ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT A.A. DEGREE

Computer Science &
Information Technology







American River College
4700 College Oak Drive
Sacramento, CA 95841
Preparation for secretarial and related administrative-support careers in an automated
office environment.

Requirements for Degree (36-38 Units)
The following courses are required for the Administrative Assistant Degree.

Core Requirements Units
ACCT 101 or ACCT 301 3-4
BUS 110 or ECON 302 3
BUS 300 - Introduction to Business 3
BUS 310 - Business Communications 3
BUS 340 - Business Law 3
BUSTEC 300 (or passing the keyboarding competency test) 1-0
BUSTEC 310 - Introduction to Word/Information Processing 3
CISA 315 - Electronic Spreadsheets 2


Concentration Requirements Units
BUS 100 - Business English 3
BUSTEC 101 - Computer Keyboarding: 10-Key 1
BUSTEC 110 - Administrative Procedures 3
BUSTEC 301 - Intermediate Keyboarding/Applications 3
BUSTEC 305 - Introduction to Office Technology 1
CISA 320 or CISC 320 1
CISC 305 or CISC 350 1
MGMT 300 or MGMT 304 3


Recommended Electives
BUS 105 - Business Mathematics
BUS 320 - Concepts in Personal Finance
BUS 330 - Managing Diversity in the Workplace
BUS 498 - Work Experience in Business
CISA 320 - Database Management
CISA 340 - Presentation Graphics
CISC 305 - Introduction to the Internet
CISC 320 - Operating Systems
CISC 350 - Introduction to Data Communications
CISC 351 - Introduction to Local Area Networks (LAN)


General Education Requirements
Students must also complete the general education graduation requirements for an A.A. degree. See graduation requirements.

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