Business Technology
Office Assistant
Certificate, 31 credits, 2 quarters
We offer you two special ways to earn college credit toward your certificate or degree in many of the Business Technology
Department programs. One way is the successful completion of a high school business course(s), and the second is to pass the
Microsoft Office Specialist certification exams.
You may also earn many college credits toward a certificate or degree through the successful completion of online classes.
Students may complete as many as 71 credits of the 109 credits required in the Administrative Assistant and Office Applications
Specialist programs through our extensive offering of online classes. Many of the tests for the courses are proctored; local
colleges and libraries are often willing to proctor exams.
Program Description
Our Office Assistant certificate program prepares you in two quarters for entry-level positions in the business world.
Students who successfully complete this program are prepared to:
- format letters, memos, tables, and reports using Microsoft Word 2002;
- compose routine letters, memos, and email messages;
- use email to communicate with others;
- use electronic calendars; and
- use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation in their documents.