Program Description:

Business & Office Management is a 58.5 Quarter Credit Hours program designed to develop competence in the skills necessary for employment in today’s automated office environment. Office automation and organizational restructuring have led secretaries and administrative assistants to assume responsibilities once reserved for managerial and professional staff.  Duties include, but are not limited to, provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff. The curriculum additionally provides students an opportunity to learn job-seeking and interpersonal skills as part of the program.

Upon graduation students will receive a certificate of completion.

Graduates from this program usually work in offices of small to big size organizations (public or private) in retail, manufacturing or service industries.  Examples of work settings where they might expect to find jobs are: schools, hospitals, banks, corporate settings, government agencies, accounting firms.

Sample job titles include: Administrative Assistant, Executive Assistant, Executive Secretary, Administrative Secretary, Office Manager, Administrative Coordinator, Administrative Associate, Executive Administrative Assistant, Administrative Aide, Administrative Services Assistant, and such.

Program Courses:

Some of the courses included in this program are:
 

·         Principles of Accounting

·         Business Communication – Oral Skills

·         Business Communication – Writing Skills

·         Business Mathematics

·         Introduction to Computers

·         Customer Service

·         Fundamentals of Small Business Management

·         Principles of Marketing

·         Entrepreneurial Business Plan

·         General Office Procedures

·         Introduction to Internet

·         Interpersonal Skills in Management

·         Job Preparation

·         Introduction to QuickBooks

·         Microsoft Word

·         Microsoft Excel

·         Microsoft PowerPoint

·         Personal Development

·         Supervisory Skills

·         Typewriting/Keyboarding 1

·         Typewriting/Keyboarding 2

·         Work Ethics Workshop

Program Length:

The Business and Office Management program takes approximately nine months to complete.

Admission Requirements:

Individuals applying for this course are required to:

• interview with an admissions counselor;
• be at least 17 years of age (applicants under the age of 18 require written permission from a parent or legal guardian in order to enroll, and a parent or legal guardian must sign the enrollment agreement); and
• present proof of secondary education (high school diploma or GED certificate) or
• in the event the applicant is unable to provide proof of secondary education, achieve a passing score on the Wonderlic Basic Skills Test (Verbal 200 and Quantitative 210) for English-speaking applicants (or students seeking enrollment in an all-English vocational program), or a passing score on the Wonderlic Spanish Scholastic Level Exam (13 correct answers, equivalent to High School functioning level) for Spanish speaking applicants seeking enrollment in a vocational program that includes ESL.

Multiple opportunities are allowed for retaking the same entrance test. Students must wait a minimum of five calendar days prior to retaking the test. Students will be allowed to take a second entrance test on the same day if agreeing to take a substantially different test.

Be sure to consult with an Admission Representative to get all the information on admission to this program.