Associate in Science Degree or Certificate of Achievement in Business: Office Administration

Certificate of Achievement requires completion of the core courses plus a minimum of nine units of electives plus college proficiencies.

Associate Degree requires completion of the core courses plus a minimum of nine units of electives plus additional general education courses.

See the LMC catalog or a college counselor for more information.

Core courses (required for certificate or AS degree)  

Core Courses
BUS 18* - MS Excel for Windows
BUS 47 - Office Procedures
BUS 58** - Business English (see note)
BUS 59** - Business Communication

OR
MANGT 55AC - Communicating with Confidence
BUS 65* - Introduction to Word Processing
BUS 91 - Diverse Workforce
BUS 92 - Business Ethics
BUS 93 - Dealing with Difficult People
BUS 95 - Customer Service

Note: Students who place at the ENGL 10S level on assessment
or have completed ENGL 10S are not required to complete BUS 58.

Plus 9 units in area of specialization
(students may elect to complete 9 units without
specialization and receive a general Office Administration Certificate)

Specialization:
Bookkeeping/Account Clerk
BUS 10 - Accounting: Applied Principles
OR
BUS 14 - Accounting: Financial Principles
BUS 12 - Computer Assisted Accounting
BUS 80 - Ten-Key / Data Entry Skills
BUS 81 - Accounts Receivable / Account Payable
BUS 82 - Payroll 1 Administrative Assistant
BUS 35* - Using Microsoft Office
BUS 56 - Records & Database Management
BUS 66* - Intermediate Word Processing
OR
BUS 67* - Advanced Word Processing
BUS 68* - Intro. to Desktop Publishing on the PC Office Management
MANGT 50A-C - Introducing Supervision
MANGT 60A-C - Making Effective Decisions
MANGT 65A-C - Mastering Management's Essential Tools
MANGT 70A-E - Relating in Human Terms
MANGT 75A-C - Managing Human Resources Medical/Clerical
BUS 86 - Medical Terminology
BUS 87 - Medical Transcription
BUS 88 - Patient Billing/Accounting

*Also meets computer literacy competency requirement for Associate in Science Degree & Certificate of Achievement

**Also meets reading/writing competency requirement for Certificate of Achievement