Administrative Professional

Why Consider an Administrative Professional Degree?

  • Your ability to community clearly with internal and external customers is valuable to any organization.
  • You’re interested in using current technology to work as efficiently as possible.
  • You enjoy organizing, planning, and prioritizing for others and yourself.
  • Businesses need trained support staff to carry out responsibilities such as preparing correspondence, arranging  meetings, creating presentations, and making travel arrangements.

Why Learn at Lakeshore?

  • Start when it’s convenient for you, almost any month of the year.
  • Learn from dedicated, experienced professionals. 
  • Because of our low student-to-faculty ratio, you’ll get to know instructors and fellow students.
  • This is a competency-based education (CBE) program offering flexible course delivery and scheduling.

What It Takes

  • Good writing and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work well with others
  • Excellent listening skills
  • Capacity to learn how to use a variety of technology
Career Area
Business, Management and Administration
Type
Associate Degree
Program Number
10-106-6
Availability
CBE
  • Associate Degree
  • 4 Terms 
  • 60 Credits
  • Financial Aid Eligible
  • Flexible Start Dates

Fall 2024 CBE Schedule

On Campus Support available from Sarah Bornemann on Mondays 8 AM - 4 PM & Tuesday 8 AM - 3 PM.


Career Outlook

Administrative Professional

Median Income: $37,204.00*
 

POTENTIAL JOB TITLES

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Provide high-level administrative support by conducting research, preparing statistical reports, and handling information requests, as well as performing routine administrative functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings. May also train and supervise lower-level clerical staff.

 

Information and Records

 

Compile records, and sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title. Register patrons to permit them to borrow books, periodicals, and other library materials.

 

Office and administrative support workers.

 

Perform duties too varied and diverse to be classified in any specific office clerical occupation, requiring knowledge of office systems and procedures. Clerical duties may be assigned in accordance with the office procedures of individual establishments and may include a combination of answering telephones, bookkeeping, typing or word processing, office machine operation, and filing.

 

Answer inquiries and provide information to the general public, customers, visitors, and other interested parties regarding activities conducted at establishment and location of departments, offices, and employees within the organization.

 

Perform routine administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, scheduling appointments, organizing and maintaining paper and electronic files, or providing information to callers.

 


Disclosure:

*Lightcast/EMSI data is a hybrid dataset derived from official government sources such as the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary data is from the Lakeshore District.

Transfer Options

ADMISSION AND FIRST SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS

Work with Admissions Advisor to:

  • Submit Application
  • Complete the Student Success Questionnaire.
  • Schedule your First Time Program Counseling/Registration Session with your assigned program counselor to plan your first semester schedule, review your entire plan of study and discuss the results of the Student Success Questionnaire.

*Submit transcripts and test scores (optional, highly recommended): College transcripts, along with high school transcripts and test scores from within the last five years, used for course registration. Official transcripts needed for transferring college credit(s) and for financial aid purposes.

Program Cost

  • Tuition Cost: $9,698.20
  • Book Cost: $662.00
  • Supply Cost: $0.00
  • Program Total: $10,360.20

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COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION is a learning model offering far more flexibility than traditional models. Fitting college around your work and personal commitments is possible because CBE allows you to:

  • Learn When You Want To
  • Progress at Your Own Pace
  • Receive Personalized Coaching & Support  

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Faculty Bios

Instructor Bios Books

Sarah Bornemann

Web and software development is an ever-changing field. Being able to share my knowledge with future developers is awesome. I'll always facilitate students' learning honestly and respectfully, being constantly aware that they may have never written a line of code in their lives.

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