Certificate in Office Administration - General (OFAG)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
1 year
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,036 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $7,971 | domestic fall semester fee: $2,214 / domestic winter and summer semester fee: $1,881
Introduction
Support administrative functions of a business as an office assistant
Develop fundamental skills required to be an effective office professional. Be job-ready in eight months or continue with a specialized diploma.
Students are prepared to assist in a wide variety of entry-level office settings by gaining skills and knowledge to support the management of an organization. By learning three key and interdependent functions: organization, processing information, and communication, students achieve a solid foundation to become effective members of an office team. Students build technological competency through learning a variety of application packages utilized in businesses today. This program sets a basis for further educational growth and students may elect to transition for an additional year into enhanced and specialized learning leading to an Office Administration–Health Services or Office Administration-Executive diploma.
Why study Office Administration – General at Georgian?
Our program provides you with the chance to explore a range of courses and career opportunities while providing you with a solid foundation to continue specialized learning in the legal, medical, or executive Office Administration programs.
This one-year certificate program equips you with the skills you need to contribute to a wide variety of office settings. Develop your business and professional skills and become a qualified office assistant. Choose your career from many different industries. Our courses reflect current industry trends and requirements and prepare you for a variety of entry-level administrative assistant and clerical positions.
Benefits of studying part-time:
- Register on a course-by-course basis, paying as you go!
- MORE choices. We are always adding more flexible delivery programs and courses.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
Program Courses
- COMP 1113 Business Documentation and Text Processing
- OFAD 1001 Office Procedures and Strategies
- OFAD 1007 Computer Applications 1 for the Office
- OFAD 1022 Professional Development and Employability 1
Communications Course
- Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
Semester 2
Program Courses
- COMP 1013 Advanced Business Documentation
- MATH 1034 Office Math Applications
- COMP 1114 Multi Media Communications
- OFAD 1020 Computer Applications 2 for the Office
- OFAD 1023 Professional Development and Employability 2
Communications Course
Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
Program Option Course
- Select 1 course from the program option courses listed below during registration.
Program Option Courses may include:
- ACCT 1003 Finance and Management Accounting
- ADVE 1000 Foundations of Advertising
- ADVE 2004 Public Relations
- BUSI 1001 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
- BUSI 2024 Global Business and Culture
- COMP 1002 HTML, CSS, and JS Fundamentals
- COMP 2003 Relational Database
- COMP 2093 Macintosh and Design Basics
- ECON 1000 Microeconomics
- ECON 2000 Macroeconomics
- ENTR 1000 Social Entrepreneurship
- ENTR 1001 Student Teams for Entrepreneurship Projects
- ENTR 1002 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- ENTR 2009 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- HURM 1000 Human Resources Management Foundations
- HURM 1002 Labour Relations
- HURM 1003 Labour Economics
- HURM 1004 Compensation
- HURM 1005 Human Resources Planning
- HURM 1007 Recruitment and Selection
- HURM 1022 Occupational Health and Safety
- LAWS 2000 Business Law
- MGMT 1000 Retail Management
- MGMT 2000 Production and Operations Management
- MGMT 2001 Principles of Management
- MKTG 1000 Introduction to Marketing
- MKTG 2004 Introduction to Logistics
- OFAD 1004 Introduction to Legal Office Administration
- OFAD 1006 Introduction to Medical Terminology
- OFAD 2014 Bookkeeping for the Office Professional
- STAT 2000 Statistics 1
- STAT 2001 Statistics 2
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Office Administration – General certificate gives you many career opportunities
Graduates of this program may be employed in a variety of entry-level administrative assistant and clerical positions in manufacturing, transportation, telecommunications, entertainment, government, education, banking, and numerous professional services.