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Office Management/Administrative Assistant: Human Resource Management

Associate of Applied Science Degree Program

Catalog Year 2008-09

MHCC Faculty Advisor:
Robin Brush: 503-491-7174 - Room AC 2777
(Students last name beginning A-G) Robin.Brush@mhcc.edu
Brenda Houchen: 503-491-7431 - Room AC 2663
(Students last name beginning H-O) Brenda.Houchen@mhcc.edu
Pam Shields: 503-491-7458 - Room AC 2780
(Students last name beginning P-Z) Pam.Shields@mhcc.edu

Do you value excellence, integrity and client service? Use communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills to pursue a career in a quickly expanding field. Businesses in all industry need administrative professionals to manage benefits, administer insurance programs, generate payroll and provide confidential support for their employees. Students may take a variety of business administrative courses that stress higher-level decision-making.

First Quarter (Fall)		Cr
BT___	Keyboarding¹	3
BT101	Office Careers Survey	1
BT110	Business Editing	3
BT118	Records and Information Management	3
BA131	Introduction to Business Computing²	4
HPE295	Health and Fitness for Life	3
17
Second Quarter (Winter)
BT___	Keyboarding¹	3
BT111	Editing Techniques	3
BT116	Communication Technologies	3
BT125	Microsoft Word Training	3
AC120	Accounting for Professional Services or BA211 Principles of Accounting I	3-4
15-16
Third Quarter (Spring)
BT___	Keyboarding¹	3
BT126	Microsoft Word Simulation²	3
BT225	Document Processing	3
BT250	Procedures for the Office Team	3
BA101	Introduction to Business	4
MO214	Building a Professional Portfolio	1
17
Fourth Quarter (Fall)
BT___	Keyboarding¹	3
BA206	Management and Supervisory Fundamentals	4
BA218	Personal Finance	3
WR121	English Composition	3
	Human Relations requirement‡	3
16
Fifth Quarter (Winter)
BT251	Integrated Office Systems	3
BA177	Payroll Accounting and Payroll Tax Filing Requirement²	3
BA205	Business Communications¹	4
BA285	Leadership and Human Relations	3
MTH65	Beginning Algebra II (or higher)-^2,3‡	4
17
Sixth Quarter (Spring)
BA224	Human Resources Management	3
BA226	Introduction to Business Law	4
BA267	eBusiness Project Management	3
WE280___	Cooperative Education Internship	3
13

1 Students must complete a minimum of 4 keyboarding classes to be selected from BT121, BT122, BT123A/B, BT124. This selection must include BT122 and BT123A. See faculty adviser to determine appropriate sequence.
2 Prerequisite for this course is not included in this curriculum. See course description in back of catalog.
3 Students may not use demonstrated proficiency on the College Placement Test (CPT) to satisfy this requirement.

‡ See pages 7-10 of the printed catalog.