CUESTA COLLEGE
REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT
OFFICE PROFESSIONAL
A Certificate of Achievement for Office Professional shall be granted to those students who have
satisfactorily completed the required courses in this specialized area of study (37.0-38.0 units).
You may qualify for additional CAOA certificates. Counseling assistance is recommended.
REQUIRED COURSES: Minimum of 25.0-26.0 units
COURSE NO. REQUIRED COURSES UNITS
CAOA 120B Intermediate Computer Keyboarding/Document Processing 3.0
or CAOA 120S Speed and Accuracy Computer Keyboarding (2.0)
CAOA 123 Business English 3.0
CAOA 125 Business Calculations 1.0
CAOA 126 Voice Recognition Software w/ Document Application 3.0
CAOA 128 Office Technology and Telecommunications 3.0
CAOA 129 Computer Applications/Office Admin. Internship 3.0
CAOA 227 Business Communications 4.0
CAOA 246 Beginning Word Processing: Microsoft Word 3.0
CAOA 250 Advanced Word Processing: Microsoft Word 3.0
Total of Required Courses 25.0-26.0
SUGGESTED ELECTIVES AND PREREQUISITES: Minimum of 12 units
BUS 251 Elements of Accounting (4)
BUS 286 Human Relations (3)
CAOA 120A Beginning Computer Keyboarding/Document Proc. (3)
CAOA 153 Essentials of Microsoft Publisher (2)
CAOA 154 Essentials of Outlook (2)
CAOA 156 Test Preparation for Microsoft Office User Specialist (.5)
CAOA 162 Introduction to Beginning Computer Keyboarding (1)
CAOA 167 PowerPoint (1)
CAOA 168A Photoshop – Level 2: Business Applications (1.5)
CAOA 172 Photoshop Elements (2)
CAOA 173 Adobe Acrobat (1.5)
CAOA 261 Introduction to Spreadsheets (3)
CAOA 264 Introduction to Database Management (3)
CAOA 265 Adobe InDesign: Business Applications (3)
CAOA 266 Introduction to Computer Basics(1)
CAOA 268 Introduction to Photoshop: Business Applications (3)
CAOA 269 Introduction to Web Publishing: Dreamweaver (3)
CAOA 270 Intermediate Web Publishing: Dreamweaver (3)
CAOA 271 Using Flash for Business Applications (3)
MATH 003 Arithmetic (3)
Minimum Total of Prerequisites and Electives 12.0
Total for Certificate 37.0-38.0
San Luis Obispo Campus P.O. Box 8106, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403
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