Administrative Assistant Certificate of Achievement

The Administrative Assistant program prepares individuals for employment in key staff positions or enhances existing skills of office assistants, office managers, and other professionals.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who complete this program will be able to:

Demonstrate key skills for employment in the areas ofAdministrative Assistant and Executive AdministrativeAssistant.
Apply job skills in technical professional businessenvironments.
Demonstrate comprehensive, broad range computercompetencies targeting a diverse and multiculturalworkforce.

Required Courses:

BUS 103 BUSINESS ENGLISH 3 Units
CIM 1 COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 4 Units
or
CIM 10 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3 Units
or
CIM 112 MICROSOFT OFFICE 3 Units
CIMA 283B OFFICE SKILLS–KEYBOARDING 0.5 Unit
CIMA 102 WORD PROCESSING - WORD 3 Units +
CIMA 104 SPREADSHEETS - EXCEL 3 Units +
CIMA 108 BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS - POWERPOINT 3 Units
CIMN 100 COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS- WINDOWS 3 Units +
Restricted Electives 3 Units

Total Units for the Certificate: 21.5-22.5

Restricted Electives:

BUS 102 ORAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 3 Units
BUS 104 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 3 Units *
BUS 125 HUMAN RELATIONS IN BUSINESS 3 Units
CIM 120 COMPUTER LITERACY 1.5 Units
CIMA 106 DATABASE - ACCESS 3 Units
CIMA 212 MANAGING PROJECTS WITH MICROSOFT PROJECT 3 Units
CIMA 223A COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS–BEGINNING 1.5 Units *
CIMA 223B COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING - QUICKBOOKS–ADVANCED 1.5 Units *
CIMW 100 WEB SITE DEVELOPMENT - HTML 3 Units *+
CIMW 140 CSS (CASCADING STYLE SHEETS) & RWD (RESPONSIVE WEB DESIGN) 3 Units
CIMW 207 SOCIAL MEDIA & WEB FUNDAMENTALS 1.5 Units
*Course has a prerequisite, corequisite, limitation, or recommended preparation; see course description.

+Completion of the A and B versions of this course can also be used to fulfill this requirement.