Clerical Assistant
Clerical Assistant (218)PROGRAM OF STUDY |
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Course # |
Course Title |
Credit |
Prerequisite Courses (if applicable) | |
ACC |
115 |
Applied Accounting Presents practical accounting procedures for retail stores, professional individuals in firms, and personal service occupations. Covers the accounting cycle, journals, ledgers, preparation of financial statements and payrolls, and checking account management. |
3 |
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AST |
101 |
Keyboarding I Teaches the alpha/numeric keyboard with emphasis on correct techniques, speed, and accuracy. Teaches formatting of basic personal and business correspondence, reports and tabulation. |
2 |
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AST |
102 |
Keyboarding II Develops keyboarding and document production skills with emphasis on preparation of specialized business documents. Continues skill-building for speed and accuracy. |
3 |
AST 101 |
AST |
107 |
Editing/Proofreading Skills Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents. Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems. |
3 |
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AST |
236 |
Specialized Software Applications
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3 |
AST 101 or equivalent |
ENG |
111 |
College Composition I Introduces and prepares students to the critical processes and fundamentals of writing in academic and professional contexts. Teaches the use of print and digital technologies to promote inquiry. Requires the production of a variety of academic texts, totaling at least 4500 words (15 pages typed) of polished writing. This course requires proficiency in using word processing and learning management software. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. |
3 |
Readiness for ENG 111 |
MKT |
170 |
Customer Service Introduces students to the concepts of marketing as they relate to customer service. Teaches development of customer service training and implementation of strategies to improve customer relations and service. Includes lecture, role-playing, and case studies. |
1 |
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SDV |
100 |
College Success Skills Assists students in transition to colleges. Provides overviews of college policies, procedures, curricular offerings. Encourages contacts with other students and staff. Assists students toward college success through information regarding effective study habits, career and academic planning, and other college resources available to students. May include English and Math placement testing. Strongly recommended for beginning students. Required for graduation. |
1 |
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FIRST YEAR SPRING |
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ITE |
175 |
Email Essentials Focuses on providing the student with a working knowledge of introductory email function. Includes the basic concepts of customizing email and using all the email capabilities for reading, creating, sending emails, managing calendar functions and managing contacts, tasks, and notes. |
1 |
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Eligible for Microsoft Office Specialist Outlook Associate Certification | ||||
AST | 137 |
Records Management Teaches filing and records management procedures for hard copy, electronic, and micrographic systems. Identifies equipment, supplies, and solutions to records management problems. |
3 |
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AST |
141 |
Word Processing I 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. |
3 |
AST 101 or equivalent |
Eligible for Microsoft Office Specialist Word Associate Certification upon completion of AST 141 |
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MTH |
132 |
Business Mathematics Provides instruction, review, and drill in percentage, cash and trade discounts, mark-up, payroll, sales, property and other taxes, simple and compound interest, bank discounts, loans, investments, and annuities. This course is intended for occupational/technical programs. |
3 |
See Table M for placement information |
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Social Science Elective |
3 |
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Total Program Credits |
32 |
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Notes and Additional Curriculum Options
Course substitutions may be available. Please see an advisor for more information.
For Further Information, Contact:
Jane Jones |
jjones@lfkgw.com | 276-523-9057 |
Sabrina Ward |
sward@lfkgw.com | 276-523-9060 |
Wes Mullins, Assistant Dean of Business & Information Technology |
jmullins@lfkgw.com | 276-523-9017 |