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Student ID:__________________________ Student Name:_______________________ Adviser Name:_______________________ Catalog: 2024-25 Academic Catalog Program: Office Administrative Assistant Professional - OAAP.AS Minimum Credits Required:__________________

Office Administrative Assistant Professional - OAAP.AS

Office administrative assistants are seen as part of the management team and ensure the efficient operations in an office or a healthcare facility. Responsibilities interacting with customers or patients, managing calendars, preparing reports, and training support staff. Students customize their program for an administrative office or medical career path. Courses in this program include keyboarding, office procedures, general business, Microsoft Office, health information technology, and “soft skills” for career readiness.

Upon the successful completion of requirements for this program, the degree of Associate in Science in Office Information Technologies will be awarded.

Program Goals

At the completion of the program graduates will:

1. Communicate effectively using oral and written techniques

2. Apply problem solving skills to office scenarios

3. Employ multimodal composition with digital tools and platforms

(OAAP.AS) Curriculum

Semester 1

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
CMP-106 - Computer Basics: Concepts & Applications 3 credits
EL-MATH - General Math Elective-101 Level or Higher 3-4 credits
ENG-101 - English Composition 1 3 credits
OIT-101 - Keyboarding 3 credits
FYE-101 - First Year Experience 1 credits

Select one:

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
PSY-101 - General Psychology 3 credits
SOC-101 - Introduction to Sociology 3 credits

Total: 16-17 credits

Semester 2

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
ENG-102 - English Composition 2 3 credits
OIT-102 - Document Formatting 3 credits
CMP-121 - Word Processing 3 credits
OIT-110 - Communications/Editing 3 credits

Select one:

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
MED-100 - Medical Terminology 1 Required for Medical Admin Office Track 3 credits
CMP-125 - Desktop Publishing Required for Office Admin Track 3 credits

Total: 15 credits

Semester 3

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
OIT-111 - Communications/Editing 2 3 credits
CMP-123 - Access 3 credits
EL-OAAP - OAAP Elective (Note 1) See list below 2-4 credits
EL-SOC - General Behavioral/Social Science Elective 3 credits
OIT-130 - Office Management Procedures and Theory 3 credits

Total: 14-16 credits

Semester 4

Course NamecreditsTerm TakenGradeGen Ed
EL-HUM - General Humanities Elective 3 credits
OIT-145 - Career Readiness/Soft Skills 3 credits
ENG-105 - Fundamentals of Oral Communication 3 credits
CMP-122 - Excel 3 credits
EL-OAAP - OAAP Elective (Note 1) See list below 2-4 credits

Total: 15 credits

Total (OAAP.AS) Curriculum Program Credits: 60-63

Notes

  1. OAAP elective choose 1 from the appropriate career track (2 total): 

 

    Office Administrative Assistant Career Path

Medical Administrative Assistant Career Path
    ACC-101 - Accounting 1    HIT-110 - Health Office Basics 
    BUS-105 - Introduction to Personal Finance  HIT-125 - Health Information Management 
    BUS-148 - Entrepreneurship  HIT-130 - Electronic Health Record 
    BUS-123 - Computerized Bookkeeping  HIT-155 - Health Claims and Insurance  
    BUS-151 - Federal Income Tax Preparation   HIT-255 - Law & Ethics in Healthcare  
    CMP-124 - PowerPoint Applications  
    LAW-214 - Business Law Essentials  
    MKT-101 - Principles of Marketing 
    MGT-101 - Principles of Management 
    MGT-220 - Human Resource Management  (Prereq: MGT-101)
    MGT-230 - Business Ethics (Prereq: MGT-101)
    BUS-137 - Leadership, A Survey of Theories and Application  (Prereq: MGT-101)
    MGT-260 - Organizational Behavior (Prereq: MGT-101)

2. Students are required to earn a minimum of 60 credits.

Program Personnel

Name Title Office Phone Email
Eileen Cusick Professor 02/228 413-755-5702 cusick@stcc.edu
Reneé Tetrault Professor 02/224 413-755-4099 rgtetrault@stcc.edu
Ann Gervais Professor/Department Chair 02/232 413-755-5705 apgervais@stcc.edu

 

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