Administrative Support Technologist

The Associate of Applied Science Degree in Administrative Support Technology is designed to prepare persons for full-time employment immediately upon completion of the community college program. Both persons who are seeking their first employment in an office position and those who are seeking promotion may benefit from this curriculum.

Associate of Applied Science in Business and Office in Administrative Support Technology

Four-semester (two-year) program

First Year

First Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 101 ¹	Keyboarding I	3	0	3
AST 136	Office Record Keeping	3	0	3
AST 160	Learning the Internet for Business	1	0	1
AST 260	Presentation Software	2	0	2
ENG 111	College Composition I	3	0	3	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Virginia Tech ENGL 1105 Radford University CORE 101 Old Dominion University ENGL 110C Virginias Private Colleges & Universities Bluefield College ENG 1013/1023, GEN ED Liberty University ENGL 101 Emory & Henry College ENG 100
ELE	Health/Physical Education Elective	2	0	2
SDV 100	College Success Skills	1	0	1	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Radford University UNIV 100 elective
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		15	0	15

Second Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 102	Keyboarding II	3	0	3
AST 236	Specialized Software Applications	3	0	3
CST 126 ⁶	Interpersonal Communication	3	0	3	View transfer information
Virginias Public Colleges & Universities Radford University COMS 250
ELE ²	Humanities/Fine Arts Elective	2	0	2
ELE ³	Social/Behavioral Science Elective	3	0	3
BUS 125	Applied Business Mathematics	3	0	3
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		17	0	17

Second Year

Third Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 107	Editing/Proofreading Skills	3	0	3
AST 141	Word Processing I	3	0	3	View transfer information

AST 234	Records and Database Management	3	0	3
AST 243	Office Administration I	3	0	3
ELE ⁵	Business Elective	3	0	3
ELE ⁴	Natural Science, AST or IT Elective	3	0	3
Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		18	0	18

Fourth Semester

Course #	Course Title	Lect. Hrs.	Lab Hrs.	Credits	Transfer
AST 205	Business Communications	3	0	3
AST 244	Office Administration II	3	0	3
AST 253	Advanced Desktop Publishing I	3	0	3
AST 298 ^*	Seminar and Project in Administrative Support	3	0	3
ITD 110	Web Page Design	4	0	4	View transfer information

Suggested Credits & Hours for Semester		16	0	16

Students who possess Keyboarding skills may petition for advanced placement with Credit by Examination.

Students may take CST 110 which can substitute for the CST 126

*This is a capstone course and should be taken the last semester.

Humanities Electives: ART 101, CST 151, HUM 201, HUM 260, MUS 121, PHI 100, PHI 220, REL 230

Social Science Electives: ECO 201, ECO 202, GEO 200,GEO 210, HIS 101, HIS 102, HIS 121, HIS 122, PLS 211, PLS 212, PSY 200, PSY 215, PSY 216, PSY 230, SOC 200, SOC 215, SOC 250

Students may choose from BUS 100, BUS 200 or BUS 205

Students may choose from the following electives: NAS, AST, or ITE/ITD/ITN electives.