Associate in Applied Science

Office Systems Technology program is an integrated curriculum which prepares graduates at the certificate, diploma, and associate degree level. The Office Systems Technology program prepares students to work in an office environment of people, process, and technologies. Job titles may include Administrative Assistant, Office Assistant, Office Manager, and Financial Assistant. These personnel use a variety of office technology and computer-based applications (word processing, electronic mail, desktop publishing, graphics, database, and spreadsheet). They support and help facilitate accurate communication and information exchange to internal and external customers on a timely basis.

Technical courses combined with general education courses prepare students for today’s workforce and provide a basis for lifelong learning, a necessity for the workforce of the future. Students select an area of specialty from the following options: financial assistant, administrative, desktop publishing, legal, and medical. Program graduates are employed in professional office, education, government, businesses, and industries. Graduates may choose to sit for the Certified Professional Secretary Examination or Certified Administrative Professional Examination or Microsoft Office Specialists Certifications. Students entering this program will need to have basic computer skills and keyboarding skills. Those skills may be obtained through OST 105 (Introduction to Information Systems) or a comparable Computer Literacy** course and OST 100 (Keyboarding) and OST 101 (Keyboarding & Introduction to Document Formatting).

Office Systems Technology - 5204027039

General Education:

• ENG 101 Writing I (3)
• MAT 105 Business Mathematics OR (3)
• MAT 110 Applied Mathematics OR (3)
• Higher Level Mathematics Course (3)
• Heritage/Humanities/Foreign Language Course (3)
• Oral Communication Course (3)
• Natural/Applied Science Course* (3-4)
• Social Interaction Course*** (3)
• Computer Literacy** (3)
• General Education Credit Hours 21-22

**Successfully passing the computer competency exam will satisfy this requirement. If the computer competency exam is successfully completed, the student must take three (3) credit hours of coursework approved by the program coordinator.

Technical Core

• OST 110 Document Formatting and Word Processing (3)
• OST 160 Records and Database Management OR (3)
• OST 230 Medical Records and Database Management (3)
• OST 210 Advanced Word Processing Application (3)
• OST 240 Software Integration OR (3)
• CIS 130 Microcomputer Applications (3)
• OST 235 Business Communications Technology (3)
• OST 275 Office Management (3)
• Second Writing Course approved by Program Coordinator (3)
• Technical Core Credit Hours 21

*Medical Option Students must take BIO 135 or BIO 130 or (BIO 137 and BIO 139).

***Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP) accredited colleges must require Economics..

Administrative Option - 520402701

• ACT 101 Fundamentals of Accounting I OR (3)
• Higher Level Accounting Course (3)
• OST 215 Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 217 Medical Office Procedures (3)
• OST 220 Administrative Office Simulation (3)
• OST 225 Introduction to Desktop Publishing (3)

Choose three courses (8-9 credit hours) from the following list:

• OST 150 Transcription and Office Technology (3)
• OST 115 Input Technologies (3)
• OST 114 Computerized Financial Management (3)
• BA 160 Introduction to Business (3)
• OST 108 Editing Skills for the Office Professional (3)
• OST 272 Presentation Graphics (3)
• OST 250 Advanced Desktop Publishing (3)
• OST 295 Office Systems Technology Internship OR (3)
• COE 199 Cooperative Education (2-3)
• Total Administrative Option Credit Hour 20-21
• Total Credit Hours OST AAS: Administrative Option 62-64

Financial Assistant Option - 520402703

• ACT 101 Fundamentals of Accounting I OR (3)
• Higher Level Accounting Course (3)
• ACT 102 Fundamentals of Accounting II OR (3)
• Higher Level Accounting Course (3)
• ACT 279 Computerized Accounting Systems OR (3)
• OST 114 Computerized Financial Management (3)
• OST 215 Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 217 Medical Office Procedures (3)

Choose three courses (8-9 hours) from the following list:

• OST 112 Financial Management (3)
• BA 160 Introduction to Business (3)
• OST 225 Introduction to Desktop Publishing (3)
• OST 115 Input Technologies (3)
• BA 120 Personal Finance (3)
• OST 213 Business Calculations for the Office Professional
• OST 295 Office Systems Technology Internship OR (3)
• COE 199 Cooperative Education (2-3)
• Total Financial Assistant Option Credit Hours 20-21
• Total Credit Hours OST AAS Financial Assistant: Option 62-64

Desktop Publishing Option - 520402704

• OST 130 Typography (3)
• OST 215 Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 217 Medical Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 120 Legal Office Systems (3)
• OST 225 Introduction to Desktop Publishing (3)
• OST 250 Advanced Desktop Publishing (3)
• OST 255 Introduction to Business Graphics (3)
• OST 272 Presentation Graphics (3)
• OST 220 Administrative Office Simulation OR (3)
• OST 295 Office Systems Technology Internship OR (3)
• COE 199 Cooperative Education (2-3)
• Total Desktop Publishing Option Credit Hours 20-21
• Total Credit Hours OST AAS: Desktop Publishing Option 62-64

Legal Administrative Option - 520402705

• ACT 101 Fundamentals of Accounting I OR (3)
• Higher Level Accounting (3)
• OST 114 Computerized Financial Management (3)
• BA 267 Introduction to Business Law (3)
• OST 109 Legal Terminology (3)
• OST 221 Legal Office Simulations (3)
• OST 120 Legal Office Systems OR (3)
• OST 215 Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 217 Medical Office Procedures (3)
• OST 103 Medical Office Terminology OR (3)
• CLA 131 Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin OR (3)
• AHS 115 Medical Terminology (3)
• Total Legal Administrative: Assistant Option Credit Hours 21
• Total Credit Hours OST AAS: Legal Administrative Option 63-64

Medical Administrative Option - 520402702

• OST 215 Office Procedures OR (3)
• OST 217 Medical Office Procedures (3)
• OST 227 Medical Office Software (3)
• OST 103 Medical Office Terminology OR (3)
• CLA 131 Medical Terminology from Greek and Latin OR (3)
• AHS 115 Medical Terminology (3)

Choose four courses (11-13 hours) from the following list:

• BIO 139 Human Anatomy and Physiology II
• (If BIO 137 was taken for Science) (4)
• OST 104 Introduction to Medical Insurance (3)
• OST 106 Introduction to Medical Transcription (3)
• OST 204 Medical Coding (3)
• OST 206 Medical Transcription (3)
• OST 205 Advanced Medical Coding (3)
• ACT 101 Fundamentals of Accounting 1 OR (3)
• ACC 201 Financial Accounting (3)
• OST 295 Office Systems Technology Internship OR (3)
• COE 199 Cooperative Education (2-3)
• Total Medical Option Credit Hours 20-22
• Total Credit Hours OST AAS Medical Option 62-65