Business Information Worker

About the Program

Program Goal: Career

GE Pattern(s): Butte Local

Program Code: 01313.02AS

The AS Degree in Business Information Worker (BIW) program is a two-tiered, structured career pathway for students who are interested in entering the exciting and diverse career field of office and administrative support. Butte College's BIW pathway is aligned with a California statewide program that collaborated with businesses and advisory committees across the state to identify the most in-demand and desirable knowledge and skills required of today's business information workers. Additionally, this pathway clearly communicates to students what skills they need to be successful in today's businesses, as well as provides a branded BIW pathway for businesses to quickly recognize on resumes. Please visit the ICT-DM.NET./BIW site to obtain more information and locate support resources for this pathway.

Students graduating from the BIW program gain proficiency in business communication, professional development, records management, technology tools used to support businesses to achieve goals, such as Microsoft Office applications, collaboration tools, and desktop publishing applications.

Career related fields for the BIW include office and administrative support workers, administrative assistants, receptionists, office specialists, customer service representatives, general office and information clerks, and file clerks.

Students who have earned the AS degree in BIW will have also completed the BIW Certificate and the BIW Certificate of Achievement. Taken full-time, this program can be completed in two years.

Program Learning Outcome(s): Upon successful completion of the program, the student will be able to:

1. Manage office information and records.
2. Communicate professionally and work effectively in a team
3. Produce accessible business documents with appropriate formatting using word processing software.
4. Create spreadsheets with financial functions and charting.
5. Plan and deliver individual or team oral presentations for business meetings.
6. Use email and calendaring software to communicate and manage time.
7. Apply the features and functions of web-based tools efficiently and effectively in order to meet the desired goals and outcomes of business.