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Administrative Assistant
Prepares the student for employment in business or civil service as a general office clerk, clerk-typist, file clerk, receptionist, cashier, word processor, machine transcriptionist, or other positions not requiring stenography.
Administrative Assistant Career Pathway
Continuing
Education
San Diego Mesa College University Transfer Employment
Certificate Associate in
Science
Certificate of Performance* Certificate of Achievement
General Office Clerk
CoursesUnits
CBTE 101, Keyboarding for Computers1
CBTE 111, Introduction to Windows 95 (Miramar)1
CBTE 120, Beginning Microsoft Word
or CBTE 130, Beginning Corel WordPerfect (Miramar)
2
CBTE 164, Introduction to Microsoft Outlook1
CBTE 180, Microsoft Office
3
CBTE 210, Computers in Business3
Total Units = 11
Continuing Ed courses completed

Keyboarder/Word Processor
CoursesUnits
CBTE 101, Keyboarding for Computers or
CBTE 102, Keyboarding
1-2
CBTE 111, Introduction to Windows 95 (Miramar)1
CBTE 120, Beginning Microsoft Word2
CBTE 122, Intermediate Microsoft Word3
CBTE 164, Introduction to Microsoft Outlook1
Total Units = 8-9
Continuing Ed courses completed

*This is a department award in recognition of information on the transcript and does not imply that a graduation requirement has been met. See description
Computer Business Technology: Administrative Assistant
CoursesUnits
CBTE 101, Keyboarding for Computers
or CBTE 102, Keyboarding or
CBTE 103, Beginning Computer Keyboarding
1-3
CBTE 111, Introduction to Windows 951
CBTE 120, Beginning Microsoft Word
or CBTE 130, Beginning Corel WordPerfect (Miramar)
2
CBTE 122, Intermediate Microsoft Word
3
CBTE 140A, Microsoft Excel
2
CBTE 151, Introduction to Microsoft Access
1
CBTE 170, Desktop Publishing
2
CBTE 205, Records Management3
CBTE 210, Computers in Business or CBTE 211, Office Administration3
BUSE 101, Business Mathematics
3
BUSE 119, Business Communications3
Total Units = 23-25
Continuing Ed courses completed

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