Associate of Applied Science in Adminstrative Assistant
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BusinessThe Associate of Applied Science degree in ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT is designed to develop skills and abilities necessary to meet employment standards in a variety of office settings. The Administrative Assistant program offers training in organizational and interpersonal skills as well as office automation and written communication. The individual completing this degree will be employable as an administrative assistant, secretary, legal/medical secretary, clerk receptionist, clerk typist, or word processing operator.

GENERAL EDUCATION - 13 CREDIT HOURS

ENGL 101 Composition I: Exposition

Communication - 3 Credit Hours
Choose one (1) from the following:
CJ 101, 130, 232.
Science - 3-4 Credit Hours

Choose one (1) from the following:
BIOL 110/112L, 123/124L, 136, 237;
ENVS 101/102L.

Social and Behavioral Sciences - 3 Credit Hours

Choose one (1) from the following:
PSY 105;
SOC 101.

Administrative Assistant - 52 Credit Hours
AAST 111 Beginning Keyboarding 3
AAST 112 Keyboarding Applications 3
AAST 124 Introduction to Word Processing 3
AAST 134 Intermediate Word Processing 3
AAST 205 Business Math/Electronic Calculators 3
AAST 220 Business Math 3
AAST 224 Advanced Word Processing 3
AAST 230 Business Communications 3
AAST 240 Machine Transcription 3
AAST 250 Records Management 3
AAST 260 Business Applications on the Computer 3
AAST 262 Legal/Medical Transcription 3
AAST 264 Legal Office Procedures 3
AAST 265 Medical Office Procedures 3
AAST 271 Office Accounting Procedures 3
AAST 272 Computerized Accounting 3
AAST 280 Internship 4
Computer Science - 3 Credit Hours
CS 150L Computing For Business Students

 

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED: 64 - 65