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NIACC Administrative Office Associate Diploma
Curriculum

First Year

First Term

ACC-111   Introduction to Accounting   3 s.h.
  OR ACC-121 Principles of Accounting I (3 s.h.)  
ADM-123*   Document Formatting   3 s.h.
ADM-131   Office Calculators   1 s.h.
BCA-129   Basic Word Processing   2 s.h.
BCA-215   Computer Business Applications   3 s.h.
  OR BCA-101 Introduction to Computers and  
  Information Systems (3 s.h.)  
BUS-121   Business Communications   3 s.h.
    15 s.h.

* Prerequisite: ADM-105, ADM-108 OR ability to pass keyboarding
test at 30 wam with 3 errors or less

Second Term

ADM-162**   Office Procedures   3 s.h.
BCA-152*   Electronic Spreadsheets   3 s.h.
BUS-107   Business Careers   1 s.h.
  Business Elective(s)   8 s.h.
    15 s.h.
  Total Program Hours   30 s.h.

* Prerequisite: BCA-215 or BCA-101

** Prerequisite: BCA-129 and BUS-121

Recommended Electives

BCA-136   Advanced Word Processing   3 s.h.
BCA-163   Microsoft Access   1 s.h.
BCA-170   Personal Information Management   2 s.h.
BCA-174   Basic Presentation Software   1 s.h.
BCA-185   Beginning Web Page Development   3 s.h.
BUS-102   Introduction to Business   3 s.h.
BUS-161   Human Relations   3 s.h.
BUS-225   Business Internships   1-5 s.h.
NET-112   Technology Essentials   3 s.h.

For more information on the Administrative Office Associate Diploma, please contact Diane Frank at 1-888-GO-NIACC, ext. 4252 or frankdia@niacc.edu

NOTE: Business Internships (BUS-225) is a strongly recommended Business elective. For more information, please contact Laura Merfeld at 1-888-GO-NIACC, ext. 4355 or Dana Heimbuch at 1-888-GO-NIACC, ext. 4328.

For additional Business electives, see NIACC Catalog.


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