This course offers an introduction to the world of business. Students gain practical experience in a typical office environment and perform routine duties common to the majority of all office positions. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This course combines keyboarding and document processing. In the keyboarding portion, you will gain mastery of the computer keyboard, learn proper keyboarding techniques, and key letters, memos, tables, reports, and business forms. Increasing emphasis is placed on developing speed and accuracy. This hands-on course is designed to introduce Administrative Assistant students to word processing concepts and the production of routine business communication. Students must achieve a minimum keyboarding requirement of 33 wpm to pass this course.
This course allows students to integrate computer applications. Students are introduced to the hands-on skills needed to create and use database management software in the business environment, using Microsoft Publisher. Students will also create presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, incorporating fonts, graphics, and colours to create slides, overheads, printed documents, and on-screen slide shows.
This course prepares the Administrative Assistant student to use electronic spreadsheets in today's offices. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This course is designed to introduce speech making as an art and technology and to enhance the student's ability to interact with employers, co-workers, clients, and the public. The course includes impromptu speaking, prepared presentations, and other program-specific assignments. In this course students organize and compose acceptable business correspondence in accordance with current business letter writing procedures. Emphasis is placed on sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, grammar and editing written material. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This course is concerned specifically with understanding and applying the basic principles of grammar and developing the ability to edit written material. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This is a second-level course for students not specializing in accounting theories, processes and procedures. It expands on basic principles and delves into more specialized techniques in accounting for profit and control. This course gives you an introduction into Sage50. Sage50 is an automated accounting program used by many businesses. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
This is an introductory course in accounting with emphasis on basic bookkeeping for both service and merchandising types of businesses. The course includes journalizing and posting transactions, correcting entries, sales tax, special journals, refunds and discounts, remitting GST and HST, completing petty cash, and the payroll process. Enrol and begin in September, November, January or March.
Improve your English language skills and participation in your community.
You will learn about living in Canada and four language skill areas:
Improve your English language skills and participation in your community.
You will learn about living in Canada and four language skill areas: