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Office Assistant
Advanced Certificate
Suggested course sequence
Fall semester
Credit hours
* BSNS 1023 3
BSNS 1312 2
BSNS 2143 3
BSNS 2311 1
* COSC 1513 3
* ENGL 1413 or ENGL 1613 3
* MATH 1213 or *MATH 1414 3-4
Spring semester
* BSNS 1181 1
* BSNS 1353 3
* BSNS 1433 3
* BSNS 2033 3
ACCT 1413 or ACCT 1514 3-4
* COSC 1172 2
* COSC 1341 1
* COSC 1352 2
Summer session
BSNS 1603 3
* COSC 1372 2
Office Assistant
Advanced Certificate – BSNS.CRT.C63
This program is designed to give students the opportunity to develop competencies needed for success in a
beginning or re-entry office position. Graduates will be prepared for employment in a variety of office positions
which require office technology skills.
Office Assistant Certificate Major (15 courses) Credit hours: 35-36
Complete all three sub-requirements:
1. Business courses - 22-23 credit hours
ACCT 1413 - General Accounting or ACCT 1514 - Financial Accounting
* BSNS 1023 - Word: Intermediate Document Production 1
BSNS 2311 - Successful Customer Service
BSNS 1312 - Proofreading & Editing
* BSNS 1353 - Administrative Office Procedures
* BSNS 1433 - Machine Transcription
* BSNS 2033 - Word: Advanced Document Production
BSNS 1603 - Business Communications
* BSNS 1181 - Voice Recognition
2. Psychology/Business course - 3 credit hours
CHOOSE ONE course from the following two options:
BSNS 2143 - Human Relations in Business
* PSYC 1813 - Introduction to Psychology
3. Computer Science courses - 10 credit hours
* COSC 1513 - Introduction to Information Processing
* COSC 1172 - Introduction to the Internet
* COSC 1341 - PowerPoint
* COSC 1352 - Word
* COSC 1372 - Excel
General Education (2 courses) Credit hours: 6-7
* ENGL 1413 - Fundamentals of Writing 3 or *ENGL 1613 - English I
* MATH 1213 - Applied Arithmetic or *MATH 1414 - Basic Algebra or higher level mathematics course
Minimum credit hours required for completion - 41
*Course has prerequisite.
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Students who have completed at least one year of high school typing/keyboarding with a grade of C or better or who have
completed BSNS 1411 with a grade of C or better will automatically be placed in BSNS 1023 - Word: Intermediate Document
Production. Students with less typing/keyboarding background will need to take BSNS 1003 before enrolling in BSNS 1023
unless they demonstrate on a proficiency test that they have adequate skills to enter BSNS 1023.
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