Trinity Valley Community College

 

Business and Office Technology
Course Descriptions

BUSG 1191, 1291, 1391. Current Business Applications.
1191 (1-1-0)
1291 (2-2-0)
1391 (3-3-0)

   Selected instruction related to the specific modern needs of business, industry, government, and other institutions. This course is designed to allow the flexibility in course content needed to meet the particular instructional needs of a student.


BUSI 1301.  Business Principles. (3-3-0)     

   This course is designed to survey the entire field of business, build a business vocabulary, broaden the student's perspective of the business field, aid the student in selecting a field of specialization, and provide a background for further study.

 

BUSI 1307.  Personal and Family Finance. (3-3-0)

   A study of the financial problems which people encounter in their personal and family accounts.  Includes topics on: goal setting, financial planning, resume writing, record keeping, financial statements, budgets, insurance, taxes, borrowing, housing, investments, retirement, and estate transfer.


BUSI 2301.  Business Law. (3-3-0)

   This course deals with the origins of American Law, contracts, personal property, bailments, negotiable instruments, insurance, partnership, corporation and real property.


POFT 1321.  Business Math. (3-3-0)

     This course is designed to provide a review of basic mathematic skills and to provide a mathematic background for accounting. The course includes instruction on fractions, decimals, percentages, simple and compound interest, retail problems, payrolls, loans, taxes, insurance, and depreciation.


POFT 2321.  Machine Transcription. (3-3-3)

Prerequisite: POFT 2401 or POST 1429.

   This course provides training in the use of transcribing machines and electric/electronic typewriters or word processors. Lab Fee: $15.00


POFT 1409.  Office Procedures and Administration. (4-3-3)

Prerequisite: Completion of POFT 1429

   A course designed to assist, inform, and train students for careers in today's offices. The course is also useful to people returning to work after a period of time or to those who have made a career change. The course integrates office, language, human relations, filing, and decision-making skills required of administrative assistants. Emphasis is placed on preparing students for the real realistic problems and situations encountered in modern offices. The use of the computer is combined throughout the course. Lab Fee: $15.00


BMGT 1325.  Office Management. (3-3-0)

   A study of the problems of office management and the duties of the office manager. It also includes the study of the function of the AOM, leadership styles, the problem solving process, managing human resources, training and promotion, office salary administration, labor-management relations and managing administrative services.


POFT 1127.  Introduction to Keyboarding.  (1-0-2)

   This course serves as an introduction to the microcomputer keyboard and is designed to provide the opportunity to develop microcomputer keyboarding basic skills in a minimum amount of time for those entering a variety of fields such as word/data processing, accounting, and other areas where alpha, numeric, and/or symbol keyboarding is utilized. Lab Fee: $15.00


POFT 1429.  Basic Keyboarding. (4-3-3)

   A beginning course designed to introduce students to keyboarding and basic formatting techniques. Emphasis is on mastery of the keyboard, developing basic keyboarding skills, improving language arts skills, developing basic composition skills, and formatting basic computer compatible documents including personal letter, block style letters, memos, envelopes, tables, reports, outlines, and centered material. Keyboarding skills as desired by growing numbers of employers daily due to the widespread use of computer technology in all fields. Lab Fee: $15.00


POFT 2401.  Intermediate Keyboarding. (4-3-3)

Prerequisite: Keyboarding POFT 1429 or equivalent skills and knowledge.

   This course provides a review and builds on keyboarding competencies developed. Emphasis is placed on increasing speed, improving accuracy, developing formatting skills, applying communications skills, and learning document production skills. Lab Fee: $15.00


POFT 1302.  Business Communications I. (3-3-0)

   This course is designed especially for Business and Marketing majors. It is the study of the mastery of parts of speech, sentence construction, effective writing and speaking, and the principles of punctuation and capitalization. The minimum essentials for business correspondence are reviewed.


POFT 2312.  Business Communications II. (3-3-0)

     This course is intended to develop skills in all phases of business communication including writing, listening, speaking, reading, and interpreting nonverbal cues. Primary emphasis is placed on developing sound skills for writing letters, memos, reports, and correct telephone procedures and techniques. Awareness of electronic advances in information processing and management and their impact on communication is also included.


POFI 2401. Word Processing I. (4-3-3)

Prerequisite: Keyboarding skill of 40 gross words per minute or division chairperson approval.

   This is an introductory course designed to present concepts of information/word processing as well as the opportunity to perform basic word processing functions, develop formatting skills, and apply communication skills using WordPerfect application software. Lab Fee: $15.00


ITSW 2431.  Advanced Word Processing.  (4-3-3)

Prerequisite: POFT 2401

   A continuation course designed to provide experience producing complex documents using advanced word processing functions of WordPerfect for Windows software. Students will continue to develop accuracy, formatting, and document production skills. Emphasis is placed on learning and applying word publishing and macro functions while applying proofreading and editing skills. Lab Fee: $15.00


POFI 2431.   Desktop Publishing for the Office. (4-3-3)

Prerequisite: POFI 2401 or consent of instructor.

     Concepts and practical applications of word publishing are presented. The course provides training in documents production using desktop publishing. Page layouts, merging of graphics and text, and utilization of different font styles are emphasized. Lab Fee: $15.00


BUSG 1366, 2366.   Business and office Practicum I and II.  (3-1-20)

Prerequisite: Sophomore classification and consent of the instructor.

   Under the supervision of the college and the employer, the student combines classroom learning  with on-the-job experience in the field of business and office management occupations. Internship is open only students enrolled in the Associate of Applied Science Degree programs. Lab Fee: $15.00

 

TVCC is an affirmative action/equal opportunity institution. 

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