{"id":62,"date":"2023-08-21T16:19:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T23:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement-dev\/?page_id=62"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T23:27:30","slug":"excel-proficiency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/excel-proficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"Excel Proficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"photo of a smiling woman raising her clenched fists\" class=\"wp-image-1624 img-fluid \" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover;width:512px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/444\/2025\/05\/pexels-n-voitkevich-7172988-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:22px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Data Management &amp; Analysis Bachelor of Applied Science program has an Excel proficiency prerequisite.&nbsp; Students can complete this prerequisite by either completing <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bellevuecollege.edu\/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=15&amp;coid=76689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BATECH 165<\/a> (Business Spreadsheet Analysis and Design) or <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.bellevuecollege.edu\/preview_course_nopop.php?catoid=15&amp;coid=76818\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CS 250 <\/a>(Management Information Systems) with a C or better. We recommend BATECH 165 if you have little Excel experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You also have the option to take the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification Exam for Excel. The King County Library System offers the exam several times each month.\u202f Full details about how to prepare for, register for, and complete the exam are on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkcls.org%2Fgetcertified%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cmichael.tatum%40bellevuecollege.edu%7C22451206b8d0498e858708dca5ef7e26%7Cf94c251c1347422eb3ea8ac56befd6cb%7C0%7C0%7C638567695242870158%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=9G%2B2dSH0QLnuQUb0eF3fiueU8fJFKT5Y7PincgCnFNM%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">KCLS website<\/a>&nbsp;in the Excel portion of the &#8216;Microsoft Office Specialist&#8217; section.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not already have a King County Library System card, as a Bellevue College student you are allowed to access their resources.\u202f Your Library Card number will be \u201cBVC\u201d followed by your Student ID number (SID).\u202f Your Library Card Pin is the last four numbers of your SID.\u202f Full details are available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/bellevuecollege.libguides.com\/KCLS\/Access\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/bellevuecollege.libguides.com\/KCLS\/Access<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you pass the certification through Certiport, you will receive your results and can forward proof of passing to Amber Kelly, the DM&amp;A Program Manager, at <a href=\"mailto:amber.kelly@bellevuecollege.edu\">amber.kelly@bellevuecollege.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Data Management &amp; Analysis Bachelor of Applied Science program has an Excel proficiency prerequisite.&nbsp; Students can complete this prerequisite by either completing BATECH 165 (Business Spreadsheet Analysis and Design) or CS 250 (Management Information Systems) with a C or better. We recommend BATECH 165 if you have little Excel experience. You also have the <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/excel-proficiency\/\">...more about Excel Proficiency<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2656,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-62","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 12:41:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1634,"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62\/revisions\/1634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bellevuecollege.edu\/datamanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}