Office Administration – Bookkeeping/Accounting, A.A.S.

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This concentration is designed so that office administration graduates may be able to specialize in general accounting duties of typical businesses. Bookkeepers compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete both manually and electronically. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. Also, bookkeepers check accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers. They are employed by private businesses, governments, and virtually every other type of institution.

Area I - Written Composition: 3 Semester Hours

ENG 101 - English Composition I 3 Hrs.

Area II- Humanities and Fine Arts: 6 Semester Hours

SPH 106 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 Hrs. or
SPH 107 - Fundamentals of Public Speaking 3 Hrs.

Fine Arts or Humanities Electives: 3 Semester Hours

Choose from:

Art
Dance
Ethics
Humanities
Literature
Music
Philosophy
Religion
Theater

Area III - Natural Science or Mathematics: 9-10 Semester Hours

MTH 100 - Intermediate College Algebra 3 Hrs. or
MTH 116 - Mathematical Applications 3 Hrs.
CIS 146 - Microcomputer Applications 3 Hrs. or demonstrated computer literacy skills or the integration of computer proficiencies within a required discipline-specific course.
Computer Science, Math or Natural Science Elective 3-4 Hrs.

Area IV - History, Social, and Behavioral Sciences: 3 Semester Hours

Choose from:

Anthropology
Geography
History
Political Science
Psychology
Sociology

Area V - Technical Concentration and Electives: 46 Semester Hours

43 hours if one of the listed OAD classes is taken as CIS for Area III

ORI 101 - Orientation To College 1-2 Hrs.
OAD 101 - Beginning Keyboarding 3 Hrs.
OAD 103 - Intermediate Keyboarding 3 Hrs.
OAD 125 - Word Processing 3 Hrs. (also available as CIS 196A)
OAD 131 - Business English 3 Hrs.
OAD 133 - Business Communications 3 Hrs.
OAD 137 - Electronic Financial Record Keeping 3 Hrs.
OAD 138 - Records and Information Management 3 Hrs.
OAD 233 - Trends in Office Technology 3 Hrs.
OAD 243 - Microsoft Excel 3 Hrs. (or CIS 286 ; also available as CIS 196E )
BUS 241 - Principles of Accounting I 3 Hrs.
BUS 242 - Principles of Accounting II 3 Hrs.
ECO 232 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 Hrs.
OAD 231(B) - Quickbooks 3 Hrs.
OAD 242 - Office Internship 3 Hrs.

Electives: 3 Semester Hours

WKO 107 - Workplace Skills Preparation 1 Hr.