MS Office Specialist (MOS)

Program Overview

The Microsoft Office Specialist program consists of two classes and is designed to meet the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification requirements.

The competencies in all of the following courses are aligned with the California High School Academic Content Standards and the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standard.

Microsoft Office Specialist 1: Word | Core/Expert Levels (90 Hours)

Brief Course Description: This competency-based course provides students with technical instruction and practical experience in two levels of Word training- core and expert. Instruction includes an orientation, workplace safety, and employability skills. Emphasis is placed on working with texts, paragraphs, and documents, as well as file management, use of tables, and working with pictures and charts for the core level. The expert level emphasizes working with paragraphs and documents, using tables, working with pictures and charts, using mail merge and advanced features, and collaborating with work groups.

• Cost of Tuition:  $0
• Cost of Books, Supplies and/or Fees: Approximately $100 (books)
• Financial Aid: May be available. (See Advisor)
• Course Prerequisites: STEP Orientation
• Reading Assessment Requirement: Yes | 228 or higher on CASAS GOALS reading assessment
• Math Assessment Requirement: Yes
• STEP Orientation: Yes
• Agency Cost: 

Microsoft Office Specialist 2: Excel | Core/Expert Levels (90 Hours)

Brief Course Description: This competency-based course provides students with technical instruction and practical experience in two levels of Excel training – core and expert. Instruction includes an introduction, resource management, business math, entrepreneurship, and reviews of workplace safety and employability skills. Emphasis is placed on working with cells and files, formatting worksheets, page setup and printing, working with worksheets and workbooks and using charts and objects for the core level. The expert level emphasizes the use of templates and multiple workbooks, formatting numbers, printing workbooks, working with toolbars, using macros, displaying and formatting data, using analysis tools, and collaborating with workgroups.

• Cost of Tuition:  $0
• Cost of Books, Supplies and/or Fees: Approximately $100 (books)
• Financial Aid: May be available. (See Advisor)
• Course Prerequisites: Microsoft Office Specialist 1: Word | Core/Expert Levels 
• Reading Assessment Requirement: Yes | 228 or higher on CASAS GOALS reading assessment
• Math Assessment Requirement: Yes
• STEP Orientation: Yes
• Agency Cost: 

Separate costs for books, exams, supplies, preparation, certifications and/or licenses provided by outside vendors may be incured.

Once a Certificate of Completion is earned in a course, that course cannot be repeated.