Office Systems and Applications, A.A.S.
A.A.S. Degree—64 credit hours
Curriculum Code 1257
This program prepares students for careers in administrative support and first-line supervision. Depending upon a student’s area of concentration, graduates will qualify for positions as administrative assistant, legal office assistant, medical secretary, graphics and desktop publisher, web design assistant, office manager, or help desk specialist.
Students completing this program are expected to possess excellent keyboarding, proofreading, and document formatting skills; advanced computer application skills; strong communication skills; broad administrative support skills; excellent interpersonal skills; flexibility; and professionalism. Students completing this program may be expected to supervise lower-level clerical staff.
Students with work experience and advanced skills should contact the program coordinator for assessment and course substitution information. Students without prerequisite skills are expected to take the necessary additional courses. An important feature of this program is the internship/seminar component that provides on-the-job training and offers the student new to the field an opportunity to work in and evaluate a professional setting. The employer also can evaluate the student for possible full-time employment upon graduation. Students wishing to enroll in the internship/seminar should contact the internship coordinator prior to enrollment.
Program prerequisite: keyboarding skill of 40 net words per minute by touch. Students who need to reach this skill level must enroll in OSA-100 Keyboarding & Basic Formatting (3 credit hours).
Required General Education Courses
16 credit hours as follows:
(Take MTH-120 or higher.)
(Note: MTH-120 recommended for transfer students.)
A minimum level of competency in mathematics is required for graduation for all A.A.S. degrees. This minimum competency may be demonstrated in one of three ways:
- Placement into MTH-120 or higher; or
- Successful completion with an earned grade of “C” or better in BUS-120, MTH-102, MTH-109, MTH-121, or MTH-133 or higher-level mathematics course for designated career programs; or
- An equivalent transfer course from another college with an earned grade of “C” or better.
Select 4 credit hours from Physical and Life Sciences:
BIO, CHM, EAS, GEL, NAT, PHS, PHY
Select 3 credit hours from Social/Behavioral Sciences or Humanities and Fine Arts:
ANT, ARB, ART, ECO, FRE, GEO, HIS, HUM, LIT, MUS, PHI, PSC, PSY, SOC, SSC, SPA, THE
Required Career Courses
30 credit hours as follows:
Concentrations
Students may select Administrative Assistant, Graphics and Desktop Publisher, Help Desk Specialist, Legal Office Assistant, Medical Secretary, Office Manager, or Web Design Assistant concentration.
Administrative Assistant Concentration—18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—15 credit hours as follows:
(Note: OSA-104 may need to be repeated. Minimum skill level recommended for employment is 50 wpm.)
Electives—Select 3 credit hours from the following:
| BUS-100 | Introduction to Business | 3 |
| LSC-110 | Fundamentals of Meeting Planning | 3 |
| MIS-141 | Website Development: HTML & CSS | 3 |
| OSA-116 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| OSA-225 | Microsoft Publisher | 3 |
| OSA-232 | Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite | 3 |
Graphics and Desktop Publisher—18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—18 credit hours as follows:
Help Desk Specialist—18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—15 credit hours as follows:
Electives—Select 3 credit hours from the following:
Legal Office Assistant —18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—16 credit hours as follows:
(Note: OSA-104 may need to be repeated. Minimum skill level recommended for employment is 50 wpm.)
Electives—Select 2 credit hours from the following:
Medical Secretary—18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—18 credit hours as follows:
(Note: OSA-100 must be taken as a 3 credit-hour course.)
(Note: OSA-104 may need to be repeated. Minimum skill level recommended for employment is 50 wpm.)
Office Manager —18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—15 credit hours as follows:
Electives—Select 3 credit hours from the following:
Web Design Assistant —18 credit hours
Required Special Career Courses—15 credit hours as follows:
Electives—Select 3 credit hours from the following:
| MIS-105 | Programming Principles | 3 |
| MIS-241 | Adv. Website Dev: Javascript & jQuery | 3 |
| OSA-232 | Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite | 3 |
| OSA-246 | Microsoft Office Integration | 3 |
Suggested Schedule
Semester 1 (15 credit hours)
| COM-101 | Composition I | 3 |
| IMS-115 | Microsoft Office I | 3 |
| OSA-103 | Office Language Skills | 3 |
| - | | |
| BUS-120 | Business Mathematics | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| MTH-120 | General Education Mathematics | 3 |
| - | | |
| ___-___ | Humanities and Fine Arts Elective | 3 |
| OR- | | |
| ___-___ | Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective | 3 |
Semester 2 (18 credit hours)
| COM-103 | Speech Fundamentals | 3 |
| MIS-146 | Operating Systems | 3 |
| OSA-122 | Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| OSA-145 | Microsoft Word | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |
Semester 3 (16 credit hours)
| MIS-111 | Internet Technologies | 3 |
| OSA-249 | QuickBooks for Office Professionals | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |
| ___-___ | Physical and Life Sciences Elective | 4 |
Semester 4 (15 credit hours)
| OSA-230 | Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations | 3 |
| OSA-257 | Microsoft Access | 3 |
| OSA-258 | Internship | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |
| ___-___ | Elective: Career course from Chosen Concentration | 3 |