Microsoft Office Skills, Level 1

Issued by Santa Barbara City College

This Certificate prepares students for entry-level office clerk jobs and provides a basis for more advanced college training and career laddering. The program consists of three required courses: Word 1, Excel 1 and PowerPoint 1 and one elective from the following courses: Outlook 1, Publisher 1 or Access 1. Post-program participants will be able to navigate computer screens, format text, create simple presentations and spreadsheets, and organize a variety of work tasks. (3 required + 1 elective)

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MS Word 1| CMPW NC51A | An introduction to Microsoft Word functions for document creation, including entering text, revising, formatting, previewing, and printing. Students practice on a variety of documents.
MS Excel 1 | CMPW NC63A | An introduction to basic concepts and characteristics of Microsoft Excel. Students explore various uses of spreadsheets. Topics covered include the basics of creating a spreadsheet, using formulas and functions, and creating charts.
MS PowerPoint 1| CMPW NC55A | This class is an introduction to basic concepts and functions of Microsoft PowerPoint to turn facts, figures, and photos into a creative display of slides and multimedia. Students learn the basics of presentation design and how to use templates, insert photos, shapes, and charts, add animation and transitions, and run a presentation.
MS Outlook1 |CMPW NC58A | (elective)| Provides a basic hands-on introduction to Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft’s premier email and information management program. Students learn how to stay up-to-date at home or work by using Outlook to set up an account and connect with colleagues, customers, family and friends. Topics include how to use basic aspects of Outlook to do email, handle people (contact) lists, maintain a calendar and track tasks.
MS Publisher 1|CMPW NC73A |(elective)| An introduction to Microsoft Publisher. Topics include how to create a variety of desktop publishing documents including newsletters, greeting cards, business cards, postcards, brochures and flyers.
MS Access1| CMPW NC083A |(elective)|An introduction to Microsoft Access. Topics include how to navigate an existing database, create a database, manage records and run a simple query, and generate and adjust reports and forms.