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DESCRIPTION:
The Office Support Specialist Certificate is a short-term program for people who want to enter an administrative support position but who do not want an associate degree. This program provides students training in the latest technological advances to keep skills current as well as provide those traditional job skills for re-entry into the office job market.

BEGINNING SEMESTERS: FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

CAMPUS: AIRPORT, BELTLINE

PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Basic keyboarding is still a skill necessary for successful completion in the AOT/OST program, AOT 105-Keyboarding is a prerequisite course for most AOT/OST courses. Students must take the keyboarding proficiency test.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of 33 credit hours is required to receive a certificate.
• Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Information Systems Technology departments for the grade to count toward graduation. This includes courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and AOT or OST.
• Students must meet all exit program competencies for graduation from this program.

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. A two-semester program.
2. Program begins every semester on both campuses.
3. Courses may be taken during any semester provided all prerequisites have been met.
4. Although Mat 155 is not required for the certificate program, students must complete MAT 100 if the assessment test indicates it is needed.
5. For more information please visit the Administrative Office Technology/Office Systems Technology Program web page. 

 

DEGREE CURRICULUM
Course	Prerequisites
BUS 130	BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS	ENG 101
CPT 170	MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS	RDG 100, MAT 100
CPT 172	MICROCOMPUTER DATABASE	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 174	MICROCOMPUTER SPREADSHEETS	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 179	MICROCOMPUTER WORD PROCESSING	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 279	ADVANCED MICROCOMPUTER WORD PROCESSING	CPT 179
AOT 110	DOCUMENT FORMATTING	AOT 105 or equivalent
AOT 134	OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS	AOT 105 or equivalent, ENG 100
AOT 143	OFFICE SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES	RDG 100 & AOT 105 or equivalent
AOT 161	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT	RDG 100
AOT 234	ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS	BUS 130

Information Systems Technology Syllabi:

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY (CPT prefix courses)

COURT REPORTING TECHNOLOGY (CRP prefix courses)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (AOT/OST prefix courses)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (IST prefix courses)

10/03/07