Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

New students will not be accepted into the program at this time. Contact department for more information

This program provides advanced skills required for employment in an office environment. Career opportunities in the office support field are available in public and private institutions and companies for positions such as office clerks, secretaries, information processors and administrative assistants. The office support career field is projected to have one of the highest potentials for job growth through 2007.

Associate degree students must earn a 2.00 grade point average in all business courses.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Business, College of department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/home.htm

Total Credits Required 60
General Education 8
EN 111 College Composition I [EFFC] 4
General Education Elective* 4
Associate Degree Core 26
ACT 201 Practical Accounting Procedures 4
OIS 161 Document Input and Processing 4
OIS 183 Business Administrative Procedures 4
OIS 185 Introductory Software Applications 4
OIS 244 Applied Business Communication 4
OIS 250 Desktop Publishing Principles 2
OIS 285 Advanced Software Applications and Integration 4
Other Required Courses 20
OIS 261 Advanced Document Processing 4
OIS 263 Business Document Editing 4
OIS 293 Integrated Office 4
Electives 8
Choose from the following:
MGT 121 Introduction to Business (4 cr.) [PERS]  
MGT 215 Entrepreneurship (4 cr.)  
MGT 221 Business Law I: Legal Environment of Business (4 cr.)  
MGT 228 Customer Service (2 cr.)  
MGT 240 Organizational Behavior and Management (4 cr.)  
MKT 230 Introduction to Marketing (4 cr.)  
General Electives 6

*The General Education elective must be taken outside of the College of Business.

 


Bulletin Year: 2023 - 2024 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.