Administrative Professional: French Second Language Training

To produce accurate and effective written documents, fundamental writing skills must be applied. This course examines the writing process and focuses on mechanics and structure of written communication.

In this course, students will be introduced to the basic formats and principles of business communications. It will examine audience, purpose and message and its impact on style and tone.

This course teaches students how to create documents that are organized, unified, and coherent.

This course provides learners with the knowledge and skills to manage meetings from an Administrative Professional perspective. Students learn the skills required to write efficient, effective, and professional meeting documentation. It focuses on the tools and techniques used to plan meetings as well as to write and distribute meeting agendas, minutes, and action items.

Prerequisites:

• SAAL1215G

This course provides students with a framework to determine what is involved in starting a business and allows the student to assess their own potential in starting a business.

This course presents a basic accounting framework, concepts, and principles by journalizing, posting and preparing financial statements. It provides a balance between theory and practical application and stresses the need for attention to detail, confidentiality and ethics

Students who have successfully completed all three continuing education courses - GACG1000, GACG 1001 and GACG 1002 - may apply for equivalency for GACG 1047.

Keyboarding is useful for those who regularly do text or data input and who wish to develop efficiency in use of the equipment. This skill is essential for those preparing for a career in which the use of software packages is a major component of their work.

This course is designed to teach students foundational grammar rules and structures using primarily present and imperative tenses. It builds upon the knowledge and skill acquired in the course LANG1105: Introduction to French.

 

Prerequisites:

• LANG1105C

This course is designed to teach students grammatical rules and structures using primarily past tenses. It builds upon the knowledge and skill acquired in the course LANG1035: French Grammar - Present and Imperative Tenses. Students continue to expand their range of vocabulary, verbs, and verb conjugation.

 

Prerequisites:

• LANG1035

This course is designed to teach students grammatical rules and structures using primarily future and conditional tenses. It builds upon the knowledge and skill acquired in the course LANG1037: French Grammar – Past Tenses. Students continue to expand their range of vocabulary, verbs, and verb conjugation.

 

Prerequisites:

• LANG1037E

This course is designed to provide students with the language skill necessary to converse with service staff and to provide detailed directions and descriptions.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1389

This course will allow the learner to understand, speak, read, and write more complex functions of the French language, including the subjunctive, the passive voice, and indirect speech.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1039E

This course is designed to give students the oral French skill required to discuss problems and express opinions.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1040

This course has been designed to allow the student to express communication basics such as asking for help, reciting letters and numbers, and talking about time and dates. The course will allow students to acquire the basic grammar rules and familiarity with the gender of nouns.

The student will practice elementary dialogue related to an office setting. Office related vocabulary will be stressed relating to documents, appointments, reservations and responses to typical inquiries.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1042

This course is designed to give students skills in conversational French. Students learn to participate in conversations and to give and receive more detailed information.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1105C

In this course students will learn to analyse a business situation and decide what tasks need to be done. They will determine how mathematics can help with these tasks, perform the particular computations necessary and communicate the results in an appropriate format. Emphasis is placed on estimating answers as a means of checking the accuracy and the reasonableness of the results.

This course is designed to allow the student to complement academic studies with related work experience. It is a four to six week practicum (depending on the program option, delivering campus, and/or host availability).  Students are expected to follow the work schedule of the practicum host.

This course is designed to provide students with the skills and abilities to effectively perform office operations and foster a culture of quality costumer service.

Participants are challenged to apply human relations and interpersonal communications theory to workplace-based and real life situations. They use a problem solving perspective in suggesting and carrying out appropriate communication strategies and techniques.

This course will introduce students to job search techniques.

This course provides an introduction to the meaning of community service.  Students learn how community service can enhance a student’s educational experience, personal growth, employability, and civic responsibility. Students participate in one day of volunteering to enhance their understanding of civic responsibility and to help the New Brunswick Community College realize its vision of transforming lives and communities. 

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, coordinate, implement and evaluate a project within a team environment. Students learn effective project management techniques that allow them to monitor all work activities and ensure a quality product while remaining within budget and meeting all contract requirements.

This course provides learners with the knowledge and skill to contribute to the implementation and maintenance of a social media strategy. Students explore a range of existing and emerging social media platforms as well as their influence on the development of an organization’s social media strategy. They examine the components of the social media strategy as well as the tools and techniques used to implement and maintain it. Students employ these tools and techniques to write, post, monitor, and manage social media content.

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This course deals with procedures for the internal management of hard copy records as well as electronic information. The preparation of documents for distribution electronically and through the mail is covered.

This course introduces students to a computerized accounting software program. It will provide students with experience in maintaining computerized accounting records using accounting software. Transactions using the general, payable, receivable and payroll modules will be covered.

Prerequisites:

This course introduces students to the basics of website design. It explores the characteristics of a good site and the various tools used to create and maintain a site.

This course builds on the skills of Computerized Accounting. Students set up company data in various modules, process various transactions, adjustments, reconciliations and prepare month end and year end financial reports.

Prerequisites:

• SAAL1020

This course is designed to teach students the fundamental features and functions of word processing software and document formatting to enable them to produce quality business documentation.
 

Prerequisites:

• KSSC1007E

In this course advanced formats and word processing features will be used to enhance student-created documents. The students will continue to develop their keyboarding speed and accuracy.

Prerequisites:

• SAAL1215G

Students taking this course learn basic database concepts including creation of tables, queries, forms, and reports.

This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skill to create customized forms, reports and macros.

Prerequisites:

• SAAL1217

This course introduces students to spreadsheet software. They create spreadsheets and develop various formulas and functions to highlight the software’s forecasting abilities. Students learn to prepare charts and graphs.

This course builds on the basic spreadsheet skills and examines more advanced software functionality. Among the areas covered are the creation and management of tables and charts, the manipulation of multiple worksheets and workbooks, and various advanced functions.

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Students taking this course will prepare slide presentations using a variety of techniques. They will learn to manipulate text, graphics, drawings and charts to increase the effectiveness of their presentation.

In this course, students apply operating system and application features/functions as well as file management practices to enhance proficiency in a computer-based environment.

This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to increase speed and accuracy with the input and formatting of information in written French documents.

Prerequisites:

• SAAL1215G

This course is designed to build on the skills acquired in Traitement I allowing students to build skill in the preparation of various documents in French

Prerequisites:

• SECR1029

A safe and healthy workplace is the responsibility of the employer and the employee. This course introduces students to the importance of working safely and addresses how employers and employees can control the hazards and risks associated with the workplace. Students will also learn about the roles and responsibilities of key stakeholders including WorkSafeNB, the employer and the employee in ensuring workplaces are safe.

This course inspires students to consider the concept of global citizenship in social, political, cultural and professional contexts. This course challenges students to actualize and understand their responsibilities as global citizens by identifying ways in which they can actively participate in their local and extended communities.

Using the correct medical terminology is essential in the health care field. In this course students will learn the basic language used in medicine.

This course is designed to give students the necessary skill required to prepare a report and presentation in French.

Prerequisites:

• LANG1041D
• LANG1106