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Business Department
Norwalk Community College

 

Business Department

Business Technology

 

 

 Business Software
Certificate Program

This one-year certificate program offers the quickest way to attain the skills necessary to function as a business software specialist, preparing students for both full and part-time positions that abound in today’s job market. Everyone from entry-level job seekers through managers looking to advance their careers, need a solid foundation in business computing. This certificate includes computer concepts, comprehensive courses on the entire Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher) and additional business software (Crystal Reports). In addition, it includes accounting and composition courses to support your use of Excel and Word respectively.

Applicants who have had previous training in keyboarding may qualify for advanced placement; thus beginning the program with BOT 102 – Keyboarding II; replacing Keyboarding I with an Open General Elective. 30 credits are required for the certificate.

Students who decide to continue for the Associate in Science degree in Business Technology will find almost all courses in the certificate program acceptable for the Associate degree.

Below is a list of courses required for this certificate or degree program. To print out a checklist of these courses to keep for future reference, click on the year you began your studies at NCC.

For example, if you are a new student, select 2004-2005. However, if you started your studies within this program in previous years, click on the appropriate year since requirements might have changed.

Note: You are only responsible for those course requirements in place at the time you started your studies.
 

Download Check Sheets:
 2000-01 BOT Bus Software Cert
2002-03 BOT Bus Software Cert
2003-04 BOT Bus Software Cert
2004-05 BOT Bus Software Cert
2005-06 BOT Bus Software Cert



Required Courses 

 

Required Courses                                                        Semester
                                                                                        Hours
 ACC 113         Principles of Financial Accounting                     3
ENG 101         Composition                                                     3
BOT 111         Keyboarding for Information
                        Processing I                                                      3
BOT 112         Keyboarding for Information
                        Processing II                                                    3
BOT 161         Business Practices & Technology                      3
BOT 167         Business Computing Concepts                           3
BOT 264         Word for Business                                            3
BOT 265         Excel for Business **                                        3
BOT 266         PowerPoint &
                        Publisher for Business **                                  3
BOT 267         Access & Crystal Reports for Business 3

                                                                                    Total  30

 

*For those students that qualify for advanced placement in keyboarding,

BOT 111 will be replaced with a General Elective.



For those students that qualify for advanced placement in keyboarding; BOT 101 will be replaced with a General Elective.

Program Outcomes
Upon the successful completion of all Business Software Certificate requirements, graduates will:

1. Demonstrate competence and confidence using computer hardware and software in a business environment.
2. Demonstrate appropriate skills using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher and Access.
3. Demonstrate appropriate skills using Crystal reports with a variety of database programs, the Windows operating system, and the Internet plus the ability to integrate various applications.
4. Demonstrate speed and accuracy using keyboarding skills and the ability to prepare standard types of business communications.