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Administrative Management (A.S.)


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The Administrative Management program prepares you for entry-level professional positions in a variety of settings. The program provides you with the skills necessary to manage administrative processes. You also enjoy the flexibility to explore opportunities in various career fields.

Program Outcomes

Successful graduates will be able to:

  • describe the ad ministrative office manager’s function and the diversity of roles andresponsibilities in a variety of organizations;
  • use information technology to meet the needs of the workplace;
  • perform the functions of human resource management;
  • perform financial functions associated with administrative management;
  • demonstrate academic skills required of all CCV graduates, including competency in writing, information literacy, oral communication, and quantitative reasoning; and
  • explore pathways for educational and career development in the student’s field of study.

About the Degree
General Education Requirements 
Program Requirements 

How Our Degree Works

The CCV Administrative Management degree is designed to help you develop technical and communication skills required in the office of today and tomorrow. The degree prepares you to be successful in all of these areas through coursework in supervision or management, accounting, computer technology, and communication. In addition, this program allows you the flexibility to choose additional coursework related to context in which you might perform those skills.

Why Our Degree Works

CCV’s associate degree in Administrative Management provides the technical and hands-on training necessary to manage a modern office environment. We have combined traditional writing and communications skills with contemporary computer skills to create a degree designed specifically for job placement in an office environment. Ninety-seven percent of program graduates report being employed or continuing with their education at a four-year college.

Career Opportunities

Administrative managers are in demand in a variety of industries, and in companies large and small. Health care and business environments are common placements for our graduates. Graduates report being employed in such positions as: administrative assistant, office assistant, administrative secretary, patient services representative, department leader, and medical billing manager.

Transfer Options

Our transfer agreements make it possible to transfer easily to a number of four-year colleges including:

  • Castleton State College
  • Champlain College
  • Johnson State College
  • Lyndon State College
  • Vermont Tech

CCV students also report attending Norwich University, Franklin Pierce College, SUNY-Plattsburgh, Southern New Hampshire University, and University of Vermont.

General Education Requirements


All associate degrees include completion of general education requirements which, together with program requirements, constitute a minimum of 60 credits. In some cases program requirements also fulfill general education requirements. You may not use a single course to meet two general education requirements.

Core Competencies


Complete at least one course in each of the following:

Areas of Inquiry


Complete at least one course in each of the following:

Integrative Approaches


Complete at least one course in each of the following:

Program Requirements


Electives: 5 - 6 credits


Note(s)


* You may use a course to meet both a program requirement and a general education requirement; however, you may not use a single course to meet two general education requirements.

Minimum Total Credits in Degree: 60


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