There is a growing need for trained office professionals. Northampton s Office Administration diploma programs are short-term programs designed to prepare you to enter a modern office setting. The diplomas offered by the Office Administration department offers career-specific course work for the student wishing to matriculate within two semesters. Each program provides course offerings to prepare the graduate to work as a team player in a specialized office environment. You will learn the marketable skills required to work accurately and effectively with other people in an office environment.
Emphasis is placed on development of professional attitudes, values, and ethics.
This program prepares you to accept the responsibilities and challenges expected of an entry-level word processing specialist in an office environment. Students gain proficiency in technology, human relations, time management and organizational skills, decision making, and creative thinking. Technology training emphasizes word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, desktop publishing, and communications software applications. Graduates of this diploma program often go on to pursue the Office Administrative Assistant, Medical Administrative Assistant, or Legal Administrative degree upon graduation while employed. Placement of graduates from this program in related business settings has been consistently excellent.