This administrative office professional management major program builds versatile skills in organization, communication, technology, and office management for today’s evolving administrative roles. Graduates are prepared for careers such as administrative or executive assistant and office manager, can work across industries like healthcare, education, government, and legal offices, and are eligible to pursue several industry‑recognized certifications.
Major code: 2123 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 | ||
| AOT110 | Introduction to Administrative Assisting | 1 |
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT236 | Database Applications-Microsoft Access | 3 |
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| ACC229 | Accounting Software and Analytics | 3 |
| ITD140 | Digital Project Management | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| AOT128 | Document Development and Website Maintenance | 3 |
| Non-technical | ||
| SSC101 | Student Success Seminar | 1 |
| 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 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| PSY121 | General Psychology | 3 |
| or SOC121 | Sociology | |
| Select one (1) Arts & Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| 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 Services and Office Applications Microsoft Applications Professional (5024).
Full-time Student Advising Notes
Academic Advising
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 |
| ENG124 | College Composition | 3 |
| AOT130 | Editing, Proofreading and Language Skills | 3 |
| AOT121 | Office Document Concepts | 3 |
| ITD140 | Digital Project Management | 3 |
| BUS121 | Business Administration | 3 |
| Hours | 17 | |
| Second Semester | ||
| ACC121 | Introduction to Accounting | 3 |
| AOT127 | Word Processing - Microsoft Word | 3 |
| MGT121 | Principles of Management | 3 |
| AOT128 | Document Development and Website Maintenance | 3 |
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Statistics 2 | ||
| Hours | 15 | |
| Third Semester | ||
| AOT226 | Spreadsheet - Microsoft Excel | 3 |
| AOT227 | Administrative Procedures and Systems | 3 |
| ITD108 | Microsoft Outlook | 1 |
| PSY121 or SOC121 |
General Psychology or Sociology |
3 |
| MGT221 | Supervision | 3 |
| Arts Humanities Elective | 3 | |
| Hours | 16 | |
| Fourth Semester | ||
| COM121 | Effective Speaking | 3 |
| AOT236 | Database Applications-Microsoft Access | 3 |
| AOT132 | Records Management | 3 |
| AOT232 | AOT Practicum 1 | 2 |
| ACC229 | Accounting Software and Analytics | 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 higher-level decision making, such as project coordination and conflict management 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.