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OFFICE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIZATION

63 Credit Hours)
This specialization prepares students for mid-management positions such as administrative office manager, office manager, equipment sales representative, administrative support manager, staff assistant, executive secretary, human resource technician, office manager or executive assistant.

Office Management Specialization - AS Degree

Program Requirements  
General Requirements 17 credits
Recommended Courses and Electives 46 credits
Total 63 credits

Recommended Sequence of Courses
YEAR I

Fall Term Course Credits
ENC 1101 English Composition I 3
GEB 1011 Introduction to Business 3
MNA 1021 Principles of Management 3
OST 1100 Beginning PC Typing 3
  Total 13
     
Spring Term Course Credits
CIS 1931 Microcomputer Concepts 3
ECO 2023 Macroeconomics 3
  or  
ECO 2013 Principles of Economics 3
OST 2357 Electronic Records Management 3
SPC 1608 Public Speaking
3
  Total 12
     
Summer Term Course Credits
SYG 2000 Introduction to Sociology 3
  Specified Electives ** 4
  Total 7

YEAR II

Fall Term Course Credits
OST 2501 Office Administration 3
PSY 2012 General Psychology 3
OST 1335 Business Communications 3
MGF 1119 Introductory Mathematics/Applications 3
OST 1741 Word Processing I *# 1
  Total 13
     
Spring Term Course Credits
ACG 2021 Financial Accounting 3
  or  
APA 1111 Basic Accounting 3
SLS 1261 Personal Skills for Business 3
CGS 2301 Management Information Systems 3
BUL 1241
Business Law
 3
  Total 12
     
Summer Term Course Credits
ANY General Humanities 3
  Specified Electives ** 3
  Total 6
**Electives—Select 7 credits from the following:
CTS 1305
Introduction to Networking
 3
OST 1000 Intermediate PC Typing 3
OST 1142 Keyboarding I# 1
OST 1143 Keyboarding II #* 1
OST 1330 Skills for Transcription 3
OST 1355 Records Information 3
OST 1813 Desktop Publishing * 3
OST 1825
Desktop Design
 3
OST 1831 Introduction to Windows I 1
OST 1941 OST Internship 3
OST 2402 Office Procedures 3
OST 2722
Advanced Word Processing
 3
OST 2742 Word Processing II *# 1
OST 2743 Word Processing III *# 1
OST 2826 Desktop Graphics 3
CGS 1520 Business Graphics 1
CGS 1540 Database Management I 1
CGS 1555 Introduction to the Internet 3
CGS 1510 Spreadsheet Applications I 1
CGS 1550 Introduction to LANs 3
CGS 2511 Spreadsheet Applications II * 1
CAP 2816 Database Management II * 1
LIS 1004 Introduction to Internet Research 1
MNA 1320 Human Resources Recruitment, Interviewing , and Selection 3
MNA 1325 Human Resources Statistical Analysis, Compensation, and Benefits 3

*Prerequisites and/or corequisite is required. See course description
#Prerequisites satisfied by sequential registration in shortened terms.
NOTE: Students may enroll an unlimited number of times in word processing specialization courses (OST 1741, 2742, 2743) to learn various word processing software or to learn to operate different brands of word processing machines available at different campuses. However, one credit hour per course is the maximum applicable to Program Requirements (see course description).