Business and Economics Business and Economics The following fields are acceptable for the major and minor in Business Education: Accounting, Economics, and Office Administration. Composite Teaching Major in Business Education—See Business Education Composite Teaching Major, School of Education, page 246. Teaching Minor in Business Education—A teaching minor in business education is available in the area of typewriting with accounting, business machines, or shorthand as the other area of emphasis with not less than 24 credit hours. See minor advisor for exact course listings. Courses of Instruction 1. Personal Elementary Typewriting—Development of sustained typing power, control of figures and symbols, improvement of techniques. A speed of at least 30 words per minute should be attained. May be waived by proficiency examination. Credit will not be given to students who have had six months of typing previously. A W S (3) Staff 2. Elementary Typewriting—Continuation of Office Administration 1. Review of keyboard, business letters, tabulated reports, improvement of basic skills, and intensive speed building. For those typing 25 words per minute or faster. Prerequisite: Office Administration 1 or equivalent. A W S (3) Staff 3. Intermediate Typewriting—Manuscripts, special problems in letter arrangement and business forms. Prerequisite: Office Administration 2 or at least 40 words per minute. A W S (3) Staff 9. Machine Shorthand—Introduction to Touch Shorthand, keyboard, theory, and speed development with dictation speeds to 60 words per minute or faster. Prerequisite: Office Administration 2 or equivalent, or take concurrently. A W S (4) Staff 10. Hy-Speed Longhand (ABC Shorthand)—A method of fast writing based on the English alphabet; abbreviations, omission, and blending of letters; dictation and transcription. Prerequisite: Office Administration 2 or equivalent. This class continues into Office Administration 12. A W S (3) Henrie 11. Elementary Shorthand—Introduction to theory of Gregg Shorthand system with emphasis upon reading and writing fluency. Not open for credit to students who have had six months of previous shorthand training. Prerequisite: Office Administration 1 or equivalent, or take concurrently. A W S (4) Henrie, Jarrett 12. Elementary Shorthand—Continuation of Office Administration 11. Use of the entire shorthand theory in practice dictation. An entrance speed of at least 50 words per minute is required. Not open for credit to students who have completed two years of shorthand. Prerequisites: Office Administration 2 and 11 or equivalent. A W S (4) Henrie, Jarrett 13. Intermediate Shorthand Dictation—Stenographic short-cuts, abbreviations, phrases and transcription. An entrance speed of at least 70 words per minute is required. Prerequisites : Office Administration 3 and 12 or equivalent. A W S (4) Henrie, Jarrett 21. Business Machines—Practical experience using rotary calculators and ten-key printing calculators in addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, etc. A W S (2) Staff 25. Office Equipment—Spirit duplicator, mimeograph, transcribing and copying machines, etc. Prerequisite: Office Administration 1 or equivalent. A W (2) O. Brown 30. Records Management—Management, indexing, and filing of business records. Prerequisite: Office Administration 1 or equivalent. A W (3) Jarrett 33. Business Communication—Use of memos, letters, reports, etc., in applying the fundamental principles of effective business communication. Prerequisite: English 3. A W S (3) Staff 101. Advanced Typewriting—Special communication forms, statistical reports, legal documents and business letters., Prerequisite: Office Administration 3. A W S (3) Jarrett, O. Brown 102. Typewriting Speedbuilding—Development of sustained typing power and techniques. Prerequisite: Office Administration 2 or equivalent. W S (3) Staff 110. Applied Shorthand Transcription—Practical application of shorthand transcription techniques. Review of punctuation, grammar, capitalization, etc., relating to mailable transcripts. Prerequisites: Shorthand speed of 80 to 100 or above, typewriting speed of 40 or above. W S (3) Jarrett 111. Intermediate Shorthand, Dictation, and Transcription —Speed dictation with stress on fluency and accuracy of writing. An entrance speed of at least 90 words per minute is required. Prerequisites: Office Administration 3 and 13 or equivalent. A W S (4) Henrie, Jarrett 228 229