Program Map

Administrative Assistant - Certificate of Achievement

Award Type: Certificate of Achievement
Effective Date: Fall 2020
Learning and Career Pathway
  • Business, Economics & Information Technology

This program map from the 2024-2025 catalog year represents one possible pathway to complete this program. Your pathway may vary depending on your transfer plans and also previous college credit, including AP Test scores, concurrent enrollment courses and high school articulated courses.

I'm ready to get started. What do I do next?

  1. Review this program map to get an overview of the required courses
  2. Meet with a counselor to develop your customized student education plan www.chabotcollege.edu/counseling
  3. Use DegreeWorks, an online student education planning tool, to track your progress toward graduation www.chabotcollege.edu/admissions/degreeworks
Description:
The two Administrative Assistant programs are stackable: you start with the Administrative Assistant certificate of achievement (21 units), then take 12 more units of major courses, the general education classes (15 units), and 12 units of electives (any courses) to graduate with the AS in Administrative Assistant (60 units). All classes in the major are available online, so you can complete these two diplomas fully online. The goal of both programs is immediate employment.
What can I do with this Major?
By completing the Administrative Assistant certificate, you can obtain such positions as an Executive Assistant, Assistant Office Manager, Assistant to the Vice President or the President, Personal Assistant, Office Specialist. There are 8,663 new jobs open in this field in the Bay Area, including 1,607 new jobs in the East Bay. The median hourly wage is $30.57 for the Bay Area and $27.45 for East Bay. As you start growing in your career, you will continue your studies with the next level AS Administrative Assistant degree. After gaining some experience in the administrative assistant career, you will usually find more career options.

Critical Course Prerequisite for Other Courses Prerequisite Required Required for Major GE General Education

Semester 1
 
12 units
CAS 50
Introduction to Computer Application Systems (Active)
3.0
CAS 71
Keyboarding & 10 Key (Active)
3.0
BUS 14
Business Communications (Active)
3.0
Options Course
 
3.0
Choose one course from the list of options below
Semester 2
 
9 units
BUS 7
Accounting for Small Business (Active)
3.0
CAS 88
Microsoft Word (Active)
3.0
CAS 54
Microsoft Excel (Active)
3.0
Options Courses
 

Choose one course from the following list of options (3 units)

9 units
BUS 12
Introduction to Business (Historical)
3.0
BUS 22
Introduction to Management (Active)
3.0
BUS 28
Human Relations in the Workplace (Active)
3.0
Total Units: 21.0
This program map is not a guarantee of course availability or financial aid applicability.