Business and Office Technologies Department
Professional Administrative Assistant
The Professional Administrative Assistant program is an Associate in Science
degree which prepares students for careers in the executive, executive-bilingual,
and medical fields. Professional administrative assistants perform a full
range of secretarial and administrative duties. Students
must specialize within
a field of interest: executive, executive-bilingual, or medical. Administrative
Assistants command higher salaries and have opportunities for rapid promotions
to positions of greater responsibility and management. Emphasis on
developing professional skills for today’s workplace: computer competencies,
records management, language skills, and interpersonal skills.
Major requirements for the Associate in Science Degree:
| BUSOT
40B |
Computer
Keyboarding: Speed and Accuracy Development |
3 |
| BUSOT
50 |
Filing
and Records Management
(or BUSOT 64A*, Microsoft Office Access-Specialist, 1.5) |
3 |
| BUSOT 60B |
Microsoft Office Word–Expert |
3 |
| BUSOT
88 |
Written
Communication for Business |
3 |
| BUSOT 400 |
Job Search and Interviewing Techniques |
1.5 |
| BUSOT
452 |
Bookkeeping
Procedures |
3 |
| BUSOT 455 |
Fundamentals of English for Business |
3 |
| BUSOT 460 |
Proofreading: Text-Editing Skills |
3 |
| BUSOT
462A |
Beginning
Machine Transcription |
3 |
| BUSOT
470** |
Electronic
Office Procedures |
3 |
| |
(or
any combination of BUSOT 61, 62, 63A, or 64A* MicrosoftOffice, to equal
3 units) |
|
|
*Note: |
BUSOT
64A, Microsoft Office Access Specialist, may count as alternative credit
for BUSOT 50 or BUSOT 61, 62, 63A, 64A, but not both. |
Plus a minimum keyboarding speed of 50 wam for five minutes verified by the
Business and Office Technologies Department Proficiency Certificate.
Plus
3 units from the following:
| BIOL
30 |
Beginning
Medical Terminology |
3
|
| BUSOT
63 |
Microsoft
Office Excel - Comprehensive |
3 |
| BUSOT
63B |
Microsoft
Office Excel - Expert |
1.5 |
| BUSOT
64B |
Microsoft
Office Access - Expert |
1.5 |
| BUSOT
465A |
Beginning
Speedwriting and Notetaking |
3
|
| BUSOT
465B |
Advanced
Speedwriting and Notetaking |
3
|
| BUSOT
471 |
Administrative
Office Management |
3
|
|
BUSOT 496ABCD |
Internships in Business
and Office Technologies
(only one unit will be applied to the certificate) |
1 |
Plus specialization for completion in one of the following areas:
Executive
|
BUSOT 465B |
Advanced Speedwriting and Notetaking
(or BUSOT 462B Advanced Machine Transcription) |
3 |
|
BUSOT
470** |
Electronic
Office Procedures |
3 |
Executive
— Bilingual
|
BUSOT 465B |
Advanced Speedwriting and Notetaking
(or BUSOT 462B Advanced Machine Transcription) |
3 |
|
BUSOT 470** |
Electronic Office Procedures |
3 |
| and |
One intermediate-level course and one
conversational course in a modern language.
(or documented fluency in a modern language,
as validated by the coordinator of modern languages) |
6 |
Medical
| BUSOT 424 |
Anatomy and Physiology |
3 |
| BUSOT
475 |
Medical
Office Procedures |
3 |
| BUSOT
477 |
Medical
Insurance Billing |
3 |
| BUSOTMD 410 |
Basic CPT4 Coding |
3 |
|
|
Total
units for the major |
36-43.5
|
Requirements for the Professional Administrative Assistant Certificate
Same as the major requirements for the A.S. Degree.
|
Total
units for the major |
36-43.5
|
**BUSOT 470 may not be counted twice
OTHER CERTIFICATES
Data Entry
General Office Assistant
Medical Insurance Billing
Microsoft Office Excel Applications
Microsoft Office Specialist
Microsoft Word Specialist
Office Management
Professional Administrative Assistant
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