Electronic Office Assistant Ontario College Certificate
ObjectivesThis part-time certificate program is designed to give graduates employment in entry level clerical/bookkeeping positions in an automated office. Emphasis is on computer software usage and clerical skills. In addition, graduates will be knowledgeable in communication and organizational behaviour skills.
Academic titleElectronic Office Assistant Ontario College Certificate
Course descriptionACCT1010 Bookkeeping Fundamentals
Description: Introducing the basics of bookkeeping, this course provides the opportunity to advance to the Accounting level. Students will progress at his/her own rate, and may require more than one semester to complete the course which is taught on a tutorial basis. Topics range from bookkeeping terminology to inventory evaluation. Students will need to bring a calculator.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
ACCT1120 Simply Accounting I
Description: Recommended: ACCT1090 Introduction to Accounting or equivalent knowledge.Simply Accounting is an integrated accounting software package. Students will review proper accounting procedures and learn how to set up and use the general ledger, payables, and receivables modules. In addition, bank reconciliation and graphing will be covered.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
ADMN1060 Records Management
Description: This course is designed to show the student how to analyze, plan, design, implement and utilize both traditional and automated records control systems. Practical activities will be emphasized to reinforce the theory.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
ADMN1120 Documenting And Formatting
Description: Recommended: COMP1110 Word or equivalent knowledge.Students will learn how to accurately format and key documents such as letters, envelopes, reports, outlines, memoranda and business forms.
Hours: 30
Credits: 2
BUS1020 Organizational Behaviour
Description: Studying people and organizations, this course examines the behaviour of individuals working alone or in teams. Using actual examples, this course examines how behavioural factors affect organizational effectiveness. Note: This course is an approved HRPAO credit. Equivalent: Introduction to Business Management & Organizational Behaviour. OLRN1470 (Internet).
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
COMM1490 Professional Report Writing and Presentation Skills
Description: This level two course is designed to enable students to reinforce and enhance the skills acquired in Introduction to Professional Writing and Presentation Skills by applying them to longer, more advanced projects. It also helps students to develop skills in research, informal and formal report writing, and professional oral presentation.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
Pre-Requisites: COMM1500
COMM1500 Introduction to Professional Writing and Presentation Skills
Description: Introducing the communication skills necessary for success, this course analyzes cases that reflect real life situations. Students will attain the skills in problem solving and decision making required in professional communications. Emphasis will be placed on producing effective letters and memoranda. The course also helps students develop presentation skills.
Hours: 45
Credits: 3
COMP1100 Excel
Description: Recommended: COMP1150 Computer Literacy for Windows (Word/Excel) or equivalent knowledge.
This course takes you beyond the basics to cover intermediate spreadsheeting concepts and techniques using Excel 2003. Students will learn how to produce professional workbooks. Emphasis will be placed on: planning and creating spreadsheets; using formulas and functions; data analysis; generating graphs; and linking, summarizing and consolidating worksheets.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
COMP1110 Word
Description: Recommended: COMP1150 Computer Literacy for Windows or equivalent knowledge. This course takes you beyond the basics to cover intermediate wordprocessing concepts and techniques using Word 2003. Students will learn how to produce professional business documents. Emphasis will be placed on intermediate wordprocessing techniques including paragraph and page formatting options; working with tabs and indents; using the find and replace features; using the spellcheck, grammar check, thesaurus and other built-in correction tools; multi-column text, tables and mailmerges; numbered and bulleted paragraphs; headers, footers and page numbering.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
COMP1120 Access
Description: Recommended: COMP1150 Computer Literacy for Windows (Word/Excel) or equivalent knowledge. Experience with database design would be an asset. This course introduces students to Access 2003, an application that manages data. Students will be exposed to database components, terminology, the creation and use of data-entry forms, queries, reports and switchboards.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
COMP1130 Word - Advanced
Description: Recommended: COMP1110 Word or equivalent knowledge. This advanced level course explores the mathematical capabilities of tables to create a variety of business documents including math formulas; sort information stored in tables, columns, paragraphs and data sources; perform an interactive merge; create automatically numbered outlines; document formatting using styles; generate tables of contents and indexes; get acquainted with Word's powerful macros feature; and look at the Word Art applet as it applies to business situations.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3
COMP1150 Computer Literacy For Windows (Word/Excel)
Description: Recommended: Keyboarding skills are an asset. This course provides an introduction to the basics of using a computer and Microsoft Office. Students will be introduced to Windows, a word processor (Word), and an electronic spreadsheet (Excel). This course will benefit those who need to understand the basics of a computer on the job or at home.
Hours: 36
Credits: 3