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Administrative Executive Assistant

St. Clair County Community College Catalog
2006-07 Edition

Program Code: AASEX OFFICE ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM ADMINISTRATIVE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT ASSOCIATE IN APPLIED ARTS AND SCIENCE DEGREE 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
Total Credit Hours this Semester:			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
Total Credit Hours this Semester:			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
Total Credit Hours this Semester:			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
Total Credit Hours this Semester:			17
Total Credit Hours = 63
Total Contact Hours = 63
* OA 110 Beginning Keyboarding or equivalent is a prerequisite. or higher MTH class * or higher ACCT class
NOTE: Upon successful completion of the required courses, all competencies will be satisfied.