Advanced Level Secretarial Course

The Secretarial Studies 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 Pitman Qualifications for the core secretarial subjects, the Institute of Export for Global market place and International Business Principles, LCCI for Public Relations and BTEC for Administrative Systems

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

1. TYPEWRITING

2. OFFICE PROCEDURES

3. ENGLISH FOR BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

4. OFFICE TECHNOLOGY & INFORMATION PROCESSING

The programme for this module 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.

• Practical Word Processing

• Word Processing

• Practical spreadsheet processing

• Disk Management

• Understanding Computers

• Information Systems
  

Option Modules - Advanced Level

1. PUBLIC RELATIONS

• 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.

2. DESKTOP PUBLISHING

• The aim is to test students to produce multi-page, multi-column documents and use the design features of the software in a systematic and professional manner. The software package used is MS PowerPoint.

• Prepare and save multi-page documents, Use headers and footers, Import Graphics. Observe typing conventions, Display to the best effect.

Note:
The syllabus for the additional modules 'Global Market Place and International Business Principles' can be referred to on under the contents of the CIT syllabus in the Business section.