Administrative Office Executive Professional/Office Manager, AS

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Upon successful completion of the Administrative Executive Professional/Office Manager Associate in Science degree, the student demonstrates advanced skills, knowledge, and training for first-line and middle-management supervisory positions of administrative and office support occupations similar to: Administrative Office Manager, Administrative Office Professional, Administrative Service Manager, and Executive Business Office Manager. The student demonstrates his or her ability to perform a broad range of intermediate to advanced management tasks requiring knowledge and skills of a high-level degree of independent judgement and business communication skills. The student will develop advanced critical thinking and problem-solving skills for a business environment. This degree is level 4 of 4 in the Administrative Executive Professional/Office Manager career pathway. The Administrative Executive Professional/Office Manager Associate in Science degree meets the minimum unit requirements of general education coursework for students transferring to CSU.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to format and write office management business communication, such as employee/manager formal communication, top/mid-level strategic planning communication, and/or marketing/outreach social media communication.
Assemble a Professional Portfolio demonstrating direct evidence of skills used in an Administrative Office Management environment.

Major Requirements - Core

Complete 31 units

BIM 1A Beginning Keyboarding Units: 1
BIM 1B Intermediate Keyboarding and Document Processing Units: 2
BIM 38 Office Technologies and Procedures Units: 3
BIM 39 Office Management Units: 3
BIM 79 Introduction to Microsoft Outlook Units: 2
BIM 81 Records and Database Management Units: 3
BUS 7 Professional Communications and Teamwork Units: 3
BUS 15 Excel Spreadsheets Units: 3
BUS 17 Business English Units: 3
BUS 36 Human Resources Management Units: 3
BUS 89 QuickBooks Units: 2
CSA 20 Computer Information Systems Applications Units: 3

Major Requirements - Restricted Electives

Area A

Complete 3 - 5 units selected from:

BUS 1A Principles of Accounting Units: 5
BUS 10A Bookkeeping Units: 3

Area B

Complete 3 units selected from:

COM ST 1A Public Speaking Units: 3
COM ST 3 Interpersonal Communication Units: 3
COM ST 7 Intercultural Communication Units: 3

Area C

Complete 2 units selected from:

COUN 30 Career Self-Assessment Units: 1
COUN 31 Career Exploration Units: 1
COUN 32 Career Information Interviewing Units: 1
COUN 33 Job Seeking Skills Units: 1

General Education

Complete one of the following general education patterns:

Students are advised to double-count courses in the major to also satisfy general education when possible. Course subject credit will be awarded in satisfaction of major and lower division general education requirements, but the units will only be counted once in computing the total number of units for the degree.