1. BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ELECTIVE COURSES
Office Systems Administration
The course presents administrative responsibilities involved in managing an office
systems environment. It stresses duties and responsibilities in executive level administrative
work. Emphasis is given on total self-development for effective interaction with professional
colleagues and other publics.
Prerequisite :Basic Office Administration, Personality Development
and Public Relation
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Specialized Shorthand
The course covers shorthand specialization in the legal and medical fields.
Prerequisite : Elementary Transcription
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Entrepreneurship
The course presents the mechanics in the preparation of feasibility studies for business
enterprise. Topics on identifying opportunities and markets for business ventures are integral
parts of the course.
Prerequisite : Basic Business Core Subjects
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Business Law and Taxation
This course covers basic principles of law in relation to contracts and obligations. It also
provides the students with knowledge on income taxation, the nature, scope, limitations and other
basic principles of taxation.
Prerequisite : Management, Business Math
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Mathematics of Investment
This course involves determining the value of money using simple and compound interest
and discounting. The course covers variations of annuities, amortization and sinking funds. The
capital budgeting and depreciation, insurance and stocks are some of the financing transactions
covered, which find applications in business, and accounting.
Prerequisite : Business Math
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Basic Research
The course presents the basic research methodologies appropriate to research in office
administration. These will include processes and techniques associated with selecting and
refining of research problem, the means of identifying the current state of research in the field of
study, data identification and collection, information analysis and synthesis solution to the
problem and recommendation. The selection of appropriate means of disseminating research
findings is an integral part of the course.
Prerequisite : English Communication 1 and 2, Business Report Writing
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Filipino Isteno

2. Ang asignaturang ito ay isang paglalahad at pagpapakilala sa mga panimulang
alituntunin ng istenong Pilipino batay sa Gregg Shorthand S90 upang magamit ng husto ang
pagbasa at pagsulat ng mga alituntuning ito; paglalahad at paglilinang ng mga istenong
kakayahan tulad ng mga pagbabaybay, pagbabantas, pagpapayaman ng mga talasalitaan;
paglalahad ng wastong paggamit ng mga alituntunin ng balarila; mapagtanto ng mga
kahalagahan ng istenong Pilipino sa kasalukuyang panahon.
Prerequisite : Advanced Transcription
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 90
Professional Development (Advanced Personality Development)
This deals with a wholistic approach to personality development. It aims to develop self-
confidence by enhancing self-esteem by providing students with techniques to achieve personal
success by self-motivation, assertiveness and projecting professionalism. It prepares students to
deal with people at different levels by adjusting to situation and circumstances in a corporate
environment. It emphasizes business etiquette and the code of ethics for Professionals
Prerequisite : None
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
Customer Relations
The course prepares the students to deal with the people of all classes and to adjust to
situations and circumstances in the corporate environment as they exhibit business etiquette and
good customer relations.
Prerequisite : Personality Development and Public Relation
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54
MIS Concepts
MIS Concept endeavors to introduce to the students, the needed modules and
subsystems necessary to build and deliver and well performing Management Information
Systems. The course aims to prepare the students to take an active role in analyzing the
information needs of the organization under various settings. A variety of information technologies
such as database management system, communication and networking technologies,
programming languages are discussed.
Prerequisite : Basic Business Administration
Credits : 3 units
Numbers of Hours : 54