Core Requirements
for Office Support Clerk
(Secondary and
Postsecondary Programs)
Contact Credit
Hrs Hrs
BCTC-113 Business Procedures I.................. 135............... 5
BCTC-130 Computer Applications I ............... 190...............
7
BCTC-123 Business Procedures II.................. 135...............
5
BCTC-180 Computer Applications II................ 190...............
7
BCTC-143 Business Procedures III.................. 135...............
5
BCTC-173 Business Procedures IV................... 135...............
5
Total..........................................................
920.............. 34
Information Processing Specialist Option
BCTC-190 Computer Applications III................
190 .............. 7
BCTC-200 Computer Applications IV.................
190 ............. 7
BCTC-207 On-the-Job Training
(OJT or OJT Equivalent) ..........................
0-195...... Up to 4
Total .........................................................
380.............
14
Business Graphics Specialist Option
BCTC-270 Desktop Publishing Software.............
190.............. 7
BCTC-275 Document Layout and Design............
90............... 3
BCTC-184 Basic Web Page Design....................
100.............. 4
BCTC-207 On-the-Job Training
(OJT or OJT Equivalent) ..........................
0-195...... Up to 4
Total .........................................................
380.............
14
Recommended Accounting Support Specialist Courses
BCTC-155 Introduction to Computerized
Accounting Software...................
290............. 11
(Computer Applications II,
Quicken, Quick Books or Peach Tree)
BCTC-145 Accounting for Small Business
(Practice Simulation)....................
90 ............... 3
BCTC-207 On-the-Job Training (OJT or
OJT Equivalent)....................... 0-195.... Up to
4
Recommended Legal Support Specialist Courses
BCTC-260 Legal Office Procedures....................
380........... 14
Introduction to Legal Machine Transcription
Legal Terminology
Law Office Simulation
BCTC-207 On-the-Job Training (OJT or
OJT Equivalent)....................... 0-195.... Up to
4
Recommended Medical Support Specialist Courses
BCTC-230 Medical Office Procedures............ 290.............
11
Insurance Forms Preparation
ICD-9/CPT-4 Coding
Medical Office Simulation
BCTC-255 Medical Terminology I.................... 45............... 2
BCTC-220 Medical Machine Transcription........ 45............... 2
BCTC-207 On-the-Job Training (OJT or
OJT Equivalent)....................... 0-195.... Up to
4
To complete the
Associate in Applied Science Degree, the program emphasis credit hours and
the general education credit hours, which must be taken from the list
approved by the General Education Committee, must total at least 64 credit
hours.
Associate in Applied Science Degree
Students completing a technical program may desire to
seek the Associate in Applied Sciences Degree. In addition to
completing a technical program, this degree also requires the completion of
18 hours in general education as outlined below. Certain courses within this degree may or may not transfer to
baccalaureate degree granting institutions. The student must complete 64
semester hours with a grade point average of 2.00 (C) or above. There is a
minimum cumulative general education requirement of 18 semester hours. A
minimum number of semester credit hours will be required in each of the
fields listed below. NOTE: No courses numbered below 100 apply.
I. Communications (6 hours)
# Written Communications I
and any ONE of the following:
# Applied Communications
# Fundamentals of Speech
# Interpersonal & Group Communications
II. Math (3 credit hours)
# Business Mathematics
III. Computer Science
A minimum of 3 credit hours from the following:
# Computer Information Systems
# Introduction to Software Applications or
Higher Level Computer Course
IV. Humanities
A minimum of 3 credit hours from the following:
# Art
# Communications
# Drama
# Foreign Language
# History
# Humanities
# Journalism
# Literature
# Music
# Philosophy
V. Business Management (3 hours)
A minimum of 3 credit hours from the following:
# Fundamentals of Business
# Principles of Management
# Psychology of Business
# Small Business Management
VI. Approved Vocational/Technical Curriculum (46 hours)
Description of Courses
BCTC-145.
Accounting for Small Business (Practice Simulation)
(240 Contact Hours). 8 Hours. This course reinforces skills learned
Introduction to Computerized Accounting Software. Students will develop and
maintain a simple set of books to strengthen learning.
BCTC-184.
Basic Web Page Design (145 Contact Hours). 5
Hours. This is an introductory course in Web Page Design. The course will
provide students with a strong understanding of web design principles in the
planning, building and maintaining of web pages and a web site. Students
will design and create web pages using web page editing/publishing software
and create and edit graphic images for web pages using image editing
software. Upon completion of course, students should be able to apply
principles of good web page design and style. Prerequisite: Permission of
the instructor.
BCTC-113.
Business Procedures I (135 Contact Hours). 5
Hours. This course introduces a variety of units to provide the student
with critical thinking skills in the area of accessing and managing
information, and the transfer of learned concepts. Several units will be
covered, including computer literacy and telephone communications. Human
relations and job attitude skills are integrated in all units. The math
unit is designed to develop the basic math skills necessary to serve as the
foundation for more advanced Business Math concepts. Emphasis will be on
learning to use the 10-key calculator to solve problems. Use of facsimile
machine, copier, and scanner will also be covered. This course covers
Windows operation, disk and file management, basic systems training and
utilization using Microsoft Office software for office applications
including Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and integrated activities that
are experienced in the work setting. This course prepares student for
testing to become Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certified in Excel,
Access, PowerPoint and Outlook. Class instruction may be on a group or
individual basis.
BCTC-123.
