A course in secretariat generally delves into the responsibilities of a collective group of individuals, the office or the department in general. Studies can include learning about those responsible for performing routine administrative and clerical tasks for an official governmental or international entity.

Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the western most point of Eurasia, Europe is usually divided from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting the Black and Aegean Seas.