Office Administration - Canadian Certified Administrative Professional (CCAP) 
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The Department of Business and Office Administration provides you with the skills that employers seek, as well as the opportunity to earn credit towards a CCAP professional designation. Please note this is not a Northwestern Polytechnic credential but the below Northwestern Polytechnic courses may be taken to complete this professional designation. If you are interested in coming to Northwestern Polytechnic to work towards this external certification, you can apply to Office Administration by clicking the "Apply Now" button on the Northwestern Polytechnic website.
The Association of Administrative Professionals (AAP) is a chartered, non-profit, Canadian association. The AAP strives to provide administrative professionals the opportunity to learn, grow and thrive by encouraging all members to add to their individual competencies, advance their leadership skills, realize their value in the workplace and community and have confidence to excel in their careers.
The AAP offers the Canadian Certified Administrative Professional (CCAP) certificate and designation. The CCAP program is a certificate program for administrative professionals. In order to achieve the CCAP designation, candidates must meet all of the following requirements:
- Be an AAP member for at least one year.
- Enroll in the CCAP program.
- Provide verification that you possess a minimum of five years’ work experience in an administrative role or three years with a BA.
- Provide verification that you also possess a good balance of the AAP core competencies, which are in the areas of business management, technology, leadership/organizational skills and communication/interpersonal skills.
- Complete seven courses at an accredited university or college across Canada, consisting of three compulsory courses and four elective courses. Members enrolled in the CCAP program may complete some or all of their requirements with Northwestern Polytechnic as follows:
| AAP Courses | Northwestern Polytechnic Equivalent |
| Compulsory courses: | Compulsory courses: |
| Business English | OA 1040 – Business Communications II |
| Human Resources Management | BA 2240 - Human Resource Management |
| Organizational Behaviour | BA 1380 – Organizational Behaviour I |
| Supervision/Management Studies | MG 2000 – Intro to Management |
| Elective courses: | Elective courses: |
| Technology / Computer Skills | Students must take one from this group |
| Computer technology – advanced courses in Excel, Access, etc. | OA 1075 – Word Expert OR
OA 1155 – PowerPoint Expert OR
OA 1275 – Excel Expert |
| Social Media | BA 2550 - Computer Applications for Marketing - Course is the same as for Website Design but credit can only be applied to one or the other and not both. |
| Website Design / Management | BA 2550 - Computer Applications for Marketing - Course is the same as for Website Design but credit can only be applied to one or the other and not both.
Prerequisite BA 1090 and BA 1150 are required or consent of instructor. |
| Business Operations | Students must take one from this group |
| Business or Commercial Law | LR 3010 - Legal Relations |
| Economics | BA 1540 – Intro to Business MicroEconomics |
| Financial accounting | BA 1110 Introduction to Accounting OR
OA 1310 AND OA 1320 – Bookkeeping |
| Marketing | BA 1090 – Intro to Marketing |
| Psychology | PY 1040 – Basic Psychological Processes OR
PY 2410 – Social Psychology |
| Public relations | Not available at this time |
| Statistics | BA 2060 – Intro to Statistics for Business
Prerequisite BA 1050 is required or consent of instructor |
| Project / Event Management | Students must take one from this group |
| Event Management | BA 2090 - Marketing Project Management
Prerequisite BA 1090 is required or consent of instructor |
| Project Management | Not available at this time |
CCAP Recertification
CCAP graduates must complete a certification renewal process every three years, based on a credits system. Earn credits by completing professional development programs, attending AAP meetings and events, working in the administrative profession, community involvement and more. Earn 40 certification renewal credits in the three year renewal period to meet the criteria. For more information, visit https://canadianadmin.ca/qaa-designation/re-certification/ or contact the CCAP National Coordinator at aap.national.coordinator@gmail.com.
