Office Administration

Program Learning Outcomes

Legal Office Specialist Certificate

  1. Graduates will implement administrative office management by organizing, storing, and retrieving information when using data from visual, written, or verbal communication.
  2. Graduates will apply advanced office applications with a special emphasis on problem solving by using management theories as a foundation for critical thinking.
  3. Graduates will demonstrate attention to detail by applying the placement of information using process, data, and information ordering skills.
  4. Graduates will practice a learning plan that applies theory, concepts, and skills involving specialized materials, tools, equipment, interactions, and procedures relating to the occupation of office administration in business environments.
Office Specialist Certificate
  1. Graduates will implement administrative office management by organizing, storing, and retrieving information when using data from visual, written, or verbal communication.
  2. Graduates will apply advanced office applications with a special emphasis on problem solving by using management theories as a foundation for critical thinking.
  3. Graduates will recall decision-making concepts that apply to administrative office projects by examining information from software and technology applications.
  4. Graduates will practice a learning plan that applies theory, concepts, and skills involving specialized materials, tools, equipment, interactions, and procedures relating to the occupation of office administration in business environments.
Administrative Office Assistant Associate of Applied Science
  1. Graduates will implement administrative office management by organizing, storing, and retrieving information when using data from visual, written, or verbal communication.
  2. Graduates will apply advanced office applications with a special emphasis on problem solving by using management theories as a foundation for critical thinking.
  3. Graduates will recall decision-making concepts that apply to administrative office projects by examining information from software and technology applications.
  4. Graduates will practice a learning plan that applies theory, concepts, and skills involving specialized materials, tools, equipment, interactions, and procedures relating to the occupation of office administration in business environments.
  5. Graduates will demonstrate attention to detail by applying the placement of information using process, data, and information ordering skills.

Advisory Committee Members

Cecilia Garza, City of McAllen
Leeanna Rosel, City of Edinburg
Velma Segura, Law Office of David Cazares

Occupational Skills Award

Certificates

Associate Degrees

Information Processing Specialist Occupational Skills Award

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
POFI 2301 Word Processing 3
POFI 2340 Advanced Word Processing 3
POFT 1328 Business Presentations 3
 Credit Hours9
 Total Credit Hours9

Legal Office Specialist Occupational Skills Award

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
LGLA 1307 Introduction to Law and the Legal Professions 3
POFL 1303 Legal Office Procedures I 3
POFL 1340 Legal Office Procedures II 3
 Credit Hours9
 Total Credit Hours9

Office Clerk Occupational Skills Award

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
POFI 2301 Word Processing 3
POFT 1301 Business English 3
POFT 1309 Administrative Office Procedures I 3
POFT 1329 Beginning Keyboarding 3
 Credit Hours12
 Total Credit Hours12

Legal Office Specialist Certificate

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
POFI 2301 Word Processing 3
POFL 1303 Legal Office Procedures I 3
POFT 1301 Business English 3
POFT 1329 Beginning Keyboarding 3
 Credit Hours12
Spring
POFI 2340 Advanced Word Processing 3
POFL 2301 Legal Document Processing 3
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I 3
POFT 1328 Business Presentations 3
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication 3
 Credit Hours15
Summer
POFL 1340 Legal Office Procedures II 3
POFL 2264 CAPSTONE: Practicum 2
 Credit Hours5
 Total Credit Hours32

Office Specialist Certificate

TSI Exempt

Plan of Study Grid
FallCredit Hours
POFI 2301 Word Processing 3
POFT 1301 Business English 3
POFT 1309 Administrative Office Procedures I 3
POFT 1329 Beginning Keyboarding 3
 Credit Hours12
Spring
POFI 2340 Advanced Word Processing 3
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I 3
POFT 1328 Business Presentations 3
POFI 1349 Spreadsheets 3
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication 3
 Credit Hours15
Summer
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II 3
POFT 1165 Practicum 1
 Credit Hours4
 Total Credit Hours31

Administrative Office Assistant Associate of Applied Science

TSI Liable

Plan of Study Grid
First Year
FallCredit Hours
POFI 2301 Word Processing 3
POFT 1301 Business English 3
POFT 1309 Administrative Office Procedures I 3
POFT 1329 Beginning Keyboarding 3
Social and Behavioral Sciences Elective 1 3
 Credit Hours15
Spring
POFI 1349 Spreadsheets 3
POFI 2340 Advanced Word Processing 3
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I 3
POFT 1328 Business Presentations 3
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication 3
 Credit Hours15
Summer
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II 3
 Credit Hours3
Second Year
Fall
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I 3
POFT 2331 Administrative Project Solutions 3
Humanities Elective 1 3
Speech Elective 1 3
 Credit Hours12
Spring
BMGT 1301 Supervision 3
ENGL 1301 Composition I 1 3
POFT 2303 Speed and Accuracy Building 3
Math and Natural Sciences Elective 1,2 4
 Credit Hours13
Summer
POFT 2264 CAPSTONE: Practicum 2
 Credit Hours2
 Total Credit Hours60
1

Identifies courses to fulfill minimum 15 credit hour General Education requirement

2

Students must take a 4 credit hour course in order to fulfill the Math and Natural Sciences Elective.