Business Office Administration

The Office Administration program adds to the foundation skills of the Business Information Worker Fast track Program to prepare students for a higher level of responsibility, to include functions in bookkeeping entries, more advanced word processing and spreadsheet skills, and a choice of other business skills often used within the scope of an office administration position.  The productivity tools learned through this program are immediately applicable to office administration positions and will enhance effectiveness far into the future of any business career. Earning the Associate-level degree adds the additional dimension of a general education.

Initial completer rates are expected between 5-10 students as current students in this area of study realize they are close to program completion.  With active promotion of the office administration program, we expect to increase that to 20 students during the second of completion year. After that, organic growth should keep these numbers between 20-13 completers ongoing.

Upon successful completion of the program, students will demonstrate an ability to:

• Produce documents and process information utilizing Microsoft Office.

• Apply basic information system concepts in a business environment.

• Demonstrate professional communication and appropriate office etiquette.

• Utilize business accounting software.

• Perform additional activities typically assigned to officer personnel.

Program Requirements
	Course	Title	Units	Sequence
Certificate of Training Requirements / Required Core (12-13.5 Units)	BUSC 109	Keyboarding for Computers	0-1.0	Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester 1
	BUSI 70	Business Communications	3.0	Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester 1 or 2
	CSIS 1		3.0	Fall, Spring or Summer Semester 1
	BUSC 140, and    BUSC 150, and    BUSC 160, and    BUSC 170   OR   CSIS 50 and CSIS 50L	Microsoft Word 2013: Word for Windows I (1.0), and    Microsoft Excel 2013: Intro to Spreadsheets (1.0), and    Microsoft PowerPoint: Intro to Presentations (1.0), and    Microsoft Windows 8 (0.5)   OR   MS Office Applications (2.0), and    MS Office Applications Lab (1.0)	3.0- 3.5	Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester 1
	BUSI 22, OR    BUSI 64	Human Behavior/Leadership, OR     Customer Service	3.0	Fall or Spring Semester 1 or 2
Computerized Accounting Skills
Computerized Accounting Skills (1.5-3.5 units).	BUSC 117A	Business Machine Calculations I	0.5	Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester 1
	BUSC 155, OR    BUSI 120B	QuickBooks 2013 (1.0), OR     Computerized Accounting-QuickBooks (3.0)	1.0- 3.0	Fall, Spring, or Summer Semester 2
Choose 3 units from the following:
Select 3 units from the list.	BUSC 141	Microsoft Word 2013: Word for Windows II	1.0	Fall, Spring or Summer Semester 2
	BUSC 142	Microsoft Word 2013: Word for Windows III	1.0	Fall, Spring or Summer
	BUSC 143	Microsoft Word 2013: Advanced Word for Windows	1.0	Fall, Spring or Summer
	BUSC 151	Microsoft Excel 2013: Introduction to Spreadsheets II	1.0	Fall, Spring or Summer
	BUSC 180	Business Desktop Publishing	1.0	Fall, Spring or Summer
Choose 2 of these business responsibility area classes.
Select 2 classes (6 units) from the list.	BUSI 20	Introduction to Business	3.0	Fall, Spring or Summer Semester 1
	BUSI 22	Leadership for Business	3.0	Fall and  Spring Semester 2
	BUSI 54	Introduction to E-Marketing	3.0	Fall

 

Units Required to Complete Degree (if applicable)
Total Major Units: (indicate the number of units that are required for major to complete the degree)	22.5-26.0
Total Elective Units: (indicate the number of units that are completed as electives)	13-16.5
Total General Education Units: (based on the GE pattern, indicate the number of General Education units necessary to satisfy degree requirements)	21.0
Total Degree Units:  (indicate the number of units that are required for the total degree, including GE. Hint, should typically = 60 for AA/AS).	60.0

Please see table in Program Requirements Narrative section above.   

This "new" program proposal is a revision of a similar program in the MPC Business Division. LMI indicates a significant under-supply of workers with the knowledge and skills provided by this program--not only in the SC-Monterey Sub-Region, but in the Bay Region as a whole.

This type of program has been offered at MPC for a number of years. This proposal is not expected to cause any additional impact on other, similar programs near the MPC service area.