# Business: Office Applications Option (Certificate of Achievement)

Gavilan College · 2026-2027 Catalog · Department: Business

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This program prepares students for entry level office skills jobs that require intermediate to advanced computer skills. Students will learn how to create professional documents with Word, create presentations using PowerPoint, and prepare spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel. Possible job opportunities include: administrative office assistant, office manager/administrator, legal administrative assistant, office coordinator, operations administrative assistant, and project manager.

**Learning Outcome(s):**

1.  Create professional documents and presentations and prepare spreadsheets using computer programs and applications.

| Course | Title | Units |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CSIS 1 | Computer Literacy | 2 |
| CSIS 2 | Computers in Business | 4 |
| ACCT 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| or CSIS 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| CSIS 122 | Computer Keyboarding | 0.5-2 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| CSIS 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| or CMUN 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| ACCT 20 | Financial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 21 | Managerial Accounting | 4 |
| ACCT 105 | Payroll Accounting | 3 |
| ACCT 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| or CSIS 120 | Computerized Accounting - QuickBooks | 3 |
| ACCT 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| or CSIS 121 | Spreadsheet - MS Excel | 3 |
| BOT 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| or BUS 100 | Effective Written and Oral Business Communication | 3 |
| BOT 212 | Business Computations with Machines | 0.5 |
| BOT 291A | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| or BOT 291B | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| or BOT 291C | Power Skills for the Workplace | 1 |
| BUS 1 | Fundamentals of Business | 3 |
| BUS 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or ECON 11 | Statistics for Business and Economics | 4 |
| or MATH 5 | Introduction to Statistics | 4 |
| BUS 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| or ECON 14 | Personal Finance | 3 |
| BUS 80 | Business Law | 3 |
| CSIS 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| or DM 6 | Webpage Authoring | 3 |
| CSIS 8 | Introduction to the Internet | 1 |
| CSIS 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| or DM 75 | Photoshop I - Adobe Photoshop | 3 |
| CSIS 122 | Computer Keyboarding | 0.5-2 |
| CSIS 126 | Word Processing - MS Word | 3 |
| CSIS 128 | Database - MS Access | 2 |
| CSIS 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| or CMUN 129 | Presentation Graphics - MS PowerPoint | 1 |
| CSIS 212 | Keyboard Speed Building | 0.5-1 |
| CMUN 12 | Business Communication | 3 |
| ECON 1 | Principles of Macroeconomics | 3 |
| ECON 2 | Principles of Microeconomics | 3 |
| **Total** | | **** |