Office Administration-Administrative Assistant Certificate

Admission Requirements

1. Successful completion of the Office Administration-Office Assistant 1 Certificate . Applicants with significant previous office experience may be admitted with department member approval.
2. Keyboarding speed requirement is 40 wpm. The timing speed is based on the average of three 3-minute timings with 3 errors or less.

Course Requirements

First 10 Months:

Complete Office Administration-Office Assistant 1 Certificate

Next 10 Months: 

• OAD - 102 Keyboarding II
• OAD - 145 Electronic Spreadsheets
• OAD - 146 Advanced Electronic Spreadsheets
• OAD - 126 Presentation Software
• OAD - 135 Electronic Databases
• OAD - 150 Personal Information Manager (PIM) Sofware
• OAD - 151 Desktop Publishing
• OAD - 152 Integrated Project - Administrative
• OAD - 161 Accounting I
• OAD - 120 Job Search

Completion Requirements

• To be eligible to receive a certificate, the student must achieve a minimum of a B- in each course listed for the certificate; except OAD 102  requires exit speed of 50 wpm.