1988-1989 Academic Catalog

Secretarial Studies/Office Technology The secretarial studies/office technology program prepares stu– dents for secretarial or office management positions in a variety of business, legal, and medical settings. This two-year program leads to the associate of arts degree. The credits earned in this program may be applied toward a bachelors degree should a student desire to continue after earning the associate degree. Course requirements involve ninety-six quarter hours including: Bible ........................................ 13 BEOT-101 Old Testament Survey ............... 5 (or BENT-102 New Testament Survey .......... 5) BETH-230 Theology Survey ................... 5 BEPT-340 Baptist Polity ...................... 3 General Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 ENG-110 Principles of Composition I ............ 5 ENG-140 Principles of Composition II ........... 5 PEF-199 Physical Activity and Christian Living .... I PYCH-160 General Psychology ................. 5 COM-110 Fundamentals of Speech .............. 5 GSS-100 Foundations of Social Science ........... 5 HUM-140 Introduction to Humanities ........... 5 (or a science or mathematics elective ........... 5) Business Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 ACCT-211 Principles of Accounting I ............ 5 CIS-220 Computer Information Systems .......... 3 BUS-216 Business Communications ............. 3 MGMT-350 Principles of Organization and Management ............................. 4 MRKT-360 Principles of Marketing ............. 4 (or BUS-218 Business Law I or ECON-231 Macroeconomics ......................... 4) Office Technology ............................ 24-26 OTEC-183 Typing III ........................ 3 OTEC-186 Shorthand III ..................... 4 OTEC-282 Machine Transcription .............. 3 OTEC-290 Office Systems and Procedures ......... 4 OTEC-291 Word/Information Processing Concepts .. 4 OTEC-285 Records Management ............... 3 OTEC-289 Secretarial Internship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Electives ..................................... 7-9 Busilless Administration 77 OFFICE TECHNOLOGY OTEC-180 Keyboarding-A.Sp I hour Designed for the student to become more efficient in operating computer terminals and electronic keyboards. Emphasis is strictly in developing speed, accuracy and proofreading skills; very little formatting is included in this course. (Credit/No Credit) (Fee: $10) OTEC-182 Intermediate Typewriting-A, W 3 hours Instruction and practice in typing forms of office communication. Emphasis is placed upon developing production speed and accuracy and composing and proof– reading skills. Prerequisite: OTEC-180 Keyboarding or 40 words per minute. OTEC-183 Advanced Typewriting-W,Sp 3 hours Practice in advanced production jobs using more realistic business situations. Simulations are used to expose the students to jobs in sales, general, accounting, executive, legal, medical, government, and technical offices. Prerequisite: OTEC-182 Intermediate Typewriting or 60 words per minute. (Fee: $30) OTEC-184, 185, 186 Shorthand I, II, III-A, W,Sp 4 hours each quarter Introduction to Gregg Shorthand Series 90, emphasizing basic principles, brief forms, phrasing, and development of speed and accuracy. OTEC-282 Machine Transcription-A 3 hours Emphasis upon mailable transcription from machine transcription. Prerequisite: OTEC-183 Advanced Typewriting. OTEC-285 Records Management-A 3 hours Instruction in the fundamentals that are essential to managing the records of an office. Alphabetic, geographic, numeric, subject, and chronologic methods of filing are discussed. OTEC-286 Legal Office Procedures-Sp 2 hours Includes learning legal terms, typing legal dictation using the OTEC transcriber, and participating in group projects. Prerequisites: OTEC-282 Machine Transcription. OTEC-287 Medical Office Procedures-Sp 2 hours Includes using medical terms, typing medical dictation using the transcriber, and participating in group projects. Prerequisites: OTEC-282 Machine Transcription. OTEC-290 Office Systems and Procedures-W 4 hours Introduction to a wide variety of modern office practices including proper tele– phone and communication techniques, records management, reprographics, word processing, organizational techniques, and operation of electronic calculators. Pre– requisite: OTEC 183 Advanced Typewriting. OTEC-291 Word/Information Processing Concepts~A 4 hours An introduction to the impact of technology on the business office. The operation of word processing equipment using basic text editing procedures is included along with an overview of telecommunications, electronic mail, and other sophisticated communications systems. Prerequisite: OTEC-183 Advanced Typewriting, CIS-220 Computer Information Systems. (Fee: $30) OTEC-289 Secretarial Internship 5 hours Practical business experience as an office employee; individually designed to meet the interests of the student. Prerequisites: OTEC-183 Advanced Typewriting, OTEC- 282 Machine Transcription, OTEC-291 Word/Information Processing Concepts.