Administrative Office Technology (ADOT)

(CIP Code 520401)

66 Semester Hours

The Administrative Office Technology Associate Degree in Applied Science program is designed for individuals who want to become administrative professionals in an electronic office environment. Graduates will develop skills in the following areas: keyboarding, word processing, spreadsheets, database management applications, desktop publishing, web page design, presentation graphics, office accounting, effective business communication and customer service, and office management skills.

Graduates of this program are prepared for competitive and profitable careers in a variety of professional administrative and entrepreneurial positions world-wide.

Authorized certification course materials (MOS—Microsoft Office Specialist) are used in a variety of the courses. Graduates are encouraged to obtain their MOS certification.

Developmental Courses

This program of study requires that all developmental courses must be completed prior to graduation. These developmental courses may or may not be prerequisites to courses required in the program. Developmental courses are determined by placement tests taken at the time of admissions into the college. The developmental courses are MAT 103 and RWR 032. These courses do not count for credit in any program of study.

General Education Core Requirements - 15 Credit Hours

ENG 101 English Composition I

MAT 155 Contemporary Mathematics

SPC 205 Public Speaking

------ Humanities/Fine Arts Elective

------ Social/Behavioral Science Elective

courses required to complete this program

Following is a list of courses required to complete this program. Since some courses are offered once a year, courses should be taken in the following sequence in order to complete the program in a timely manner:

FALL SEMESTER - FIRST YEARCreditLabClass

AOT 104 Keyboarding and Input Technologies 303

COL 105 Freshman Seminar 303

CPT 101 Introduction to Computers 303

ENG 101 English Composition I 303

MAT 155 Contemporary Mathematics 303

15015Total

SPRING SEMESTER - FIRST YEARCreditLabClass

AOT 110 Document Formatting 303

BUS 130 Business Communications 303

CPT 174 Microcomputer Spreadsheets 303

CPT 179 Microcomputer Word Processing 303

SPC 205 Public Speaking 303

15015Total

SUMMER SEMESTER - FIRST YEARCreditLabClass

AOT 180 Customer Service 303

AOT 251 Administrative Systems and Procedures 303

CPT 172 Microcomputer Database 303

IST 222 Introduction to Webpage Production 303

12012Total

FALL SEMESTER - SECOND YEARCreditLabClass

ACC 101 Accounting Principles I 303

AOT 212 Medical Document Productions 303

IST 281 Presentation Graphics 303

------ Social/Behavioral Science Elective303

12012Total

SPRING SEMESTER - SECOND YEARCreditLabClass

AOT 255 Senior Practicum 361

AOT 256 Office Management Skills 303

------ Humanities/Fine Arts Elective303

------ Departmental Approved Elective303

12610Total

 

66664Program Total

 

This program is aligned with the following career cluster: Business, Management & Administration

Departmental Approved Electives

ACC 124 Individual Tax Procedures

ACC 150 Payroll Accounting

AHS 102 Medical Terminology

AOT 210 Document Production

AOT 212 Medical Document Productions

AOT 213 Legal Document Production

BUS 110 Entrepreneurship

BUS 121 Business Law I

CPT 242 Database

CRJ 101 Introduction to Criminal Justice

CRJ 115 Criminal Law I

HIM 110 Health Information Science I

HIM 115 Medical Records and the Law

MGT 101 Principles of Management

MGT 150 Fundamentals of Supervision

MKT 101 Marketing

SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I

SPA 105 Conversational Spanish

Program Contact

Croteau, Kevan H. Department Chair, Information Technology

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