Office Administration
School of Management, Tourism & Hospitality
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Ph: 867-668-8762 Fx: 867-668-8828
Program Overview
Office Administration is a 9-month, full-time program that prepares graduates for positions in the office administration field. There are three Certificates: Accounting Clerk Certificate, Administrative Assistant Certificate, and General Office Assistant Certificate, that provide specialized training for accounting, administrative assistant and general office positions respectively.
Extensive training in communications, administrative procedures, computer applications, and accounting prepares graduates for employment in today’s automated office. Hands-on learning is emphasized. Of the 9 months, 8 are spent studying in the classroom and one is spent working in a local business or government office Student learning is assisted through lectures, class discussions, group work, assignments, lab sessions, and fieldwork.
Employability is the primary goal. With this goal in mind, the Office Administration Program is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to enter the workforce as accounting clerks, administrative assistants, and general office assistants in both the private and public sectors.
Required Courses
All streams:
- CL 100 Computer Literacy
- WP 120 Beginning Word Processing (Word 2003)
- ACCT 120 Introductory Accounting
- BUSC 100 Business Communications
- KEY 100 Keyboarding
- MICRO 100 Introduction to Excel 2003
- MICRO 105 Introduction to Access 2003
- BUSM 100 Business Math
- FIELD 100 Fieldwork
- RECM 100 Records Management
- BUSC 200 Business Communications
- OP 100 Office Procedures
- JS 100 Job Search
Other requirements vary by stream:
Accounting Clerk:
- ACCT 220 Intermediate Accounting
- MICRO 230 Simply Accounting
- MICRO 231 AccPac for Windows
- MICRO 200 Intermediate Excel
Administrative Assistant:
- WP 220 Advanced Word Processing (Word 2003)
- MICRO 110 PowerPoint 2003
General Office Assistant:
Admission Requirements
Grade 12 academic graduation with English 12 and Principles of Mathematics 11 or Applied Mathematics 11.
OR
Mature Student Status with GED and Yukon College writing assessment.
OR
Mature Student Status with acceptable scores on the College Placement Tests and Yukon College writing assessment.
OR
English 040, Math 030 and Comp 050, all with a mark of B+ or higher.
A typing speed of 25 net w.p.m. is recommended.
