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Show Business Education/Administrative Systems Secretarial Science • Information DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION/ ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS Chair: Margaret Bennett Location: Building 2, Room 218 Telephone Contact: Julie Warnick 626-6059 Professor: Margaret O. Bennett; Associate Professor: Alden A. Talbot; Assistant Professors: Donna M. Roberts, Diana J. Green; Instructors: Lynda H. Money, Pat McFerson. Description The program provides majors with a broad overview of business with careers in teaching, information processing and telecommunications supervision, and secretarial areas. The department specializes in word processing, spreadsheets, database management, telecommunications, desktop publishing, records management, and other related skills. Medical Transcription The Department of Business Education/Administrative Systems, in conjunction with the School of Allied Health Sciences, can direct students to those classes which will enable them to acquire both the foundation knowledge and specific skills needed for medical transcription. Departmental Policies Students for any degree from the Business Education/ Administrative Systems or Secretarial Science program are subject to the following policies: 1. Students who have taken shorthand and/or keyboarding at another school will be placed in the appropriate level courses by means of an evaluation of their proficiency. Any skills courses that are by-passed may be replaced by elective courses in business. 2. Students transferring credits from another institution must take at least one keyboarding and one shorthand course or equivalent at Weber State to verify their skills. 3. To enroll in any skill course, a student must have a grade of C or better in the preceding course in the same skill. 4. Business Education/Administrative Systems credits earned more than ten years earlier than the proposed date of graduation will not be accepted toward major requirements unless validated through a challenge examination or department chair approval. 5. Any deviation from the printed graduation requirements must be approved by the department chair prior to taking the course(s) in question. PROGRAM: ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS MAJOR-BACHELOR DEGREE General Requirements: • Requirements for General Education (see index). • Specific Requirements (see index). Advanced Standing Requirements (23 credit hours): These requirements must be completed for entry into all classes numbered 301 or above offered through the School of Business. Acctng 201 (3); CIS PD170 (4); Econ 202 (4)**, 203 (4), (or Econ SS101; and Econ 301, 302, or 303); EconQt 240 (4)*, 260 (4)*. *Math 107 or equivalent is a prerequisite for EconQt 240 and EconQt 260. **Math 105 or equivalent is a prerequisite for Econ 202 and 203. ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS EMPHASIS: Core Requirements (25 credit hours): Acctng 202 (3) and 230 (3); Bused 325 (4); Mgmt 301 (4); Mktg 301 (4); Busadm 320 (3); Mgmt 440 (4). Specific Major Requirements (56 credit hours): Bused 103 (3), 120 (3), 123 (4) or Mgmt 330 (4); Bused 150 (4), 200 (2), 201 (4), 202 (3), 250 (4), 300 (1), 302 (4), 307 (1), 308 (1), 310 (3), 311 (3), 353 (3), 355 (4), 356 (3), 489 (3), 499 (3). TELECOMMUNICATIONS EMPHASIS: Core Requirements: (18 credit hours): Acctng 230 (3); Comsci 370 (4), Engl 310 (3), Mgmt 301 (4); Mktg 301 (4). Specific Major Requirements (46 credit hours): Bused PD101 (3), 200 (2), 250 (4), 300 (1), 307 (1), 308 (1), 310 (3), 325 (4), 350 (3), 352 (3), 354 (3), 355 (4), 356 (3), 365 (4), 450 (4), 489 (3). Required Electives: (Choose 10 credits from the following courses): Busadm 320 (3); Bused 311 (3); Comsci 215 (4), 240 (4) or 270 (4); Econ 311 (4); Engl 210 (3); Libsci 310 (3); Mgmt 320 (4). PROGRAM: ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS MINOR Administrative Systems Emphasis: • Required courses (34 credit hours): Bused 103 (3), 200 (2), 201 (4), 250 (4), 300 (1), 302 (4), 307 (1), 308 (1), 310 (3), 325 (4), 355 (4), 356 (3). 