SVCC College Catalog

AST 100 OFFICE SKILLS REVIEW (3-4 cr.)   Reviews office skills such as keyboarding, shorthand, machine transcription, and other selected office topics based on individual needs.  Lecture 3-4 hours per week.

AST 101 KEYBOARDING I (2-4 cr.)   Teaches the alpha/numeric keyboard with emphasis on correct techniques, speed, and accuracy.  Teaches formatting of basic personal and business correspondence, reports, and tabulation.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 103) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 102 KEYBOARDING II (2-4 cr.)   Develops keyboarding and document production skills with emphasis on preparation of specialized business documents.  Continues skill-building for speed and accuracy.  Prerequisite AST 101.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 104) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 103 KEYBOARDING I LABORATORY (1 cr.)   Provides supplemental instruction in AST 101.  Should be taken concurrently with AST 101, in appropriate curricula, as identified by the College.  Laboratory 2 hours per week.

AST 104 KEYBOARDING II LABORATORY (1 cr.)   Provides supplemental instruction in AST 102.  Should be taken concurrently with AST 102, in appropriate curricula, as identified by the College.  Laboratory 2 hours per week.

AST 107 EDITING/PROOFREADING SKILLS (3 cr.)   Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents.  Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems. Pre-requisite or co-requisite AST 101 or equivalent.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 114 KEYBOARDING FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING (1-2 cr.)   Teaches the alphabetic and numeric keys:  develops correct techniques and competency in the use of computer keyboards.  May include basic correspondence and report formats.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 115) may be required.  Lecture 1-2 hours per week.

AST 115 KEYBOARDING FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING LABORATORY (1 cr.)   Provides supplemental instruction in AST 114.  Should be taken concurrently with AST 114, in appropriate curricula, as identified by the College.  Laboratory 2 hours per week.

AST 130 OFFICE PROCEDURES (3 cr.)   Introduces general functions and duties performed in the office.  Prerequisite AST 101.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 132 WORD PROCESSING I (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Introduces students to a word processing program to create, edit, save, and print documents.  Must demonstrate typing proficiency. Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 133 WORD PROCESSING II (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Presents formatting and editing features of a word processing program.  Prerequisite AST 132 or equivalent.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 134 WORD PROCESSING III (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Continues work with formatting features and text enhancements of a word processing program.  Prerequisite AST 133 or equivalent.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 136 OFFICE RECORD KEEPING (3 cr.)   Introduces types of record keeping duties performed in the office, such as financial, tax, payroll, and inventory.  Utilizes specialized software where applicable.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 137 RECORDS MANAGEMENT (3 cr.)   Teaches filing and records management procedures for hard copy, electronic, and micrographic systems.  Identifies equipment, supplies, and solutions to records management problems.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 140 INTRODUCTION TO  WINDOWS  (1-2 cr.)   Introduces students to windows and provides basic concepts and commands necessary in the Windows environment.  Lecture 1-2 hours per week.

AST 141 WORD PROCESSING  (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (2-4 cr.)   Teaches creating and editing documents, including line and page layouts, columns, fonts, search/replace, cut/paste, spell/thesaurus, and advanced editing and formatting features of word processing software.  Prerequisite AST 101 or equivalent.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 144) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 142 WORD PROCESSING II (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (2-4 cr.)   Teaches advanced software applications.  Prerequisite AST 141 or equivalent.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 145) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 147 INTRODUCTION TO PRESENTATION SOFTWARE (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1-2 cr.)   Introduces presentation options including slides, transparencies, and other forms of presentations.  Lecture 1-2 hours per week.

AST 150 DESKTOP PUBLISHING I (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Presents desktop publishing features including page layout and design, font selection, and use of graphic images.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 151 DESKTOP PUBLISHING II (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Presents software features for refining page layout and design, includes scaling and cropping graphics, and creating styles.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 152 DESKTOP PUBLISHING III (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (1 cr.)   Continues work with page layout and design.  Covers handling simple multi-page text documents with master pages and combining text and graphics.  Lecture 1 hour per week.

AST 176 MEDICAL OFFICE/UNIT MANAGEMENT (3 cr.)   Develops administrative and support skills for a medical setting including effective communications, ethical and legal issues, research techniques, and insurance claims processing.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 171 INTRODUCTION  TO CALL CENTER SERVICES ( 3 cr.)   Introduces concepts and skills needed to be an effective customer service representative for a telephone service operation.  Covers call center theory and technology, interpersonal communication skills, customer relations attitudes, telecommunications techniques, and professional procedures to handle a variety of customer service sales requests.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 201 KEYBOARDING III (2-4 cr.)   Develops decision-making skills, speed, and accuracy in production keying.  Applies word processing skills in creating specialized business documents.  Prerequisite AST 102.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 202) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 205 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3 cr.)   Teaches techniques of oral and written communications.  Emphasizes writing and presenting business-related materials.  Prerequisite AST 114-115 or equivalent.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 206 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT (3 cr.)   Develops professional awareness in handling business and social situations.  Emphasizes goal setting, critical thinking, decision-making, and employment skills.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 232 MICROCOMPUTER OFFICE APPLICATIONS (2-4 cr.)   Teaches production of business documents using word processing, databases, and spreadsheets.  Emphasizes document production to meet business and industry standard.  Prerequisite AST 101 or equivalent.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 233) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 234 RECORDS AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT (2-4 cr.)   Teaches filing and records management procedures using microcomputer database software.  Incorporates both manual and electronic methods for managing information.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 235) may be required. Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 236 SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS (SPECIFY SOFTWARE) (2-4 cr.)   Teaches specialized integrated software applications on the microcomputer.  Emphasizes document production to meet business and industry standards.  Prerequisite AST 101 or equivalent.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 237) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 238 WORD PROCESSING ADVANCED OPERATIONS  (2-4 cr.)   Teaches advanced word processing features including working with merge files, macros, and graphics; develops competence in the production of complex documents.  Pre-requisite or co-requisite AST 102 or equivalent.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 239) may be required.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 239 WORD PROCESSING ADVANCED OPERATIONS LABORATORY (1 cr.)   Provides supplemental instruction in AST 238.  Should be taken concurrently with AST 238, in appropriate curricula, as identified by the College.  Laboratory 2 hours per week.

AST 240 MACHINE TRANSCRIPTION (2-4 cr.)   Develops proficiency in the use of transcribing equipment to produce business documents.  Emphasizes listening techniques, business English, and proper formatting.  Includes production rates and mail able copy requirements.  A laboratory co-requisite (AST 241) may be required.  co-requisite AST 102 or equivalent.  Lecture 2-4 hours per week.

AST 241 MACHINE TRANSCRIPTION LABORATORY (1 cr.)   Provides supplemental instruction in AST 240.  Should be taken concurrently with AST 240, in appropriate curricula, as identified by the College.  Laboratory 2 hours per week.

AST 243 OFFICE ADMINISTRATION I (3 cr.)   Develops an understanding of the administrative support role and the skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting.  Emphasizes the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and job performance skills in a business office environment.  Prerequisite AST 101.  Lecture 3 hours per week.

AST 244 OFFICE ADMINISTRATION II (3 cr.)   Enhances skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting.  Emphasizes administrative and supervisory role of the office professional.  Includes travel and meeting planning, office budgeting and financial procedures, international issues, and career development.  Prerequisite AST 243 or equivalent.  Lecture 3 hours per week.