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AOS Degree Program
This AOS degree program includes technical course work in accounting, computers, payroll, general office skills, and word processing/information processing skills. Students elect to complete a sequence of courses that provides either an accounting technology or administrative support technology concentration.
This is a nontransfer occupational program with primary emphasis on preparation for immediate employment.
Places of employment
Business, industry, government, and schools
On-the-job responsibilities
Input, manipulate, and retrieve data; use interactive software, electronic mail, and information processing skills; use computers to maintain and reconcile various financial records
Positions for which graduates qualify
General office clerk, accounts receivable/payable clerk, payroll records clerk, word processing technician, cost accounting clerk, microcomputer accounting clerk
Prerequisites
English—AOS: Placement into level C English or above (nonfiction reading, academic writing, and literature). Students successfully completing AOS degrees typically enter with reading scores equivalent to 8.0 on the California Reading Test.
Mathematics: Mathematics Applications for Business Technology required. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school mathematics.
Science: Placement into any level B science course numbered 150 or higher. Typically, students entering this program will have completed at least two years of high school science.
Business technology, AOS degree, typical course sequence
For a curriculum chart for this program, look in the PDF for this college.