Dec 05, 2024  
Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog 
    
Baltimore City Community College’s 2024 - 2025 Catalog

Office Administration, AAS


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Office Administration Degree Program

This degree is designed to provide graduates with the expertise necessary to function as top-notch administrative support personnel. Students pursuing this major may sit for the nationally recognized, Certified Professional Secretary’s (CPS) examination, after accumulating at least three years’ work experience in the field.

The Administrative Assistant Program offers courses in six disciplines covered on the CPS examination. Students interested in pursuing certification, are advised about the specific general education courses necessary to prepare for this examination.

The Administrative Assistant Program is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).

 


Suggested Sequence of Courses

** All BCCC students must meet the College’s Computer Literacy requirements in order to receive a degree or a certificate. All first-time, full- and part-time degree and certificate seeking students are required to complete the PRE 100  course within the first six credits.

Program Learning Outcomes


  • Describe the changing work environment and the skills needed by the administrative assistant to function in such an environment.

  • Conduct Internet searches to locate sites that provide information on careers, salaries, administrative skills, and other business information.

  • Use word processing software to correctly format and complete business documents in mailable formats.

  • Produce complex documents containing graphics and tables with relative speed and efficiency.

  • Produce multiple documents required by a variety of office settings.

  • Accurately key mailable documents at 50 words per minute.

  • Use good human relations skills, in interpersonal interactions, as well as verbal and written communications.

  • Develop a written presentation on an assigned topic.

  • Edit, format, proofread, and compose correspondences that meet course mailability requirements and business standards.

  • Analyze a variety of self-assessment surveys and make recommendations for personal improvements.

Total Semester Credits 15


Total Semester Credits 15


Total Semester Credits 15


4th Semester


Total Semester Credits 15


Program Total 60


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