Degree Program


DEGREE: ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE
DIVISION: BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
 

This degree program is designed to provide students with the competancies necessary to obtain employment as administrative assistants and executive secretaries in business, industry or government.
It is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.
 
REQUIRED COURSES IN MAJOR*
ADOT 101  Keyboarding   3     ADOT 208  Pres. with Powerpoint   3
ADOT 105  Survey of Comp. Applications   3     ADOT 172  Spelling & Word Concepts   3
ADOT 106  Word Processing   3     ADOT 264  Database Applications   3
ADOT 141  Desktop Publishing   3     ADOT 265  Spreadsheet Applications   3
Area of Concentration 12
REQUIRED RELATED COURSES
BUSG 178   Business Communications   3     BUSG 121 Business Mathematics   3
ACCT 111   Fundamentals of Accounting   3     BUSG 131 Intern OR   3
MANG 101  Human Relations in Business   3     COOP 103 Coop. Education Business
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS**
ENGL 101  English Composition   3       Social Science Requirement   3
MATH 118  College Algebra   3     Natural Science Requirement   3
               Humanities Requirement   3

 

AREAS OF CONCENTRATION   (Choose Only One)
Administrative Specialist   (Select 4 Courses)
ADOT 178   General Office Procedures   3     ADOT 102 Keyboarding II   3
ADOT 201   Machine Transcription***   3     ADOT 205 Advanced Word Processing   3
ADOT 179   Records Management   3 
Computer Applications Specialist   (Select 4 Courses)
ADOT 131   Photo Editing for Windows   3     ADOT 209 Web Design -- Expression Web   3
ADOT 135   Digital Illustration Software   3     ADOT 205 Advanced Word Processing   3
ADOT 215   Web Design -- Dreamweaver   3     CMIN 225 Web Animation & Multimedia   3
ADOT 268   Advanced Spreadsheets   3
 
APPROVED ELECTIVES
Select 6 credit hours from courses -- the following prefixes:
ADOT, BUSG, BUSL, ECON, CMIN, INSU, MARK or MANG
 
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS: 72
 * Required grade of "C" or higher.

** To facilitate transfer to certain colleges, Substitute MATH-130 course for MATH-118.
*** Offered Daytime Fall/Spring; Evening Fall only.

See [General ED Courses] for approved Humanities, Natural Science, and Social Science courses.
 
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 BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY