Students will be required to complete 36 hours of an on the job work experience. Students will also spend time in the classroom enhancing their employability skills.

This course focuses upon developing speaking, verbal and nonverbal communication, and listening skills through individual presentations, group activities, and other projects.

This course is designed for learners to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of the writing process. Planning, organizing, writing, editing and revising are applied through a variety of activities. Students will analyze audience and purpose, use elements of research, and format documents using standard guidelines. Individuals will develop critical reading skills through analysis of various written documents.

Learner will develop keyboarding skills and basic document formatting skills using word processing software.

This course is an introduction to the computer system unit, the Internet and social Web, hardware and software, system software, Google applications and emerging office technology.

This course presents a general orientation to the business world geared toward the office worker. Studies include exploring global and domestic business offices, investigating business functions and learning how departments fit together for one common mission of the organization.

In this course, students explore the Gateway Technical College community. They examine college resources and services, investigate skills that lead to academic success, and identify strategies for achieving educational and personal goals.

In Supervision, the learner applies the skills and tools necessary to perform the functions of a frontline leader. Each learner will demonstrate the application of strategies and transition to a contemporary supervisory role, including day-to- day operations, analysis, delegation, controlling, staffing, leadership, problem-solving, team skills, motivation, and training.

Students are introduced to the theory and practice of integrated marketing communications. This course is designed to provide an understanding of the promotional elements; advertising, direct marketing, public relations, sales promotion, and digital marketing with emphasis placed on implementation of integrated marketing communications (IMC) in planning marketing and promotional programs.

Principles of Selling provide the student with a basic understanding of the consultative selling process. This course will build a solid understanding of the steps in the professional sales process, examining the characteristics of a successful salesperson, buyer behavior, communication styles, and ethics. Class discussions of actual selling problems will be encouraged in addition to solving case problems, scenario role plays, and student's sales presentations.