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Business & Technology: Microsoft Office Specialist
General information:
Courses are being created to specifically prepare students to take the MOS Certification tests. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is an authorized Certiport MOS Testing Center.
The Microsoft Office Specialist (Office Specialist) program is the only comprehensive, performance-based certification program approved by Microsoft to validate desktop computer skills using the Microsoft Office programs:
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- Microsoft Project
The Office Specialist program provides computer program literacy, measures proficiency, and identifies opportunities for skills enhancement. Successful candidates receive an Office Specialist certificate that sets them apart from their peers in the competitive job market. The certificate is a valuable credential recognized worldwide as proof that an individual has the desktop computing skills needed to work more productively and efficiently.
By encouraging individuals to develop advanced skills with Microsoft business desktop software, the Office Specialist program is helping to fill the demand for qualified, knowledgeable people in the workplace. Office Specialist also helps satisfy an organization's need for a qualitative assessment of employee skills.
The Office Specialist program offers four levels of certification: Specialist, Expert, Master, and Master Instructor.
Pre-requisites:
High school diploma or GED equivalent is required. Additionally, the following courses are required before beginning the program:
| Course | Credit Hours |
Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| OFTC 102 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 2 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
Required Courses to complete program:
| Course | Credit Hours |
Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course 1 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 2 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 3 | 4 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 4 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
Support Courses:
| Course | Credit Hours |
Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course 1 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 2 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 3 | 4 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
| Course 4 | 3 | Syllabus | Lecture Notes |
