First-Professional Certificate in Office 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
OST 110 Document Formatting & Word Processing (Prereq. or Coreq. Instructor Consent AND/OR OST 101 OR OST 100) 3
OST 160 Records & Database Management (Prereq. Computer Literacy Course) 3
Computer Literacy Course 3

SECOND SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT
HRS COMP. GRADE
OST 210 Advanced Word Processing Application (Prereq. OST 110) 3
OST 215 Office Procedures (Prereq. OST 110) 3
OST 235 Business Communications Technology
(Prereq. ENG 101 or INSTR Perm. & 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

THIRD SEMESTER
COURSE TITLE CREDIT
Hrs COMP. GRADE
OST 240 or CIS 130 Software Integration (Perereq. Computer Literacy Course 3
OST295 OST Internship 3
Program-Approved Electives (OST 115-Input Technologies and other program-approved elective 6

TOTAL CREDIT HOURS 36 All requirements are effective beginning Fall 2007.