Administrative Professional Services AAS map
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Business Information Management Core:
Elective Options:
General Education Requirements:
Administrative Professional Services Requirements:
Total Credits Required: 94
Suggested Schedule and checklist
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM 104: Intermediate Keyboarding
- BIM 131: Records Management
- BUS 215: Customer Service
- MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce Programs
To Do:
- Make an education plan with your advisor
- Apply for BBCC Foundation Scholarships
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM 180: Intro to Microsoft Office
- BUS 122: Business Communications
- PSYC&100: General Psychology
To Do:
- Meet with your advisor
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM Electives
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM 280: Advanced MS Office (Word)
- BIM 285: MOS Prep & Certification (Word)
- BUS&101: Intro to Business
- CMST&220: Public Speaking
To Do:
- Update your education plan with your advisor
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM 280: Advanced MS Office (Excel)
- BIM 285: MOS Prep & Certification (Excel)
- BUS 119: Business Grammar and Edit
- BUS 200: Supervision
- FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
To Do:
- Apply for graduation (After enrolling in your final quarter of classes)
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM 262: Professional Preparation
- BIM Electives
- BUS 114: Business Ethics
To Do:
- Order cap and gown
- Attend graduation
- Begin your job search
Suggested Schedule:
- BIM Electives
Administrative Professional Services AAS Pre-Requisite Flow Chart
Start by meeting with your advisor to determine which course to take first based on your placement scores.
Math Pathway
DVS 080: College Transitions Math → MAP 117: Applied Math → BUS 161: Business Calculators and BIM 190: Spreadsheets I
English Pathway
ENGL 99: English Skills + CSS 106: Reading Skills → ENGL&101:Composition I
Limited Availability Courses
BIM 262 (Sp), BUS 114 (Sp), BUS 119 (W), BUS 122 (Sp and every other F), BUS 200 (W), BUS 215 (W, Su)
KEY: F = Fall, W = Winter, Sp = Spring, Su = Summer
- Meet with your advisor each quarter to make sure you are on track!
- Courses must be completed with a minimum grade of 2.0.
- Complete math and English courses in your first year.
- For BIM classes, utilize available hours in the campus lab or on Zoom. We are here to help!
Fall, Winter, Spring, or Summer
Courses are offered on-campus, online, or hybrid (part on-campus, part online). This program cannot be completed entirely online.
94 Credits = 8 Quarters* if following the suggested schedule.
*Your specific route may take less time depending on what quarters you take elective credits.
The Business Information Management (BIM) program and certificates outlined are suggested
courses of study for students interested in pursuing careers in a business office
environment.
The BIM program prepares you for the world of work and applies to nearly every sector
of the economy. All organizations need administrative professionals.
This degree prepares students to pursue the Bachelor or Applied Science – Applied Management at Big Bend Community College and the online Bachelor of Applied Science (BAS) Administrative Management at Central Washington University.
Certificate Options
- BIM 109: Internet Communication
- BIM 131: Records Management
- BUS 115: Workplace Skills & Behaviors
- BUS 215: Customer Service
- PSYC&100: General Psychology
Total Credits: 161
- Office Assistant Certificate +
- BUS 122: Business Communications
- BUS&101: Intro to Business
- CMST&220: Public Speaking
- FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
- MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce Programs
Total Credits: 54
- Office Clerk Certificate +
- BIM 104: Intermediate Keyboarding
- BIM 180: Intro to Microsoft Office
- CSS 100: College Success Skills
- ENGL&101: English Composition
Total Credits: 32
- Customer Service Associate Certificate +
- BIM 280: Advanced MS Office (Word, Excel)
- BUS 114: Business Ethics
- BUS 119: Business Grammar and Edit
Total Credits: 66
- BIM 109: Internet Communication
- BIM 131: Records Management
- BIM 180: Intro to Microsoft Office
- BIM 186: Microsoft Publisher
- BIM 187: Adobe Acrobat
- BUS 115: Workplace Skills & Behaviors
- BUS 215: Customer Service
- FAD 150: Industrial First Aid
- MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce Programs
Total Credits: 27
- Administrative Assistant Certificate +
- BIM 262: Professional Preparation
- BIM 285: MOS Prep & Certification (Word, Excel)
- BIM Electives
- BUS 200: Supervision
Total Credits: 94
Find Out Morebimlab@bigbend.edu
For BEdA Students
To learn more, select from:
Transition to College (new link)
- Attend your orientation and enroll in your 1st quarter classes
- GED & Placement assessments
- Enroll in a Beyond High School class:
- Identify intended pathway (college, military or employment)
- Update High School & Beyond Plan with your Ed Planner
- Meet with Outreach Staff
- Apply for Financial Aid with FASFA or WASFA application
- Research Scholarship/Grant Funding options
- WIOA partner funding applications
- Verify support access across campus
- Finish Graduation Plan
- Ensure placement completion
- Inquiry about college tuition waiver
- Finish High School & Beyond Plan
- Select college pathway course(s) with your Ed Planner
- Complete college course waiver [10 college credit max]
- Make certain funding is in place
- Finish High School credits
- You will complete these with your Ed Planner:
- Complete New Student Enrollment
- Apply for Graduation
- Get coupon to receive your graduation cap and tassel! And, checkout your graduation gown!
BEdA Pathway Course Options
- CMST& 210 – Interpersonal Communication OR CMST& 220 – Public Speaking (F, W, S)
- ENGL& 101 – English Composition I (F, W, S)
- Pre-Req: Placement exam or a grade of 2.0 or better in ENGL 099 or ENGL 094-BS/HU
- FAD 150 – Industrial First Aid and Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation Plus Bloodborne Pathogens (F, W, S)
- MAP 117: Applied Math for Workforce Programs (F, W, S)
- Pre-Req: Placement into MAP117/MATH 094 or completion of DVS 080
- PSYC& 100 – General Psychology OR SOC& 101 – Intro to Sociology (F, W, S)
- BIM 101 – Basic Keyboarding OR BIM 104 – Intermediate Keyboarding (F, W, S)
- BIM 109 A & B – Internet Communications (F, W, S)
- BUS 115 – Workplace Skills and Behaviors (F, W, S)
- CSS 100 – College Success Skills (F, W, S)