MCCCD Program Description

Major: 3237 Catalog Year: 2023-2024 Effective Term: 2016 Fall Last Admit Term: 2020 Summer Award: AAS Total Credits: 60 CIP Code: 52.0407	Primary College: Initiating College: Gateway Community College Program Availability: Not Found Program Availability: College-Specific Program Availability: Field of Interest: Business, Entrepreneurialism and Management Instructional Council: Business/Management (03) GPA: 2.00
SOC Code: 43-9021?

Description: The Associate of Applied Science (AAS) in Administrative Technology degree is designed to give a student a well-rounded preparation for a career in an office environment in the public or private sector. The degree includes a wide range of business and computer skills and applications as well as general education.

Required Courses

ACC111 Accounting Principles I 3
+ ACC115 Computerized Accounting 2

BPC110 Computer Usage and Applications (3) OR
CIS105 Survey of Computer Information Systems (3) OR
CIS183AH Microsoft Office (3) OR
+ BPC/OAS130DK Beginning Word (1) AND
CIS118AB PowerPoint: Level I (1) AND
CIS117AM Database Management: Microsoft Access - Level I (1) 3

CIS114DE Excel Spreadsheet 3
+ BPC/OAS131DK Intermediate Word 1

ECN211 Macroeconomic Principles (3) OR
ECN212 Microeconomic Principles (3) 3

GBS110 Human Relations in Business and Industry 3
+ GBS233 Business Communication 3
MGT101 Techniques of Supervision 3
+ OAS101AB Computer Typing I: Letters, Tables, and Reports 1
+ OAS101AC Computer Typing I: Production and Manuscripts 1
OAS108 Business English 3
OAS118 10-Key by Touch 1

CSM/TQM101 Quality Customer Service 3

Credits: 33

Restricted Electives
Students should choose 3-8 credits from the following prefixes to complete a minimum of 60 credits for the AAS degree. Any 100/200 level prefixed courses may be selected, except courses used to satisfy the Required Courses area. ACC+++++ Any ACC Accounting course(s) CIS+++++ Any CIS Computer Information Systems course(s) ECN+++++ Any ECN Economics course(s) EPS+++++ Any EPS Entrepreneurial Studies course(s) GBS+++++ Any GBS General Business course(s) HSM+++++ Any HSM Health Service Management course(s) IBS+++++ Any IBS International Business course(s) MGT+++++ Any MGT Management course(s) MKT+++++ Any MKT Marketing course(s) SBU+++++ Any SBU Society and Business course(s) SBS+++++ Any SBS Small Business Management course(s) TQM+++++ Any TQM Total Quality Management course(s)	Credits: 3-8

General Electives
	Credits:

General Education Requirements

General Education Requirement	Credits: 19-24

General Education Core	Credits: 12-17

First-Year Composition	Credits: 6
+ ENG101 First-Year Composition (3) AND + ENG102 First-Year Composition (3) 6

Oral Communication	Credits: 3
COM100 Introduction to Human Communication (3) OR COM110 Interpersonal Communication (3) 3

Critical Reading	Credits: 0-3
+ CRE101 College Critical Reading and Critical Thinking (3) OR Equivalent by Assessment (0) 0-3

Mathematics	Credits: 3-5
+ MAT112 Mathematical Concepts and Applications (3) OR + MAT120 Intermediate Algebra (5) OR + MAT121 Intermediate Algebra (4) OR + MAT122 Intermediate Algebra (3) OR Satisfactory completion of a higher level mathematics course. 3-5

General Education Distribution	Credits: 7

Humanities, Arts and Design	Credits: 3
Any approved general education course in the Humanities, Arts and Design area 3

Social-Behavioral Sciences	Credits: 0
Met by ECN211 OR ECN212 in Required Courses area 0

Natural Sciences	Credits: 4
Any approved general education course in the Natural Sciences area 4

Program Competencies
1. Apply generally accepted accounting principles and procedures by analyzing, processing, and reporting information for users of common basic financial statements. (ACC111) 2. Use a microcomputer accounting system for a business situation. (ACC115) 3. Explore computer operations and uses in word processing, spreadsheet, and database applications. (BPC110, CIS117AM, CIS118AB, BPC/OAS130DK, CIS105, CIS183AH) 4. Use spreadsheet skills for solving business problems using Excel, including calculations, forecasting, projections, macro programming, database searching, extraction, linking, statistics, and matrix manipulation. (CIS114DE) 5. Organize, setup, maintain, and design reports using a database. (BPC110, CIS117AM, CIS105, CIS183AH) 6. Create charts, graphs, and graphic drawings/files using a microcomputer graphics package. (BPC110, CIS118AB, CIS105, CIS183AH) 7. Use components of a word processing application to create, edit, and print documents using a microcomputer. (BPC/OAS130DK, BPC/OAS131DK) 8. List and describe fundamental computer concepts and perform elementary word processing, spreadsheet, database, and programming applications. (BPC110, CIS105, CIS183AH) 9. Use Microsoft Office to prepare and edit correspondence, develop spreadsheets, create and manipulate data files, and design and extract charts and graphs. (BPC110, CIS183AH) 10. Describe basic economic institutions and factors, theories of consumers` choice, income distribution, and related macroeconomic and microeconomic topics as related to a business setting. (ECN211, ECN212) 11. Define practical human behavior principles related to peers, subordinates, and supervisors in business organizations. (GBS110) 12. Communicate effectively in writing and orally in a manner appropriate to the business situation. (GBS233) 13. Apply the five functions of planning, organizing, directing, controlling, and coordinating to meet organizational goals. (MGT101) 14. Master the keyboard including horizontal and vertical centering; use correct word division; type business letters with envelopes, multicolumn tables, outlines, and manuscripts. (OAS101AB, OAS101AC) 15. Edit correspondence including the identification of sentence fragments, distinguishing parts of speech, punctuating, spelling, and capitalizing. (OAS108) 16. Demonstrate touch system on ten-key pad. (OAS118) 17. Demonstrate the attitudes, knowledge, and skills needed to work effectively in a quality customer service environment. (TQM101)
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites. ++ indicates that any suffixed course may be selected. MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 6-26-07

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