A.A.S./Administrative Office Professional: Legal Option
Business & Management
Intended Program Outcomes:
This two-year program leading to an A.A.S. in administrative office specialist, legal option, provides students with the specialized skills necessary for employment as legal administrative assistants. Students will be effective in the workplace in the following areas:
- Use of appropriate legal terminology with written and oral accuracy,
- Use of transcription machines effectively to produce legal documents,
- Office bookkeeping and general accounting tasks,
- Effective use of database and spreadsheet software,
- Understanding of the legal system.
Students have the opportunity to develop top-level office skills in various computer applications, formatting specialized legal documents, dictation using word processing equipment, as well as the ability to prioritize. Employment possibilities include private and public legal and cruminal justice offices, courtrooms, and various criminal justice facilities.
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CREDITS
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| Criminal Justice Electives |
6
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| BA110X Business Computer Applications/MS Excel |
3
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| BA111 Basic Accounting |
4
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| BA131 Introduction to Business Computing |
4
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| BA206 Principles of Management |
4
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| BA209Q Accounting Applications/QuickBooks |
3
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| CJ220 Criminal Law | OR |
3
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| BA226 Business Law |
(4)
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| BA277 Business Ethics |
3
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| BA280 CWE Business |
3
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| BA284 Pre-Employment Seminar |
1
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| BA285 Human Relations in Business |
3
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| BT131 Legal Office Procedures OR | OR |
3
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| BT116 Professional Office Procedures |
(3)
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| BT121 Document Processing I |
3
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| BT122 Document Processing II |
3
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| BT123 Document Processing III |
3
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| BT124 Keyboarding for Accuracy & Speed |
3
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| BT140 Business Document Editing |
3
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| BT201M Word Processing Procedures/Word |
3
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| BT202M Word Processing Procedures/Word |
3
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| BT206 Desktop Publishing |
3
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| BT220 Calculating Machines |
3
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| BT230 Legal Terminology |
3
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| BT231 Legal Transcription |
3
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| BT232 Legal Terminology II |
3
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| COM111 Fundamentals of Speech (or higher) |
4
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| HTM131 Customerer Service Management I |
3
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| BA104 Business Mathematics | OR |
4
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| MTH095 Intermediate Algebra (or higher) |
(5)
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| WR121 English Composition |
4
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| BA214 Business Communications | OR |
3
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| WR227 Technical Report Writing |
(4)
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| Total Credits |
94
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(Information based on the 2011-12 BMCC Academic Catalog)
