First-Professional Certificate in Administrative Assistant at Ashland Community and Technical College

FIRST SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT
HRS COMP GRADE
ENG 101 OR OST 108 Writing I OR Editing Skills for the Office Professional 3
Computer Literacy Gen Ed 3
OST 110 Document Formatting & Word Processing (Prereq/Coreq-Instructor consent AND/OR OST100 OR OST 101) 3
OST 160 Records & Database Management (Prereq. OST 105 OR CIS 100) 3

SECOND SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT
HRS COMP. GRADE
OST 210 Advanced Word Processing Application (Prereq. OST 110) 3
OST 115 OR OST150 Program Approved Elective (OST115 Input Technologies or Transcription & Office Technology (Prereq. ENG 101 & OST 110) 3
OST 213 OR MT105 OR Higher Business Calculations for the Office Professional OR Mathematics for Business
OR higher level mathematics course 3-4
ACT 101 OR Higher Fundamentals of Accounting I (or higher) 3

FIRST SEMESTER THIRD SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT
Hrs COMP.
OST 215 Office Procedures (Prereq. OST 110) 3
OST 235 Business Communications Technology
(Prereq. ENG 101 or INSTR Perm. & OST 110) 3
OST 240 or CIS 130 Software Integration (Perereq. OST 105 or CIS 100 3
OST 225 Introduction to Desktop Publishing (Prereq.
CIS 100 or OST 105, OST 110, or INSTR perm) 3

FOURTH SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT HRS COMP.
OST 295 Office Systems Technology Internship
(Prereq 2.0 GPA and Instructor Permission) 3
Course Approved by Program Coordinator 3

TOTAL CREDIT 41-42. This proposed schedule is for graduation within a two-year sequence. All requirements are effective beginning Fall 2007.