Associate in Applied Science Degree - BSNS.AAS.C15

Learn more about a career as an Administrative Assistant

The Administrative Assistant program is designed for students who wish to prepare for positions as administrative assistants or secretaries in business, industry, or government offices. The program offers a combination of skill-building, business, and general education courses necessary for developing a high degree of competence, as well as general knowledge for the responsible execution of administrative assistant or secretarial duties. This degree typically is not designed for transfer.

Medical Specialization option

Students can choose to complete a specialization in the medical administrative assistant field by substituting BIOL 1554 - Human Biology and HLTH 1312 - Medical Terminology during the fourth semester.

Administrative Assistant Major (19 courses)
Credit hours: 45

Complete both subrequirements:

1. Business courses - 31 credit hours
   • * BSNS 1023 - Word: Intermediate Document Production¹
   • BSNS 1312 - Proofreading and Editing
   • BSNS 1553 - Introduction to Business
   • BSNS 2311 - Successful Customer Service
   • * BSNS 1181 - Voice Recognition
   • * BSNS 1433 - Machine Transcription
   • * BSNS 2033 - Word: Advanced Document Production with
     Desktop Publishing Applications
   • BSNS 1603 - Business Communications
   • * BSNS 1353 - Administrative Office Procedures
   • * BSNS 2403 - Administrative Assistant Internship²
   • ACCT 1413 - General Accounting or ACCT 1514 - Financial Accounting
   • BSNS 1653 - Business Law or BSNS 1663 - Legal and Social Environment of Business
2. Computer science courses - 14 credit hours
   • * COSC 1513 - Introduction to Information Processing
   • * COSC 1352 - Word
   • * COSC 1172 - Introduction to the Internet
   • * COSC 1341 - PowerPoint
   • * COSC 1362 - Access
   • * COSC 1372 - Excel
   • * COSC 1382 - Microsoft Office Suite Integration

General Education (5 courses)
Credit hours: 14

• * ENGL 1413 - Fundamentals of Writing or *ENGL 1613 - English I
• * MATH 1213 - Applied Arithmetic or *MATH 1414 - Basic Algebra or higher level mathematics
• PSYC 1013 - Practical Psychology or *PSYC 1813 - Introduction to Psychology
• * ECON 1553 - Principles of Macroeconomics
• PHED 1512 - Health Education or *BIOL 1554 - Human Biology (for medical specialization)

Humanities, social and behavioral science, science,
or mathematics elective (1 course)
3 credit hours

Choose one humanities, social and behavioral science, science, or mathematics elective
(see Pages 60-61).

Electives (1-3 courses)
3 credit hours

Choose three credit hours from any area. Medical specialization students should choose HLTH 1312 and one other course.

Minimum credit hours required for completion - 65

*Course has prerequisite.

¹Students who have completed at least one year of high school typing/keyboarding with a grade of C or better or BSNS 1411 with a grade of C or better will automatically be placed in BSNS 1023 - Word: Intermediate Document Production. Students with less typing/keyboarding background need to enroll in BSNS 1003 before BSNS 1023 unless they can demonstrate on a proficiency test that they have adequate skills to enter BSNS 1023.

²Business electives (Page 61) may be substituted with approval of the program coordinator and division chairperson.

Administrative Assistant
Associate in Applied Science Degree

Suggested course sequence

ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION

Among electives and required courses in this curriculum, three courses (BSNS 1653, BSNS 1663, and COSC 1513) meet Illinois Articulation Initiative Major-Specific requirements for business majors. Visit http://www.itransfer.org/ or a KCC academic adviser for more information.