Office Systems Technology
Associate in Applied Science
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 MATH074-Introduction to Algebra II.
For information, contact the department chair, James Taggart at (609)343-4950 or email jtaggart@atlantic.edu.
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For information on our OST professional series certificate programs, see:
- Bilingual Office Specialist
- Educational Office Specialist
- Legal Office Specialist
- Medical Office Specialist
- Microsoft Office Specialist
- Multimedia Specialist
- Office Automation Specialist
- Office Professional Specialist
- Office Receptionist Specialist
- Records and Information Management.
For further information, contact the department chairperson, Otto Hernandez at (609) 343-4978 or e-mail hernande@atlantic.edu.
| Courses | Credits |
|---|---|
| GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES | |
| ENGL101-Composition I | 3 |
| ENGL102-Composition II | 3 |
| General Education Science or General Education Mathematics course | 4 |
| General Education Science course | 4 |
| CISM125-Introduction to Computers | 3 |
| General Education Humanities or Social Science course | 3 |
| TOTAL GENERAL EDUCATION CREDITS | 20 |
| PROGRAM COURSES | |
| ACCT130-Financial Accounting | 4 |
| BUSN120-Principles of Management | 3 |
| GIST101-Introduction to Geographic Information Systems | 4 |
| CISM162-Microcomputer Applications Using Spreadsheets | 3 |
| OSTM110-Keyboarding and Document Production I | 3 |
| OSTM126-Office Automation | 3 |
OSTM141-Word Processing I |
3 |
| OSTM142-Word Processing II | 3 |
| OSTM210-Keyboarding and Document Production II | 3 |
| OSTM230-Administrative Office Procedures | 3 |
| OSTM260-Business Communications | 3 |
| OSTM261-Records and Information Management | 3 |
| OSTM262-Business Presentations Using Multimedia | 3 |
| OSTM263-Publishing for Business | 3 |
Choose OSTM125-Notetaking or OSTM280-Cooperative Education |
2 |
| TOTAL PROGRAM CREDITS | 46 |
| TOTAL REQUIRED FOR DEGREE: | 66 |
| (OSTM) EFFECTIVE FALL 2010 |
NOTE: Basic skills requirements must be met before entry into the program. Some courses require prerequisites; check the course descriptions.