2006-07 College Catalog - South Florida State College

5HWXUQWR6HFWLRQ0HQXOST 2335 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 3 cr. hrs.Development of skills in writing, emphasizes planning andwriting various types of business correspondence, and coversorganizing data for reports. Pre or Corequisite: OST1100C or equivalent. (OA)OST 2461 MEDICAL OFFICE MANAGEMENT 3 cr. hrs.Mechanics of medical office administration. Emphasis isplaced on medical ethics and laws, records managementand filing, medical communications, patient relations, andoffice accounting, billing, and banking procedures. Pre orCorequisite: OST 1100C. Corequisite: OST 2257. Lab Fee.(OA)OST 2463 MEDICAL INSURANCE/BILLING 3 cr. hrs.Concepts and processes of medical insurance coordinationand billing. Emphasis is placed on diagnostic andprocedural coding, types of insurance and managed carestructure. Insurance billing experience is obtained throughthe use of computerized software. Prerequisites: OST 2257& CGS 1100C or equivalent. Lab Fee. (OA)OST 2930SELECTED TOPICS IN OFFICE SYSTEMS (OA)1-4 cr. hrs.OST 2949 WORK EXPERIENCE IN SECRETARIALBUSI-NESS1-4 cr. hrs.A culminating experience for the Office Systems TechnologyProgram. It is offered to provide the student with actualbusiness office experience. Students are required to meetwith the instructor on a weekly basis and complete assignments.Actual work experience (on-the-job) consists of aminimum of 200 hours. Class time is arranged with theinstructor. (OA).OTA 0101 OCCUPATIONAL INTRODUCTORY KEY-BOARDING 45 con. hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.Introductory Keyboarding includes various styles of businessletters, memorandums, simple reports, tables, centering,and composition at the computer. Also included isbasic instruction on computer use for processing documents.Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0105 OCCUPATIONAL INTERMEDIATE KEYBOARD-ING45 con. hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.This is a course designed to develop keyboarding speedand accuracy, review and refine skills including goal setting,organization, critical thinking, web access, and integratingkeyboarding, formatting and word processing skillsinto real-life experience. Prerequisite: OTA 0101. Lab Fee.(OC)OTA 0311 OCCUPATIONAL BUSINESS ENGLISH45 con. hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.Course consists of development of the basic language skillsnecessary for success in business. It also includes partsof speech, rules of punctuation, writing styles, and oral languageskills. (OC)OTA 0322 OCCUPATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICA-TIONS45 con hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.This course includes the development of skills in writing,emphasizing, planning, and writing various types of businesscorrespondence and covers organizing data for reports.Pre or Corequisite: OTA 0101 or equivalent. (OC)OTA 0402 OCCUPATIONAL OFFICE MACHINES45 con. hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.Instruction includes the use of print and display calculators,dictation and transcribing, and other applicable typesof office equipment. Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0405 OCCUPATIONAL FILES MANAGEMENT ANDDOCUMENT PROCESSING45 con. hrs. 1.5 occ. crs.This class prepares students to store and retrieve files in avariety of records management systems in today’s offices.After learning the basics of managing a paper-based filingsystem, students transfer this knowledge to electronic storageand retrieval procedures. Pre or Corequisite: OTA 0101.Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0421 INTRODUCTION TO THE OFFICE60 con. hrs. 2 occ. crs.Office procedures including keyboarding, business English,business math, records management, word processingconcepts, introduction to business concepts, and computerawareness. Corequisite: OTA 0422L. Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0422L OFFICE PRACTICES LABORATORY30-180 con. hrs. 1-6 occ. crs.Hands-on experiences related to theory presented in relatedcourses. The student has the opportunity to applytheory and skills to both simulated laboratory experiencesas well as real life problems related to office technology.(OC)OTA 0423 BASIC SKILLS FOR THE OFFICE60 con. hrs. 2 occ. crs.Continuation of concepts and skills training in keyboarding,business math, records management, word processing,computer awareness, office machines, and an introductionto dictation/transcription equipment. Prerequisite:OTA 0421. Corequisite: OTA 0422L. Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0451 OFFICE TECHNOLOGY & COMMUNICATIONS60 con. hrs. 2 occ. crs.This course includes business communications, keyboarding,word processing, carrying out tasks without close supervision,and developing desirable personal traits whichwill enable the student to successfully use their skills andknowledge. Prerequisite: OTA 0423. Corequisite: OTA 0422L.Lab Fee. (OC)OTA 0455 THE ELECTRONIC OFFICE60 con. hrs. 2 occ. crs.Simulated office practice using computers, employabilityskills training, participation in role playing situations using198