Certificate Programs

Office Information Technologyoffice information worker

Length: One-year Program - Two semesters plus Summer Session*

Purpose: The Office Information Technology program is designed primarily to train persons for full-time employment in office-related work. Persons who are seeking employment or want to improve their skills may benefit from this program.

Occupational Objective:

Office Information Technology Specialist
Receptionist
General Office Assistant
Typist

Admission Requirements: Admission to the program, in addition to the requirements for general admission to the college, requires that the student show satisfactory aptitude for Office Information Technology as measured by appropriate tests administered by the College Counseling department.

Program Requirements: Office Information Technology is a one-year program combining instruction in the many subject areas required for competence in business, government, industry, and other organizations.

*In order to complete the program in one year, a student should attend fall, spring, and summer sessions, in that order, because of sequence courses or other prerequisites. Students may need additional semesters to complete the program if they do not follow the fall, spring, summer sequence. Students successfully completing the one-year sequence program receive an Office Information Technology Certificate. This program is a career ladder for those wishing to enter the Administrative Support Technology program.

Course
Number		 Course Title Lecture
Hours		 Lab
Hours		 Course
Credits
First Semester
SDV 108 College Survival Skills 1 0 1
ENG 101 Practical Writing I 3 0 3
BUS 121 Business Mathematics I 3 0 3
AST 100 Office Skills Review 3 0 3
AST 101 Keyboarding I 3 0 3
AST 103 Keyboarding I Laboratory 0 2 1
ACC 111 Accounting I 3 0 3
TOTAL 16 2 17
         
  Second Semester      
AST 102 Keyboarding II 3 0 3
AST 104 Keyboarding II Laboratory 0 2 1
AST 205 Business Communications 3 0 3
AST 206 Professional Development 3 0 3
AST 234 Records & Database Mgmt. 3 0 3
AST 238 Word Processing Adv. Procedures 3 0 3
AST 239 Word Processing Adv. Pro. Lab 0 2 1
TOTAL 15 4 17
Summer Session
ECO 120 Survey of Economics 3 0 3
AST 130 Office Procedures 3 0 3
AST 240 Machine Transcription 3 0 3
AST 241 Machine Transcription Lab 0 2 1
AST 196 On-Site Train. in Office Information
Technology		 0 5 1
PSY 120 Human Relations 3 0 3
TOTAL 12 7 14

Total Minimum Credits for Certificate in Office Information Technology 48