Business Procedures II (135 Contact Hours). 5
Hours. This course introduces a variety of units to provide the student
with critical thinking skills in the area of accessing and managing
information, and the transfer of learned concepts. A variety of units will
be covered, including computer literacy, and telephone communications.
Human relations and job attitude skills are integrated in all units. This
course provides the opportunity to apply basic math skills to personal and
business applications. The use of the ten-key calculator for calculations
will be covered. Common mathematical computations relative to accounting
and financial control are included in this course.
BCTC-143.
Business Procedures III (135 Contact Hours). 5
Hours. This course introduces a variety of units to provide the student
with critical thinking skills in the area of accessing and managing
information. A variety of units will be covered, including records
management and employability skills. Human relations and job attitude
skills are integrated in all units. This course also provides instruction
in basic language art skills and written communication. Fundamentals of
accounting are included in this course using the Microsoft Office Excel
program. The course offers an introduction to the accounting cycle, basic
concepts in double entry bookkeeping and an examination of the make-up of
the income statement and balance sheet financial statements.
BCTC-173.
Business Procedures IV (135 Contact Hours). 5
Hours. This course introduces a variety of units to provide the student
with critical thinking skills in the area of accessing and managing
information. A variety of units will be covered, including records
management and employability skills. Human relations and job attitude
skills are integrated in all units. Students will be provided the
opportunity to learn how to communicate effectively in the business world.
As a continuation to the foundations of developing sentences and paragraphs
covered in Business Procedures III, student swill learn the appropriate
approach to capture the message necessary for effective communication.
BCTC-130.
Computer Applications I (190 Contact Hours). 7
Hours. This course is designed to provide students with an orientation to
work processing concepts including hands-on applications and skill
development. Students will use Microsoft Word 2000 as the primary course
software for exploration in word processing. This course will prepare
students for testing to become Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certified
in Word. Prerequisite: Keyboarding or permission of instructor.
BCTC-180.
Computer Applications II (190 Contact Hours). 7
Hours. This course covers basic systems training and utilization using
Microsoft Office software for office applications. Software components
include Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and integrated activities that
are experienced in the work setting. Students will also be working in the
Windows environment including Windows operation and disk and file
management. The course is designed to prepare students for testing to
become Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certified in Excel, Access,
PowerPoint and Outlook. Prerequisite: Keyboarding or permission of
instructor.
BCTC-190.
Computer Applications III (190 Contact Hours). 7
Hours. This course covers basic systems training and utilization using
Microsoft Office software for office applications. Software components
include Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and integrated activities that
are experienced in the work setting. The course also includes working in
the Windows environment including Windows operation and disk and file
management. The course is designed to prepare students for testing to
become Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certified in Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint and Outlook.
BCTC-200.
Computer Applications IV (190 Contact Hours). 7
Hours. This course covers beginning and advanced software training and
utilization of Microsoft Office Access software for office applications.
Software components include beginning and expert Access, and integrated
activities that are experienced in a work setting. This class will prepare
students for testing at beginning and expert levels of certification in
Microsoft Office User Specialist (MOS) in Access.
BCTC-270.
Desktop Publishing Software (190 Contact Hours).
7 Hours. This course is designed to identify the concepts and applications
of desktop publishing and develop competencies using powerful computer
software as a desktop publishing tool. A variety of software packages will
be examined. Students will learn how to combine text and graphics to create
professional quality documents.
BCTC-275.
Document Layout & Design (90 Contact Hours). 3
Hours. This course is the beginning level study of designing publication
layouts. Students will work with industry standard software in the
application of basic design principles to the area of layout and design.
Students enrolling in this course are expected to have experience with
computer systems.
BCTC-155.
Introduction to Computerized Accounting Software.
(Computer Applications II, Quicken, Quick Books or Peach Tree) (320 Contact
Hours). 11 Hours. This course is designed to help students learn
computerized accounting software as a tool to facilitate transaction
recording, posting to ledgers, writing checks, preparing invoices,
performing reconciliation and most importantly preparing the company
financial statements.
BCTC-260.
Legal Office Procedures (470 Contact Hours). 16
Hours. This course provides an introduction to Legal Machine Transcription,
Legal Terminology and completion of Law Office Simulations.
BCTC-220.
Medical Machine Transcriptions (45 Contact
Hours). 2 Hours. This course prepares a student to become a
transcriptionist in medical offices, clinics, hospitals and other health
facilities. Through 60 prerecorded exercises students become familiar with
the following areas of medical transcription: history and physical reports,
radiology, operations, pathology, discharge summaries and autopsies.
Prerequisite: Medical Terminology I.
BCTC-230.
Medical Office Procedures (380 Contact Hours). 13
Hours. This course introduces students to Insurance Forms Preparation,
ICD-9/CPT-4 Coding and completion of Medical Office Simulations.
BCTC-255.
Medical Terminology I (45 Contact Hours). 3
Hours. This course serves as an adjunct to other medical courses for nurses,
medical technologists, laboratory assistants and medically related
professionals, including community-health workers and medical social
workers. It is useful to students in biology, health, anatomy, physiology,
nursing and pre-med.
BCTC-207.
On-the-Job Training (OJT or OJT Equivalent) (0-195
Contact Hours). Up to 4 Hours. Students demonstrating excellent
attendance, attitude and mastery of core curriculum competencies may be
considered for on-the- job training experience. Through the cooperation of
local businesses, students are given the opportunity to apply the skills
required for their future career. Class attendance is also required. |
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