Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist

 

MCC ~ Open Entry - Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist

Mesa Community College is an Authorized Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist Testing Facility. 
Mesa Community College has been an Authorized Microsoft® Office Specialist and Microsoft® Application Specialist testing facility since the spring of 2002.

What is the Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist Program?
The Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist program is the only comprehensive certification program designed to validate desktop computer skills using foremost desktop computing applications. Microsoft® Application Specialist certification proves computer literacy, measures proficiency and identifies opportunities for skills enhancement.  Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist certifications are primarily for office workers who use Microsoft® Office programs as a vital part of their job functions. These certifications cover the entire Microsoft® Office Suite, encompassing: Word 2007, PowerPoint® 2007, Excel® 2007, Outlook® 2007 and Access® 2007, as well as Windows Vista®.

For more information about the exams, the objectives, and the preparation for certification, please follow the link: http://www.certiport.com/

Note: Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist Series exams are proctored exams, and must be taken at a Certiport Testing Center (Microsoft® Certified Exam Provider).

MCC Exam Information:  The cost of each exam is $80.00 with a free retake, if needed. The length of each exam is approximately 50 minutes. The exams are administered in the MultiUse Computer Lab—Building 40. To schedule an appointment, please call 480-461-7097 or send an email to MCC ~ Open Entry - Connie DeRosa Email.

Many computer application classes offered at MCC in the Business & Information Systems Department are designed to prepare students for the Microsoft® Certified Application Specialist certification testing. You do not have to take classes at Mesa Community College to take the certification test. The following classes are offered in Office 2007.

Course # Title Format Credit Hours
BPC 106 AH Microsoft Outlook: Level I Open Entry .5
BPC 106 BH Microsoft Outlook: Level II Open Entry .5
BPC 110
BPC 110		 Computer Usage & Applications
Computer Usage & Applications		 Open Entry
Traditional		 3
3
BPC 114 AE Excel: Level I Open Entry 1
BPC 114 BE Excel: Level II Open Entry 1
BPC 114 CE Excel: Level III Open Entry 1
BPC 114 DE Microsoft Excel Online and Traditional 3
BPC 117 AM Access: Level I Open Entry 1
BPC 117 BM Access: Level II Open Entry 1
BPC117 CM Access:  Level III Open Entry  
BPC 117 DM Access Online and Traditional 3
BPC 118 AB PowerPoint: Level I Open Entry 1
BPC 118 BB PowerPoint: Level II Open Entry 1
BPC 135 DK Word: Level 1 Open Entry 2
BPC 235 DK Word: Level II Open Entry 2
BPC 210 Advanced Computer Usage and Applications Hybrid and Traditional 3
BPC 250 Post-advanced Computer Usage and Applications Hybrid and Traditional 3

A traditional format indicates the class is offered in a classroom with fixed start and stop times/dates. 

Open Entry online classes are self-paced classes for students who can work without the traditional classroom instruction.  There are no lectures or regularly scheduled classes.  You complete the class at your own pace.  Students may register at any time during the semester and are given a specific start and end date.

Hybrid classes combine classroom and online instruction.  They meet face-to face less frequently than traditional classes, but offer more personal instructor contact than fully online classes.  Though the exact format of the class depends upon the particular course, most often course delivery is split fairly even between the classroom and online.

 

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