Associate Degree of Applied Business
in Business Office Administration
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1680 Clock Hours/90 weeks/78 Credit Hours

The Associate Degree in Business Office Administration is designed to advance the student’s knowledge in today’s business office environment. Early in the program, the student’s course work includes subjects that are fundamental to the operation of an office, such as accounting, word processing, business math, and more.

The student is then given an in-depth study of highly technical software applications. The objective of the general education courses are to provide the student with the necessary critical thinking and communications skills needed to help the student become a more productive part of the work world.

This general education background combined with the technical course content encourages an atmosphere of professional growth and maintains the college’s philosophy of the “learn by doing” method of education.

The Associate Degree will arm the student with the credibility they need to succeed. It will provide the student with the competitive edge helping the student become employable with more opportunities for advancement. It will prepare the student for entry-level employment in these and other positions: Legal/Medical Secretaries, Accounting Clerks, Payroll Clerks, Transcriptionists, Accounts Payable and Receivable, and Administrative Assistants. Graduates secure employment in hospitals, schools, state agencies, industrial organizations, legal software companies, insurance agencies, and the courts.

The objective of Business Office Administration with a concentration in Accounting is to provide the student with a concentrated study in the areas of payroll tax, federal income tax, business and corporation tax, accounts receivable and payable, and bookkeeping. Because the basis of the concentration consists of the Business Office Administration Degree, the student will also be prepared to function efficiently in a business office environment.

The student will be prepared for entry-level employment in these and other positions: Accounts Payable and Receivable Clerks, Payroll Clerks, Administrative Assistants, Business Office Managers, Accounting Department Clerk, Data Entry Clerk, and Bookkeeper. Graduates secure positions in hospitals, schools, state agencies, industrial organizations, legal software companies, insurance agencies, corporate offices, manufacturing offices, banks, accounting firms, and electronic billing companies.

The objective of the Business Office Administration with a concentration in Web Design is to provide the student with the tools necessary to create and maintain an effective website. The student will learn the latest technology necessary to accomplish this goal. Such technology will include, HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Adobe Photoshop and Image Ready, and Macromedia Flash MX.

The basis of this concentration is part of the Business Office Administration Degree program, therefore providing the student with a solid foundation to function as, not only a web designer and web administrator, but also as a general administrative assistant in an office environment. The concentration will prepare the student for entry-level employment in these and other positions: Web Design Developers and Coordinators, Administrative Assistants, and Business Office Managers. Graduates secure positions in schools, state agencies, industrial organizations, software companies, insurance agencies, corporate offices, manufacturing offices, and banks.

TO EARN AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OF APPLIED BUSINESS IN BUSINESS OFFICE ADMINISTRATION, THE FOLLOWING COURSES* ARE REQUIRED:

Computer Literacy **
Computer Applications I **
Computer Applications II **
Computer Applications III **
Data Base (Access) **
Spreadsheet (Excel) **
Computerized Accounting I **
Computerized Accounting II **
Professional Development **
Internship **

Keyboarding I
Keyboarding II
Machine Transcription
Administrative Management/Office Procedures
Accounting I

Introduction to College English
Introduction to College Math
Written Communications
College Algebra
Communication Skills
Earth Science
American Government & Politics
Sociology


* DOES NOT INDICATE THE ORDER IN WHICH THESE COURSES WILL BE OFFERED.


** CORE CLASS FOR THIS CONCENTRATION.
 

Courses Required

Course#

Course Description

Credit Hrs.

First Semester

MTH 095† Introduction to College Math 60 4
WRC 095† Introduction to College English 60 4
CPL 100 Computer Literacy 60 3
KEY 110 Keyboarding I 60 3
COM 110† Communication Skills 45 3
AGP 120† American Government & Politics 45 3
 

Total

210-240

12-14

Second Semester

CAP 110 Computer Applications I 120 5
ACT 120 Accounting I 60 4
MTH 110 College Algebra 45 3
 

Total

225 12
 

Third Semester

 
CAP 230 Computer Applications II 75 4
DTB 200 Data Base (Access) 75 4
SOC 110 Sociology 45 3
WRC 110 Written Communications 45 3
 

Total

240

14

Fourth Semester
CAP 230 Computer Applications III 120 5
SPD 200 Spreadsheet (Excel) 75 4
CTA 110 Computerized Accounting I 60 3
ERS 110 Earth Science 45 3
 

Total

300 15

Fifth Semester

MAT 100 Machine Transcription 75 3
PRF 100 Professional Development 60 4
CTA 200 Computerized Accounting II 60 3
KEY 220 Keyboarding II 60 3
AOP 200

Administrative Management/Office Procedures

75 4
 

Total

330 17

Sixth Semester

ITS 240 Internship 375 8
COM 110† Communication Skills 45 3
AGP 120† American Government and Politics 45 3
 

Total

375-465 8-14

This course outline contains only the suggested sequence of coursework. Courses scheduled are dependent upon placement test results.

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