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Administrative Office Specialist Certificate


The Administrative Office Specialist Certificate program is designed to prepare students for a professional office setting and enhance office/clerical skills and knowledge. Students may apply credit hours earned in this program toward the Associate of Applied Science degree in Office Information Systems. This is a Tech Prep articulated program. For more information regarding Tech Prep, click here.

Minimum credit hours required: 30                

Certificate Requirements: 30 credit hours
BUS 100 ¹ Mathematics of Business (3)
BUS 111 Business English (3)
CIS 113 Introduction to PowerPoint (1)
CIS 115 Introduction to Internet (1)
CIS 120 Introduction to Computer Information Systems (3)
CIS 122 Introduction to MS Word (2)
CIS 123 Introduction to Excel Spreadsheets (2)
CIS 222 ¹ Advanced MS Word (2)
OIS 110 Keyboarding Review & Speed (3)
OIS 130 ¹ Machine Transcription (3)
OIS 200 ¹ Professional Office Skills (3)
OIS 210 ¹ Keyboarding & Applications (3)
LDR 115 Workplace Ethics (1)

Optional: 3–6 Credit Hours
OIS 289 ² Internship I (3-6)

¹ Placement test and/or prerequisite required.
² It is strongly recommended that students enroll in this optional course in addition to the required credit hours for completion of the Clerical Certificate. Please see catalog for course description.

This catalog was prepared on the basis of the best information available at the time of publication. All information is subject to change without notice, obligation, or liability.