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Administrative Assistant, AAS

Program Description

The Associate of Applied Science degree in Administrative Assistant prepares the student for immediate employment as a key support personnel in an office environment. This role involves handling administrative tasks, managing communications, and assisting with various office functions to support the team's productivity and organizational goals. The student will have the opportunity to earn industry-recognized certifications in some program courses.

General Education Requirements

Writing Level I (WR1)3 credits
American & Wyoming Government (POLS 1000)3 credits
MATH/APPM/LSCI(in program)
Student must complete six (6) credits of general education courses distributed over two (2) different general education areas, one of which is either WR2 or ORAL.
ARTS/HUM/IT/ORAL/SOC/WR2(in program)
UNST1 credits

Program Requirements

Course Requirements

Course NumberTitleCredits
ACCT 2010Principles of Accounting I

4 credits
ACCT 2110Quickbooks Accounting

2 credits
BADM 1005Business Math I

3 credits
BADM 1020Business Communications

3 credits
CMAP 1615Operating Systems:

3 credits
CMAP 1715Word Processing Applications:

3 credits
CMAP 1765Spreadsheet Applications:

3 credits
COMM 2130Human Relations

3 credits
FIN 1000Personal Finance

3 credits
IMGT 2400Intro to Information Management

3 credits
MGT 3110Business Ethics

3 credits
PFDV 1500Managing Career Development

3 credits

CMAP 1715: Students who have limited or no computer experience must take CMAP 1200 before enrolling in CMAP 1715.

CMAP 1765 and CMAP 1715 can be used as an IT general education course ONLY in this program as they are higher level knowledge courses than CMAP 1200.

Choose 1 of the following courses

Course NumberTitleCredits
BADM 2010Legal Environment of Business

3 credits
COMM 1030Interpersonal Communication

3 credits
COMM 2010Public Speaking

3 credits
COMM 2110Nonverbal Communication

3 credits

Program Electives

 

Courses selected from the following program electives must be approved by major academic advisor:

Course NumberTitleCredits
ACCT, BADM, COMM, ECON, FIN, MDIA, MGT, MKT

14 credits

Total Credit Hours: 60