The Business Office Specialist program prepares students for employment in a variety of positions in today’s administrative and business fields. Program graduates are competent in office technology and other areas required for success in a professional business office. The program also provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of business office technology.
Upon completion of the word processing course, students take the Microsoft Certification Exam to achieve Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. This certification is industry-recognized and verifies competence in using Microsoft computer programs and is required of all Business Administrative Technology students before they receive the technical certificate award. Graduates receive a Business Administrative Technology–Business Office Specialist technical certificate.