240 Telecommunications Emphasis: • Required courses (32 credit hours): Bused 200 (2), 250 (4), 302 (4), 307 (1), 308 (1), 350 (3), 352 (3), 354 (3), 355 (4), 356 (3), 365 (4). PROGRAM: BUSINESS EDUCATION COMPOSITE TEACHING MAJOR BACHELOR DEGREE- (See program requirements listed in the Composite Teaching Majors section of the School of Education.) PROGRAM: BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHING MINOR The Business Education Teaching Minor must be cleared with the BE/AS Department by the beginning of a student's junior year. • The Business Education Teaching Minor must be cleared with the department by the beginning of a student's junior year. • Twenty-seven credit hours are required. • Required courses (23 credit hours): Bused 103 (3), 200 (2), 250 (4), 302 (4), 307 (1), 360 (2)*, 361 (3)*, 363 (2)*, 289 or 489 (2). • Select one area of emphasis Administrative Systems Emphasis: • Required course: Bused 362 (2)*. • Two credit hours from the following: Bused 120 (3), 123 (4), 201 (4), 202 (3), 300 (1), 308 (1), 310 (3), 325 (4), 353 (3), 355 (4), 356 (3). Basic Business Emphasis: • Four credit hours from the following: Bused 150 (4), 300 (1), 308 (1), 325 (4), 355 (4), 356 (3); Acctng 201 (3), 202 (3); CIS PD170 (4). • Must be taken in the sophomore or junior year or before student teaching in that area. PROGRAM: SECRETARIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREE General Requirements: • Requirements for General Education (see index). • Specific Requirements (see index). The associate degree candidate is exempt from satisfying the state requirement in American History, Government, and Economics. • 93 total hours are required. • This degree does require math competency (see index). Major Requirements (minimum of 58 credit hours): • Required courses (46 credit hours): Bused 103 (3), 150 (4), 200 (2), 201 (4), 202 (3), 250 (4), 289 (2), 300 (1), 302 (4), 307 (1), 308 (1), 310 (3), 325 (4), 353 (3); CIS PD170 (4), and Acctng 201 (3). • Elective courses (12 credit hours): Bused 104 (2), 120 (3), 123 (4), 311 (3), 350 (3), 352 (3), 355 (4), 356 (3); Acctng 202 (3), or SST 250 (5). BUSINESS EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS COURSES - BUSED PD101. Elementary PC Keyboarding and Applications (3) An automated approach to learning the keyboard and the keyboarding of letters, reports, and tables using microprocessors. 102. Intermediate Keyboarding (3) Review of keyboard. Letters, reports, and tables using microprocessors. 25 wpm recommended. 103. Advanced Keyboarding (3) Tables, letters, reports, and other office applications using microprocessors. Prerequisite: Bused 200. 104. Speedbuilding Keyboarding (2) Keyboard review. Skill, speed, and production development using microprocessors. Prerequisite: knowledge of the keyboard. 120. Computer Shorthand (3) Introduction to computer shorthand theory. Application of computer shorthand in word processing applications. No prior shorthand knowledge necessary. 121. Elementary Shorthand (4) Introduction to shorthand theory with emphasis upon reading and writing fluency. Prerequisite: keyboarding 40 wpm. 122. Intermediate Shorthand (4) Any shorthand system. Shorthand theory in practice dictation. Shorthand 50 wpm recommended. 123. Advanced Shorthand (4) Any shorthand system. Stenographic abbreviations, phrases, and transcription. Shorthand 70 wpm recommended. 150. Business Mathematics by Calculating Machines (4) Problems in percentage, discount, simple and compound interest, merchandising, taxes, etc., solved by calculators. 151. Calculating Machines (2) For students in majors other than Administrative Systems, Business Education or Secretarial Science. Using electronic 10-key calculators to solve personal business problems. Credit toward graduation requirements not granted for both Bused 150 and 151. 200. Introductory Word Processing (2) Operation of microprocessors for WordPerfect software. Involves creating, storing, retrieving, and editing documents; merge; math; macros; sort. Keyboarding 40 wpm recommended. 201. Business English/Machine Transcription (4) English essentials, letter writing, proofreading, and transcribing machines. Prerequisites: Bused 200. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Allied Health Sciences Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Natural Sciences Social Sciences Technology 241 Continuing Education |
