Office Administration and Technology Program

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Chemeketa offers certificates and degrees in Office Administration and Technology for those who wish to pursue a career in a business office environment. All of the Office Administration and Technology courses are offered online at least once per school year. Most certificates and degrees can be completed online.

The Office Fundamentals certificate is offered for people who want to develop or refresh their skills in order to qualify for entry-level office work. The Business Technology certificate prepares individuals to become entry-level office support specialists. The Virtual Office Assistant certificate (program approval only) is for those who already have administrative office experience and want to obtain the skills necessary to work as an independent contractor from home or another office site. This certificate is also available for students who have either completed or are working toward one of the Office Administration and Technology degrees. The Legal Administrative Professional certificate (program approval only) is for those who already have administrative office experience and want to obtain the skills necessary to work as a legal administrative assistant in either the public or private sector. This certificate is also available for students who have either completed or are working toward one of the Office Administration and Technology degrees. Students may earn any of the certificates by successfully completing the credit hours required.

The two-year degrees are designed for those who want to become administrative assistants, secretaries, executive assistants, and support specialists. There are three degrees: Administrative Office Professional, Accounting Administrative Assistant, and Medical Administrative Assistant. Students may earn an associate of applied science degree by successfully completing the credit hours required for each degree.

Program Outcomes

Students completing the Business Technology certificate should be able to:

Compose and accurately produce and proofread business documents using appropriate software and equipment within specified timelines.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to support office personnel.
Integrate computer, computation, and communication skills to accomplish office tasks.

Students completing the Office Fundamentals certificate should be able to:

Accurately produce and proofread business documents.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, locate, and retrieve information to support office personnel.

Students completing the Legal Administrative Professional certificate should be able to:

Compose, proofread, and accurately produce legal and other business documents using appropriate software and equipment within specified timelines.
Determine the relationships among law, ethics, and legal office professionals.
Follow professional business and legal procedures and standards.
Integrate computer, computation, communication, and critical thinking skills to accomplish legal office tasks and solve problems.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to support legal office and management personnel.
Work both independently and as part of a team.

Students completing the Accounting Administrative Assistant degree should be able to:

Compose, proofread, and produce business documents using appropriate software and equipment to meet mailability standards within specified timelines.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to support office and management personnel.
Integrate computer, computation, communication, and critical thinking skills to accomplish complex office tasks, enter bookkeeping data, prepare and review financial records, and solve problems.
Apply knowledge of the internal organization and management of an office.
Work both independently and as part of a team.

Students completing the Administrative Office Professional degree should be able to:

Compose, proofread, and produce a wide range of business documents using appropriate software and equipment to meet mailability standards within specified timelines.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to support office and management personnel.
Integrate computer, computation, communication, and critical thinking skills to accomplish complex office tasks and solve problems.
Apply knowledge of the internal organization and management of an office.
Work both independently and as part of a team.

Students completing the Virtual Office Assistant certificate should be able to:

Compose, proofread, and produce a wide range of business documents using appropriate software and equipment to meet mailability standards within specified timelines.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to provide virtual support to office and management personnel.
Integrate computer, computation, communication, and critical thinking skills to accomplish complex office tasks and solve problems.
Apply knowledge of the internal organization and management of an office.
Work both independently and as part of a team in a virtual office environment.

Students completing the Medical Administrative Assistant degree should be able to:

Compose, proofread, and accurately produce medical and other business documents using appropriate software and equipment within specified timelines.
Follow professional business procedures and standards.
Store, retrieve, distribute, and manage information to support office and management personnel.
Integrate computer, computation, communication, and critical thinking skills to accomplish medical office tasks and solve problems.
Work both independently and as part of a team.
Determine the relationships among law, ethics, and health care professionals.

Many courses have prerequisites; check the course descriptions in the back of this catalog for details.

If you have questions about the requirements, contact the Office Administration and Technology Program Chair at barbara.johansen@chemeketa.edu or call the department office at 503.399.5048.