The Secretarial and Administration Diploma

Advanced Diploma - City & Guilds - Level 3
The Secretarial and Administration course offered at the College of Central London is designed to teach students how to handle the requirements of a modern commercial office enviroment. Students take examinations with City & Guilds for the core secretarial subjects leading to a level 3 qualification. In addition there will be assessment by assignments for Public Relations in order to aquire a BTEC Unit certificate from Edexcel.

Entry Qualifications - Advanced Diploma
A good standard of English
No other formal qualifications are necessary
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Course Duration - Advanced Diploma
9 Months - The main intake of students is in September with other intakes in January and April.
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Syllabus - Advanced Diploma

Core units - City & Guilds

1. Typewriting - (Advanced)

2. Office Procedures - (Level 2)

3. English for Business Communications (Level 3)

4. Audio Transcription (Advanced)

5. Spreadsheet Processing Techniques (Level 2)

The programme for the 5 core City & Guilds units will be developed through practically based activities with a clear business context and focus and should encourage the view of information technology as a tool for the achievement of business objectives rather than an end in itself.

Option Modules - BTEC Edexcel

1. Public Relations - (level 5)

• Introduction to Public Relations, The Media, Researching and Writing material for the Media.

• Developing and Managing Public Relations Campaigns, Running a Public Relations Organisation (Consultancy/In-House)

• Public Relations in Commercial/Industrial Organisations, Public Relations as a Marketing Tool

• Public Relations in the Marketing and Promotional Mix (with reference to multimedia campaigns)

• Special Events (such as press conferences, seminars, exhibitions and trade fairs), Promotion in Export Markets, Presentation (for students to put over themselves and their ideas effectively)

• Public Relations in a crisis (handling communications in a disaster), How to get into Public Relations as a career.