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.

Required Courses:

BUS 103 BUSINESS ENGLISH 3 Units
CIM 1 - INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3 Units
or
CIM 10 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION SYSTEMS 3 Units
or
CIM 112 MICROSOFT OFFICE 3 Units
CIM 121C KEYBOARDING FOR COMPUTERS - ADVANCED 1.5 Units *
CIM 174 - COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS: WINDOWS 3 Units+
CIM 214 - WORD PROCESSING: WORD 3 Units+
CIM 216 - SPREADSHEETS: EXCEL 3 Units+
CIM 230 - BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS: POWERPOINT 3 Units
Select from Restricted Electives 4.5 Units

Total Units for the Certificate: 24

Restricted Electives:

BUS 102 ORAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 3 Units
BUS 104 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 3 Units *
BUS 125 HUMAN RELATIONS IN BUSINESS 3 Units
CIM 218 - Database: Access 3 Units
CIM 221 - Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 3 Units
CIM 223A/B - Computerized Accounting: QuickBooks —Beginning/Advanced 1.5 Units, 1.5 Units
CIM 227 - Internet and Web Essentials 1.5 Units
CIM 271A/B - Web Development: XHTML — Beginning/Advanced 1.5 Units, 1.5 Units
CIM 272 - Web 2.0 Design: Cascading Style Sheets 1.5 Units
CIM 278A/B - Creating Web Pages: Dreamweaver — Beginning/Advanced 1.5 Units, 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.