Program Description:

As technology continues to change the modern workplace, the role of today's Office Management and Accounting professionals continues to evolve. As an office professional, you'll need to excel in written and oral communication, interpersonal relations, organizational and management ability, accounting and computer knowledge, and general business administration fundamentals. You'll be the employee that an office of today needs: adaptable, versatile, and ready to take on the challenges of new and ever-changing technologies.

The Business and Office Management with Accounting Program is designed to provide you multiple entry-level employment options into the fields of business, accounting, or bookkeeping. You will obtain a wide background in business administration procedures, accounting concepts, and bookkeeping procedures. At the end of the program students will be prepared to sit for a national certification test either with National Bookkeepers Association or National Center for Competency Testing.

Graduates from this program work in organizations large or small, public or private. They find employment in retail, manufacturing or service industries. Examples of settings where they might expect to find jobs are: schools, hospitals, banks, corporations, government agencies and accounting firms.

Sample job titles include: Office Assistant, Administrative Assistant, Bookkeeper, Accounting Technician/Clerk, General Secretary, Accounting Associate, Office Clerk and Office Coordinator.

Upon graduation students will receive a certificate of completion.

Program Courses:

Some of the courses included in this program are:

• Principles of Accounting
• Business Mathematics
• Customer Service
• Fundamentals of Small Business Management
• Bookkeeping Certification Capstone
• General Office Procedures
• Making Accounting Adjustments
• Preparing Financial Reports
• Maintaining the General Ledger
• Processing Purchases and Payments
• Processing Payrolls
• Introduction to QuickBooks
• Processing Sales and Receipts
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel

Program Length:

The Office Administration with Accounting 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.