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2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2024-2025 Catalog & Student Handbook

Business Office Concentration: Administrative Professional Technology, A.A.S.


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The Business Office Concentration is a course of study designed to teach the skill set required of the administrative professional in today’s business office environment. Courses are designed to ensure expertise in current office procedures, software applications, editing and proofreading, critical thinking, office management and interpersonal skills. Career opportunities include receptionist, office manager, administrative assistant or executive assistant.

Summary of Required Hours

Fall Credit Hours
ADMN 1302 - Keyboarding/Formatting I  or BUSN 1302 - Keyboarding with Word Processing   3
ADMN 1305 - Business English   3
ADMN 1309 - Records Management   3
ENGL 1010 - English Composition I   3
GEN 1010 - First Year Seminar   3
   
Spring  
ADMN 1308 - Office Procedures   3
ADMN 1311 - Word Processing I   3
ADMN 1312 - Keyboarding/Formatting II   3
ADMN 1322 - Presentation Applications   3
INFS 1010 - Computer Applications   3
1Mathematics   3
   
Fall  
ADMN 1313 - Spreadsheet Applications   3
COMM 2025 - Fundamentals of Communication   3
ECON 2100 - Principles of Macroeconomics  or ECON 2200 - Principles of Microeconomics   3
2Guided Elective 3
1Humanities   3
   
Spring  
ADMN 1310 - Business Communications  or BUSN 1310 - Business Communications   3
ADMN 2330 - Database Applications  or CITC 1303 - Database Concepts   3
ADMN 2375 - Career Development and Planning   3
3ADMN 2395 - APT Internship   3
2Guided Elective  
Total 63

1In consultation with academic advisor, students may select appropriate Humanities and Mathematics electives .

2In consultation with academic advisor, students may select appropriate guided elective (ACCT, ADMN, BUSN, CITC, CPED, CULN, ENTR, INFS, LOGI).

3APT Internships must be pre-arranged with the Cooperative Education Office before students can enroll in the course.  The academic advisor will help determine when the student is prepared for his/her internship.

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