Administrative Assistant - Program Requirements

First Year - Fall Semester

Course # Title Credits
CAPP 108T* Short Courses: MS Windows 1
M 108* Business Mathematics 4
SP 120C Interpersonal Relations/Communications  
  or  
SP 215 Negotiations/Conflict Resolution 3
TASK 110 Keyboarding 1
TASK 111* Keyboard Formatting 1
TASK 112* Keyboard Skillbuilding 1
WRIT 101W* College Writing I 3
  Elective(s) 3
  Total Credits 17

First Year - Spring Semester

Course # Title Credits
ACTG 101 Accounting Procedures I
  or  
ACTG 201 Principles of Financial Accounting 4
ACTG 150* Accounting on Microcomputers 3
TASK 113* Keyboarding and Document Processing 3
TASK 125* Editing Skills for Information Processing 2
TASK 170* Electronic Calculators 2
  Elective(s) 2
  Total Credits 16

Second Year - Fall Semester

Course # Title Credits
CAPP 154T* MS Word 3
CMPA 131T* Business Software 4
TASK 201* Production Keyboarding 3
TASK 202* Machine Transcription 2
WRIT 122C* Introduction to Business Writing 3
  Elective(s) 2
  Total Credits 17

Second Year - Spring Semester

Course # Title Credits
CAPP 101T* Short Courses: The Internet 1
CAPP 155T* MS Publisher 4
CMPA 270T* Advanced Web Design with XHTML and CSS  
  or  
CMPA 275T Web Development Tools: Dreamweaver 4
TASK 210* Office Success Strategies 3
TASK 298* Internship 3
  Total Credits 15

*Indicates prerequisite and/or corequisite needed.  Check course description.

General Academic Requirements

  • All required courses within this degree program must be taken for a letter grade. Only electives may be taken on a Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory (S/U) basis.
  • Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOUS) Certification for Word and Excel is recommended for this degree program. The certification examination is given at FVCC by appointment. See your advisor for details.
  • Students complete an internship to gain real world experience. Discuss this with your advisor and the internship coordinator the prior semester.