Office Systems Technology

Skilled office personnel are vital to the smooth, efficient running of a business. Without them, corporations, government and thousands of public and private organizations would come to a standstill. Busy executives rely on office professionals to manage their offices.

Administrative office careers offer a variety of exciting opportunities. A graduate can become an administrative professional in the fields of medicine, education, the legal and/or hospitality industry, as well as specializing in bilingual, multimedia and/or record and information management. This degree may be earned full- or part-time. Specialist series certificates can be acquired while completing this degree program.

Students must take the Placement Test and must complete all math courses required, up to and including MATH071-Foundational Math and/or MATH074-Introduction to Algebra II or MATH099-Accelerated Elementary Algebra.

For additional program information, please contact area coordinator, Svetlana Marzelli.

For information on our OST professional series certificate programs, see:

• Microsoft Office Specialist
• Office Professional Specialist
• Records and Information Management

Upon Completion of this program students will be able to:

• Apply organizational and critical thinking skills;
• Demonstrate verbal, written and listening communication skills;
• Demonstrate effective use of accounting, business and computer applications;
• Demonstrate ethical and professional behavior;
• Identify and adopt marketable administrative skills and knowledge;
• Pursue lifelong learning and promote responsible citizenship;
• Evaluate service learning experience.

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