Program Overview

Office Administration Technology (Administrative Assistant) - Associate of Applied Science

The Office Administration Technology (Administrative Assistant) program is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in an administrative support role. This program requires the completion of 64-65 credits and includes coursework in areas such as keyboarding, business English, and office equipment and procedures.

General Education Requirements

Students must complete general education requirements, which include:

• Selecting one course from four of the following six content areas for a total of 12-14 credits
• Area I: Communications
  • ENGL 1110G: Composition I (4 credits)
• Area IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences
  • Choose one from the following:
    • ECON 1110G: Survey of Economics (3 credits)
    • ECON 2110G: Macroeconomic Principles (3 credits)
    • ECON 2120G: Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
• Area V: Humanities
  • Choose one from the following:
    • HIST 1110G: United States History I (3 credits)
    • HIST 1120G: United States History II (3 credits)
    • HIST 1130G: World History I (3 credits)
    • HIST 1140G: World History II (3 credits)
    • HIST 1150G: Western Civilization I (3 credits)
    • HIST 1160G: Western Civilization II (3 credits)
    • PHIL 1115G: Introduction to Philosophy (3 credits)
    • PHIL 1120G: Logic, Reasoning, & Critical Thinking (3 credits)
    • PHIL 1145G: Philosophy, Law, and Ethics (3 credits)
    • PHIL 2110G: Introduction to Ethics (3 credits)
    • PHIL 2230G: Philosophical Thought (3 credits)
• Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts
  • Choose one from the following:
    • ARTH 1115G: Orientation in Art (3 credits)
    • ARTS 1145G: Visual Concepts (3 credits)
    • ARTH 2110G: History of Art I (3 credits)
    • MUSC 1110G: Music Appreciation: Jazz (3 credits)
    • MUSC 1130G: Music Appreciation: Western Music (3 credits)
    • THEA 1110G: Introduction to Theatre (3 credits)
• General Education Elective (3-4 credits)

Core Requirements

The core requirements for this program include:

• OATS 102: Keyboarding: Document Formatting (3 credits)
• OATS 105: Business English (3 credits)
• OATS 106: Business Mathematics (3 credits)
• OATS 110: Records Management (3 credits)
• OATS 120: Accounting Procedures I (3 credits)
• OATS 203: Office Equipment and Procedures I (3 credits)
• OATS 209: Business and Technical Communications (3 credits)
• OATS 221: Internship I (3 credits)
• OATS 239: Personal Development (3 credits)

Major Requirements

The major requirements for this program include:

• OATS 191: Taking Minutes & Proofreading (3 credits)
• OATS 202: Keyboarding Document Production (3 credits)
• OATS 207: Machine Transcription (3 credits)
• OATS 211: Information Processing I (3 credits)
• OATS 215: Spreadsheet Applications (3 credits)
• OATS 217: Powerpoint Presentation (3 credits)
• OATS 270: Office Administration Technology Capstone (3 credits)

Plan of Study

A suggested plan of study for this program is as follows:

Semester 1

• Area VI: Creative and Fine Arts (3 credits)
• OATS 102: Keyboarding: Document Formatting (3 credits)
• OATS 105: Business English (3 credits)
• OATS 106: Business Mathematics (3 credits)
• OATS 211: Information Processing I (3 credits)

Semester 2

• Area I: Communications - English Composition Level 1 (4 credits)
• OATS 110: Records Management (3 credits)
• OATS 120: Accounting Procedures I (3 credits)
• OATS 191: Taking Minutes & Proofreading (3 credits)
• OATS 202: Keyboarding Document Production (3 credits)

Semester 3

• OATS 239: Personal Development (3 credits)

Semester 4

• Area IV: Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credits)
• General Education Elective (3 credits)
• OATS 203: Office Equipment and Procedures I (3 credits)
• OATS 209: Business and Technical Communications (3 credits)
• OATS 217: Powerpoint Presentation (3 credits)

Semester 5

• Area V: Humanities (3 credits)
• OATS 207: Machine Transcription (3 credits)
• OATS 215: Spreadsheet Applications (3 credits)
• OATS 221: Internship I (3 credits)
• OATS 270: Office Administration Technology Capstone (3 credits)

Total Credits

The total credits required for this program are 64-65.