MF41 Microsoft Office Applications Professional, Technical Certificate of Credit

Offered Online Only

Program Entrance Term: Fall, Spring, Summer
Minimum Length of Program: 2 terms
Minimum Credit Hours for Graduation: 22

Program Description

The Microsoft Office Applications Professional program provides students with the knowledge and skills to perform word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation applications in an office environment. It is designed to provide hands-on instruction for developing foundation skills for office assistant careers as well as to prepare students for Microsoft Office Specialist certification. Graduates of the program receive a Microsoft Office Applications Professional technical certificate of credit.

Admission Requirements

  • Submit completed application and application fee
  • Be at least 16 years of age
  • High school diploma or GED are NOT required

Course Expiration

To ensure that students graduate with current skills in Business Technology, the following courses must be taken five years prior to graduation: BUSN 1400—Word Processing Applications, BUSN 1410—Spreadsheet Concepts and Applications, BUSN 1420—Database Applications, BUSN 1430—Desktop Publishing and Presentation Applications, and BUSN 2160—Electronic Mail Applications. Courses transferred from other colleges also follow the five year rule.

The following is a suggested path to complete this program in a timely manner. An individual’s path to completion may be different based on institutional and personal factors affecting his/her academic progress.

Note: All Business Technology courses are offered online.

Contact Us

Karla Weaver, M.A., Program Coordinator

Email: Karla.Weaver@sctech.edu       

Phone: (770) 233-6195 

 

Program Courses

First Term

COMP 1000Introduction to Computer Literacy

3

Specific Occupational-Guided Elective (3)

Second Term

BUSN 1400Word Processing Applications

4

BUSN 1410Spreadsheet Concepts and Applications

4

BUSN 1420Database Applications

4

BUSN 1430Desktop Publishing and Presentation Applications

4

Guided Electives (Select 3 Credit Hours)

ACCT 1105Financial Accounting II

4

ACCT 1115Computerized Accounting

3

ACCT 1125Individual Tax Accounting

3

ACCT 1130Payroll Accounting

3

ACCT 2000Managerial Accounting

3

ACCT 2140Legal Environment of Business

3

ACCT 2145Personal Finance

3

ACCT 2155Principles of Fraud Examination

3

BUSN 1100Introduction to Keyboarding

3

BUSN 1200Machine Transcription

2

BUSN 1210Electronic Calculators

2

BUSN 1300Introduction to Business

3

BUSN 1340Customer Service Effectiveness

3

CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4

COLL 1500Student Success

3

MGMT 1105Organizational Behavior

3

MGMT 1115Leadership

3

MGMT 1110Employment Rules and Regulations

3

MGMT 1120Introduction to Business

3

MGMT 1125Business Ethics

3

MGMT 2115Human Resource Management

3

MGMT 2125Performance Management

3