Accelerated Business Essentials

Add business skills to augment prior college studies in this ambitious program tailored for degree holders. Empire College believes that adding business skills to a university degree increases employment options.


Objective: This is an ambitious, short-term program designed to upgrade existing skills and to produce administrative assistants with a variety of highly marketable skills. This program is tailored for those with previous college education and/or work experience to meet the demands of today's employer. Empire College focuses on marketable skills.


Prerequisites: (1) College transcript indicating completion of 30 semester units, or resume' outlining three years of office work experience; (2) net keyboarding speed of 30 words per minute on a 5-minute timing.


Program Length: 2½ quarters
Diploma awarded upon successful completion of all graduation requirements.


    This program includes the following courses:
  • Bookkeeping
  • Business Math
  • Various Computer, Internet and Microsoft courses
  • Business English
  • Business Correspondence
  • Career Transitions
  • Dynamics of the Office Professional
  • Records Management
  • Professional Office Communications
  • Business Meeting and Travel Planning
  • Finance Basics for the Office Professional
  • Career Planning and Advancement
  • And more comprehensive courses!

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Student blogs
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"I got the dream job that I so desired. My education at Empire College did - and will - pay off. If you apply yourself, you will get the job you want . . . and more." - Debbie Tansey, Administrative Assistant