Administrative Office Professional (AAB)
The administration office professional associate degree prepares students for a wide range of office and business careers by building strong technical, interpersonal, and information management skills, with flexible course delivery options. Graduates can pursue industry-recognized certifications and stack credentials through a one-year certificate that can apply toward the degree.
Major code: 2120 Business, Engineering, and Information Technologies Division Digital Media and Administrative Technologies Department
The catalog in force is assigned to students based on the academic year they first applied to the college, and changes only when students change their major or request the change in writing. Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-28.
2026-27 Catalog
Effective Summer 2026
Some courses listed within the program may require a prerequisite or co-requisite.
Pre/Co-requisites will be listed within each course hyperlink below.
Refer to Policy No. 3357:15-13-04 and 3357:15-13-05
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical | ||
| AOT107 | Digital Technologies | 1 |
| AOT110 | Introduction to Administrative Assisting | 1 |
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| AOT128 | Document Development and Website Maintenance | 3 |
| AOT129 | Keyboarding Skill Building | 1 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT134 | Form Design Essentials | 1 |
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT236 | Database Applications-Microsoft Access | 3 |
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| IMT122 | Graphic Arts Design | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| ITD122 | Computer Applications for Professionals | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| JCR131 | Legal Terminology | 3 |
| or BIO125 | Medical Terminology | |
| AOT132 | Records Management | 3 |
| AOT227 | Administrative Procedures and Systems | 3 |
| AOT232 | AOT Practicum 1 | 2 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| PSY121 | General Psychology | 3 |
| or SOC121 | Sociology | |
| Total Hours | 62 | |
- 1
Legal Assisting should complete AOT237 Legal Office Applications; AOP students should take AOT227 Administrative Procedures and Systems; AOP Virtual students should take AOT228 Virtual Administrative Assistant Procedures
- 2
MTH124 Statistics should only be taken by students planning to transfer to a four-year institution.
Students completing this degree may be eligible to also receive an Administrative Office Professional One-Year Certificate (2122), an Administrative Services and Office Applications – Desktop Publishing Career Enhancement Certificate (2156), and an Administrative Services and Office Applications – Formatting and Office Skills Career Enhancement Certificate (2127) and an Administrative Services and Office Applications Microsoft Applications Professional (5024).
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Students should make an appointment to see their advisor before registering for classes each semester. They should have prepared a completed registration form, including courses they wish to take, prior to this meeting.
Course Sequence
The semester-by-semester listing below provides the normal scheduling option for full-time associate degree students who plan to finish in two years.
| First Semester | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| AOT110 | Introduction to Administrative Assisting | 1 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| ITD122 | Computer Applications for Professionals | 3 |
| IMT122 | Graphic Arts Design | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| AOT134 | Form Design Essentials | 1 |
| AOT129 | Keyboarding Skill Building | 1 |
| AOT128 | Document Development and Website Maintenance | 3 |
| AOT132 | Records Management | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| Hours | 17 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT227 | Administrative Procedures and Systems | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| JCR131 or BIO125 |
Legal Terminology or Medical Terminology |
3 |
| PSY121 or SOC121 |
General Psychology or Sociology |
3 |
| AOT107 | Digital Technologies | 1 |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| AOT232 | AOT Practicum 1 | 2 |
| AOT236 | Database Applications-Microsoft Access | 3 |
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 14 | |
| Total Hours | 62 | |
Arts & Humanities Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| ENG233 | British Literature: Medieval to 1785 | 3 |
| ENG234 | British Literature: 1785 to Present | 3 |
| ENG235 | Introduction to Shakespeare | 3 |
| ENG236 | American Literature: Colonial to 1865 | 3 |
| ENG237 | American Literature: 1865 to Present | 3 |
| ENG241 | Major Modern Writers | 3 |
| HIS121 | United States History I to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS122 | United States History II from 1877 | 3 |
| HIS221 | World Civilization to 17th Century | 3 |
| HIS222 | World Civilization from 17th Century | 3 |
| PHL122 | Ethics | 3 |
Program Learning Outcomes
This program is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- Use appropriate resources to organize and develop information effectively in an automated office environment.
- Acquire, organize and evaluate information for making decisions and solving problems in a business environment.
- Demonstrate employability skills and professionalism through sound work habits, ethics and responsibility, and work in individual and diverse team settings.
- Determine solution strategies to solve problems in the office environment by using the appropriate computational skills and technology.