Accounting Administrative Assistant, AAS Option

Location(s): Salem Campus, Chemeketa Online

In addition to tuition, estimated costs for students who complete the required courses listed below are books, $2,722; class fees, $364; universal fee, $2,951; and equipment and supplies, $400. Contact the Financial Aid Office at 503.399.5018 to find out if you qualify for help with these costs.

The Accounting Administrative Assistant degree prepares you for office positions where bookkeeping tasks are emphasized. This degree provides you with basic education in bookkeeping-both manual and computerized-in addition to training in office skills such as customer service, software applications, office procedures, records management, and office management. All of these required courses are offered online at least once per year.

You may earn an associate of applied science degree by successfully completing the required 96 credit hours with a grade of “C” or better in all courses.

Accounting Administrative Assistant First-Year Core Requirements Credit Hours: 47

BA 115 - Introduction to Accounting Credit Hours:
BT 104 - Business English 1 Credit Hours: 3
BT 105 - Business English 2 Credit Hours: 3
BT 116 - Office Procedures Credit Hours: 3
BT 123 - Minute-Taking, Level 1 Credit Hours: 2
OR
CA 118C - Access Basics Credit Hours: 2
BT 128 - Records Management Credit Hours: 3
BT 186 - Personal and Professional Development Credit Hours: 3
BT 210 - Professional Communication Skills Credit Hours: 4
BT 230 - Organization Performance and Customer Service Credit Hours: 3 +
CA 100 - Beginning Computing Credit Hours: 3
OR
BA 131 - Business Computing Credit Hours: 4
CA 118B - Excel Basics Credit Hours: 3
CA 121 - Keyboarding and Document Production Credit Hours: 3
CA 122 - Advanced Keyboarding and Document Production Credit Hours: 3
CA 201D - Microsoft Word Processing Credit Hours: 4
CA 213 - Integrating Office Procedures Credit Hours: 3

Accounting Administrative Assistant Second-Year Core Requirements Credit Hours: 49

BA 101 - Introduction to Business Credit Hours: 4
BA 104 - Business Applications Using Mathematics Credit Hours: +
OR
MTH 070 - Elementary Algebra Credit Hours: 4 + (or higher)
BA 177 - Payroll Credit Hours: 4
BA 211 - Financial Accounting Credit Hours: 4
BA 214 - Business Communications Credit Hours: 3 +
BA 226 - Business Law 1 Credit Hours: 4
BA 251 - Office Management Credit Hours: 3
BT 271 - Administrative Capstone Projects Credit Hours: 4
BT 272 - Virtual Office 1 Credit Hours: 4
BT 280C - Cooperative Work Experience Credit Hours: 3
CA 117 - Microsoft Publisher Credit Hours: 3
OR
CA 119 - Office Desktop Publishing 1 Credit Hours: 4
CA 208 - Workplace Presentations Using PowerPoint Credit Hours: 3
CA 220 - QuickBooks–Computerized Bookkeeping Credit Hours: 3
General Education Elective Credit Hours: 3 *

Notes:

+Meets related instruction requirement, see Degrees and Certificates . For subject areas, see General Education .

*Spanish course recommended.