Executive assistant
Word processor
Records manager
Data entry specialist/troubleshooter
Financial/accounting clerk

Career opportunities a graduate of the administrative executive assistant program can achieve with experience and additional training include:

Certified Professional Secretary (CPS)
Administrative office supervisor/manager

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