Administrative Support Technology, AAS

First Semester

• AST 101 Keyboarding I 3 credits ¹
• AST 136 Office Record Keeping 3 credits
• AST 160 Learning the Internet for Business 1 credits
• AST 260 Presentation Software 2 credits
• ENG 111 College Composition I 3 credits
• SDV 100 College Success Skills 1 credits ⁸
• HLT/PED Health/Phys. Ed. Elective 2 credits⁷

Second Semester

• AST 102 Keyboarding II 3 credits
• AST 236 Specialized Software Applications 3 credits (Excel)
• CST 126 Interpersonal Communication 3 credits ⁶
• Elective  Humanities/Fine Arts  3 credits²
• Elective  Social/Behavioral Science  3 credits³
• MTH 132 Business Mathematics 3 credits ⁹

Third Semester

• AST 107 Editing/Proofreading Skills 3 credits
• AST 141 Word Processing I 3 credits (Word)
• AST 234 Records and Database Management 3 credits (Access)
• AST 243 Office Administration I 3 credits
• Elective Business Elective 3 credits ⁵
• Elective Natural Science, AST or IT Elec. 3 credits ⁴

Fourth Semester

• AST 205 Business Communications 3 credits
• AST 244 Office Administration II 3 credits
• AST 253 Advanced Desktop Publishing I 3 credits
• AST 298 Seminar and Project in Administrative Support Technology 3 credits *
• ITD 110 Web Page Design 3 credits

Total Minimum Credits Required for this Curriculum: 67

¹Students who possess Keyboarding skills may petition for advanced placement with Credit by Examination.

²Humanities Electives:  HUM 100 , HUM 260 , PHI 101 , PHI 220 , ART 101 , CST 151 , ENG 241 , ENG 242 , ENG 243 , ENG 244 , MUS 121 , REL 200 , REL 210 , REL 230   

³Social Science Electives:  ECO 201 , ECO 202 , GEO 200 ,GEO 210 , HIS 101 , HIS 102 , HIS 121 , HIS 122 , PLS 211 , PLS 212 , PSY 200 , PSY 215 , PSY 216 , PSY 230 , SOC 200 , SOC 215 , PSY 235  

⁴Students may choose from the following electives:  NAS 150 , AST 142 , AST 150 , AST 240 , AST 244 , AST 247 , AST 257 , ITD 132 , ITD 136 , ITD 210 , ITD 250 , ITD 256 , ITE 100 , ITE 102 , ITE 105 , ITE 115 , ITE 119 , ITE 131 , ITE 141 , ITE 160 , ITE 215 , ITE 270 , ITN 101 , ITN 102 , ITN 103 , ITN 106 , ITN 107 , ITN 111 , ITN 112 , ITN 170 , ITN 171 , ITN 200 , ITN 208 , ITN 245 , ITN 260 , ITN 261 , ITN 262 , BIO 141 , BIO 142  

⁵Students may choose from BUS 100 , BUS 200  or BUS 205  

⁶Students may take CST 100  or CST 110  which can substitute for the CST 126  

⁷HLT/PED Electives:  HLT 105 , HLT 106 , HLT 110 , HLT 116 , HLT 160 , PED 107 , PED 109 , PED 111 , PED 129 , PED 183  

⁸Students may choose from:  SDV 101 , SDV 104 , SDV 108 , SDV 110  

⁹Students may choose from:  MTH 154 , MTH 155 , MTH 161 , MTH 162 , MTH 167 , MTH 261 , MTH 262 , MTH 263 , MTH 264 , MTH 265 , MTH 266 , MTH 267  

*This is a capstone course and should be taken the last semester.