Program Outcomes - Associate of Applied Science
The curriculum in each degree is designed to prepare students for professional careers in a specific business field. These degree plans prepare students to recognize and solve problems, manage resources, interact and work effectively in teams, and communicate well using all forms of technology. Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite.
General Education Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Use communication skills necessary to read and listen for understanding, to speak and write clearly, and to follow written and/or verbal instructions.
- Solve and analyze problems using principles of mathematics.
- Use critical thinking skills to identify problems, analyze alternative solutions, and make appropriate decisions for themselves, business, and society.
- Demonstrate teamwork and leadership skills and the ability to adapt to an ever-changing workplace environment.
- Manage available resources, time, material, and equipment efficiently and effectively.
- Become lifelong learners to remain employable in the ever-changing job market.
Broad Technology Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Know how a computer works and how to use computer application software efficiently.
- Use word processing software in the preparation of common business documents and refine touch keyboarding skills to acceptable speed and accuracy levels.
- Use spreadsheet application software to create, manipulate, sort, and chart data to be analyzed for decision-making purposes.
- Use database application software to organize, store, maintain, and sort records so that information can be retrieved efficiently.
- Apply accounting principles to journalize transactions and generate financial statements.
- Compose sound business documents using correct and forceful English.
- Manage data, resources, and personnel from all areas of business to make profitable and ethical management decisions.
- Solve and analyze business-related mathematical problems using calculators.
- Integrate all components of the Microsoft Office suite to effectively and efficiently complete multi-task projects.
- Understand how the law impacts ethical and legal decision-making in the business environment.
Accounting Specialty Core Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Use accounting procedures to make decisions about planning, organizing, and allocating resources.
- Apply financial accounting concepts and principles with relation to the sole proprietor, partnership, and corporate forms of business.
- Apply the federal and state laws and regulations that govern payroll systems and prepare payroll documents.
- Apply income tax regulations in the preparation of forms and schedules to complete an income tax return.
- Apply accounting principles to integrate accounts receivable/payable, payroll, and inventories into a commercial, computerized accounting software package.
Management Specialty Core Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Apply management principles necessary to delegate work, train and orient employees, objectively evaluate employee performance, build and motivate teams, recruit and select employees, compensate and promote employees.
- Create and design structured and interactive web documents.
- Select a viable business idea, the appropriate form of ownership, and write a business plan that includes financing and marketing options.
Medical Office Administration Specialty Core Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Develop a basic understanding of the anatomy and pathophysiology of the human body.
- Use medical terminology, communication skills, and computer applications in the preparation of medical documents.
- Maintain medical records, use ICD-9 and CPT-4 systems to code illness and medical procedures, process insurance claims, and perform accounting and billing operations for the medical facility.
- Transcribe medical dictation in order to document patient care and facilitate delivery of healthcare services.
- Develop an understanding of legal and ethical responsibilities as they relate to the healthcare professional.
- Develop an understanding of information and skills necessary to assist physicians in basic medical procedures.
Office Administration Specialty Core Outcomes
Graduates will:
- Use computer applications to perform office tasks.
- Use advanced word processing features to increase efficiency in the production of business documents.
- Create and design structured and interactive web documents.