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Show Business and Economics Office Administration Certificate of ProficiencyIn the one-year Certificate of Proficiency program, a student is required to take 45 credits including the following courses: Courses Credits Courses OA 103 Advanced Typewriting 3 OA 301 OA 123 Advanced Shorthand 4 OA 341 OA 150 Business Mathematics by Calculating Machines 4 OA 353 OA 201 Business English & Word OA 354 Processing 4 Acct. 102 OA 202 Filing & Duplicating 4 Credits Production Typewriting 3 Dictation & Transcription (or 12 cr. in shorthand) 4 Secretarial Procedures 4 Simulation 2 Elementary Financial Acctg 4 To earn the Certificate of Proficiency, a student must attain the following skills: Typing: 60 wpm/5 errors/5 minutes; Shorthand: 90 wpm/95%/3 minutes. To enroll in any skill course, a student must have a grade of or better in the preceding course in the same skill. Students who have taken shorthand or typewriting in high school will be placed in the appropriate level courses by means of an evaluation of their proficiency. Any skills courses that are bypassed may be replaced by elective courses in business. Students transferring credits from another institution must take at least one typewriting and one shorthand course here to verify their skills. COURSES OF INSTRUCTION 101. Elementary Typewriting (3) Learning the keyboard, machine parts, letters, manuscripts, and tables for personal use. AWS 102. Intermediate Typewriting (3) Review of keyboard. Letters, manuscripts, and tables for business use. Prerequisite: OA 101 or 25 wpm. AWS 103. Advanced Typewriting (3) Tables, letters, manuscripts, and medical, legal, or financial problems. Prerequisite: OA 102 or 40 wpm. AWS 111. Machine Shorthand (4) Introduction to Touch Shorthand keyboard, theory, and speed development to 60 wpm. Prerequisite: Typing 25 wpm. AWS 112. Intermediate Machine Shorthand (4) Completion of theory with practice dictation. Prerequisite: OA 111, typing 40 wpm. AWS 121. Elementary Gregg Shorthand (4) Introduction to Gregg Shorthand theory with emphasis upon reading and writing fluency. Prerequisite: Typing 20 wpm. AWS 122. Intermediate Shorthand (4) Reveiw of shorthand theory in practice dictation. Prerequisite: Shorthand 50 wpm: typing 40 wpm. AWS 123. Advanced Shorthand (4) Stenographic abbreviations, phrases, and transcription. Prerequisite: Shorthand 70 wpm; typing 40 wpm. AWS 150. Business Mathematics by Calculating Machines (4) Problems in percentage, discount, simple and compound interest, merchandising, taxes, etc., solved by calculators. AWS 151. Calculating Machines (2) For students in majors other than OA or Business Education. Learning the electronic and 10-key calculators to solve personal business problems. Credit not granted for both OA 150 and 151. AWS 201. Business English and Word Processing (4) English essentials, letter writing, transcribing machines, and special typewriters. Prerequisite: Typing 40 wpm. AWS 202. Filing and Duplicating (4) Alphabetic, geographic, numeric, subject filing: fluid, mimeograph, offset, and copy duplication. AWS 301. Production Typewriting (3) Exacting business problems from a variety of office simulations emphasizing effective decision making. Prerequisite: OA 103. AWS 325. Business Communications (4) Review and application of oral and written communication, including report writing. Prerequisite: English 103. AWS 341. Dictation and Transcription (4) Speed dictation with stress on shortcuts, speed, and production. Prerequisite: Shorthand 90 wpm: typing 50 wpm. W S 342. Shorthand Speedbuilding <4) Building speed and production. Prerequisite: Shorthand 110 wpm; typing 50 wpm. W S 353. Secretarial Procedures (4) Mail, telephone, payroll and banking, travel, employment, reference materials. AWS 354. Simulation r (2) Model office, emphasizing skills, human relations, decision making. Prerequisite: Typing 40 wpm. AWS 355. Office Organization and Management (3) Principles of office management; duties, selection, and training of personnel; layout and workflow systems; control. S 360. Principles of Business Education (2) Introduction to the field of business education, including curriculum, standards, counseling, research, and current trends. Should be taken junior year. W 84 Business and Economics Office Administration 361. Methods of Teaching Typewriting and Of-ice Practice (3) Research into methods, objectives, grading, testing, supplies, and teaching demonstrations. Should be taken junior year. S 362. Methods of Teaching Shorthand (2) Analysis and research into methods of teaching shorthand theory, speed, and transcription with special emphasis on objectives, demonstrations, testing and grading. W 480. Independent Research (1-5) Directed research and study on an individual basis. AWS 499. Senior Seminar (3) Research and discussion of off ice-related problems. S 85 |
