Business Technology

Campuses

Clarkesville
Blairsville
Currahee

Credentials Offered

Associate Degree
Diploma
Certificate

Program Length

2-5 Semesters

TUITION-FREE ELIGIBLE

This department has programs that are eligible for 100% tuition coverage.

Academic Programs > Business > Business Technology

Would you love to learn more about operating a business or starting your own? The Business Technology program offers the background basics to a successful business.

The Business Technology program provides learning opportunities which introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement. The program emphasizes the use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications software.

Depending on a student’s choice of career path, occupational core classes may include:

Digital technologies in business
Office procedures
Word Processing applications
Spreadsheet concepts and applications
Database applications
Desktop publishing and presentation applications

Document production
Electronic mail applications
Business document proofreading and editing
Office Accounting or Financial Accounting
Applied office procedures
Principles of management

Medical terminology
Anatomy and terminology for Medical Administrative Assistant
Medical administrative procedures
Medical office billing, coding, and insurance

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Business Technology

Courses in the program include:

Database Applications
Principles of Management
Office Procedures
Digital Technologies in Business

Credentials You Can Earn

Associates Degree

The Business Technology degree program prepares students for employment in a variety of positions in today’s technology-driven workplaces. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, and electronic file management. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and terminology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualifications and technology innovations for the office. Additionally, the program provides opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of administrative technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Technology Associate of Applied Science degree.

Diploma

The Business Technology diploma program prepares students for employment in a variety of positions in today’s technology-driven workplaces. Students are also introduced to accounting fundamentals, electronic communications, internet research, and electronic file management. The program includes instruction in effective communication skills and technology that encompasses office management and executive assistant qualifications and technology innovations for the office. Also provided are opportunities to upgrade present knowledge and skills or to retrain in the area of business technology. Graduates of the program receive a Business Technology diploma with a specialization in one of the following: Business Administrative Assistant or Medical Administrative Assistant.

Certificates

Administrative Support Assistant Certificate
Medical Front Office Assistant Certificate
Microsoft Office Applications Professional Certificate
Microsoft Word Application Professional Certificate

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Business program may work in a variety of fields including:

Medical

Legal

Telecommunications

Technology

Additional career options can be researched on the following site(s):

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Meet the Faculty

Angela Banks Business Technology & College Success Skills Instructor 706-754-7761 angela.banks@northgatech.edu

Mona Williams Business Technology Instructor 706-439-6338 mona.williams@northgatech.edu

The Business Technology program provides learning opportunities that introduce, develop, and reinforce academic and occupational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for job acquisition, retention, and advancement.

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