Diploma in Office Administration - Executive (OFAE)
Georgian College
Key Information
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Campus location
Barrie, Canada
Languages
English
Study format
Blended
Duration
2 years
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
CAD 9,036 / per semester *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* *international fall semester fee / international winter and summer semester fee: $7,971 | domestic fall semester fee: $4,126 / domestic winter and summer semester fee: $3,793
Introduction
Start your administrative career as an executive assistant
Fast-track your career by building skills that are relevant and desirable to any organization. The possibilities are endless!
Students acquire administrative knowledge and develop skills in diverse technologies to be able to effectively perform in a variety of executive environments. With an emphasis on international relations, diverse clientele, law and ethics, and procurement standards for industry, students have the opportunity to develop supervisory, leadership, and training skills with a global focus.
Students in all Office Administration streams enroll in a common first semester. As they gain experience and background, they have course selection options to complement the prescribed office administration curriculum and further their interests, skills, and career goals.
Why study Office Administration – Executive at Georgian?
If you’re interested in a career in office administration and management, then this program is for you!
In addition to developing expertise in those areas, you’ll have the opportunity to select business courses that will further your skills, abilities, and interests while expanding your career options.
Admissions
Scholarships and Funding
Awards, scholarships, and bursaries
Postsecondary education is an investment in your future. We know many students find it tough to make ends meet, which is why we offer so many options to help you pay your way to graduation.
Georgian offers awards, scholarships, and bursaries to students of all walks of life — domestic, international, and Indigenous, full-time and part-time, first years, upcoming graduates, and everyone in between. You can afford this!
Curriculum
Semester 1
Program Courses
- COMP 1113 Business Documentation and Text Processing
- OFAD 1001 Office Procedures and Strategies
- OFAD 1007 Computer Applications 1 for the Office
- OFAD 1022 Professional Development and Employability 1
Communications Course
- Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
General Education Course
Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
Semester 2
Program Courses
- COMP 1013 Advanced Business Documentation
- COMP 1114 Multi-Media Communications
- MATH 1034 Office Math Applications
- OFAD 1020 Computer Applications 2 for the Office
- OFAD 1023 Professional Development and Employability 2
Communications Course
- Select 1 course from the communications list during registration.
Program Option Course
- Select 1 course from the available list during registration.
Semester 3
Program Courses
- COMP 2026 Integrated Office Simulations
- OFAD 2014 Bookkeeping for the Office Professional
- OFAD 2027 Social and Digital Communications
- OFAD 2018 Project Management for the Office Professional
- OFAD 2028 Executive Administration and Business Management
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
Semester 4
Program Courses
- COMP 2027 Computerized Administrative Simulations
- OFAD 2029 Fundamentals of Records and Information Management
- OFAD 2030 Global Competencies and Ethical Law
- OFAD 2021 Financial Management for the Executive Assistant
General Education Course
- Select 1 course from the general education list during registration.
Program Option Course
- Select 1 course from the available list during registration.
Program options may include:
- ACCT 1003 Finance and Management Accounting
- ADVE 1000 Foundations of Advertising
- ADVE 2004 Public Relations
- BUSI 1001 Introduction to Organizational Behaviour
- BUSI 2024 Global Business and Culture
- COMP 1002 HTML, CSS, and JS Fundamentals
- COMP 2003 Relational Database
- COMP 2093 Macintosh and Design Basics
- ECON 1000 Microeconomics
- ECON 2000 Macroeconomics
- ENTR 1000 Social Entrepreneurship
- ENTR 1001 Student Teams for Entrepreneurship Projects
- ENTR 1002 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
- ENTR 2009 Entrepreneurship and Small Business
- HURM 1000 Human Resources Management Foundations
- HURM 1002 Labour Relations
- HURM 1003 Labour Economics
- HURM 1004 Compensation
- HURM 1005 Human Resources Planning
- HURM 1007 Recruitment and Selection
- HURM 1022 Occupational Health and Safety
- LAWS 2000 Business Law
- MGMT 1000 Retail Management
- MGMT 2000 Production and Operations Management
- MGMT 2001 Principles of Management
- MKTG 1000 Introduction to Marketing
- MKTG 2004 Introduction to Logistics
- OFAD 1004 Introduction to Legal Office Administration
- OFAD 1006 Introduction to Medical Terminology
- STAT 2000 Statistics 1
- STAT 2001 Statistics 2
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Your Office Administration – Executive diploma gives you many career opportunities
Graduates of this program are well qualified for a variety of challenging careers and may gain employment in both domestic and international government, education, corporations (all-sizes), entertainment, telecommunications, manufacturing, banking, and numerous professional services. Graduates may hold positions as administrative, executive or research assistants, customer service representatives, information processing specialists, and software applications specialists, with career paths leading to supervisory or office management roles.