2011 - 2012 Student Calendar - Helena College of Technology

Office TechnologyFourth SemesterCourseNumber Course Title Credits AHMS218 Complete Medical Coding (spring only)........................................................................................3 AHMS255 Medical Transcription I (spring only).............................................................................................3 TASK299 Integrated Office Capstone (spring only).......................................................................................3 BUS263 Legal Issues in Human Resources (spring only)...........................................................................3 SOCI101 Introduction to Sociology (transferable) or....................................................................................3 PSYX100 Introduction to Psychology (3) (transferable) or HR110T Career Development and Human Relations (3) Elective Credits.............................................................................................................................................................2Total Credits.....................................................................................................................................17 (70)Examples of elective credits are courses such as Nutrition, Computerized Accounting, Contemporary Economics, DesktopPublishing, Legal Terminology, Ten-Key Calculation, and others depending on the student’s skills, course prerequisites, andcourse availability.Administrative Office Management SpecialistThe Administrative Office Management Specialist option is designed to prepare students for both administrative managementsupport and information management careers in order to effectively confront the new diverse and multifaceted challengesprevalent in today’s business environment. This option covers current office management principles, concepts, andorganizational trends, while focusing on technological changes in the workplace and information systems management at alllevels.Computer Competency: Students must have a computer competency equal to CAPP131 Basic MS Office (basic Windows,Internet, Word, and Excel) to be determined through placement testing at enrollment. Students who do not meet theserequirements must take CAPP131 Basic MS Office at the beginning of their program, and the credits may be used to meet theelective requirements in later semesters.Length of Option:Type of Program:Semester of Entry:4 SemestersAssociate of Applied ScienceFall and SpringFirst SemesterCourseNumber Course Title Credits CAPP153 MS PowerPoint...................................................................................................................................2 TASK113 Keyboarding and Document Processing........................................................................................3 TASK150 Customer Service Strategies.............................................................................................................3 BUS105 Introduction to Business...................................................................................................................3 M108T Business Mathematics.......................................................................................................................3 WRIT122T Introduction to Business Writing (fall only)..................................................................................3Total Credits.....................................................................................................................................17Second Semester CAPP154 MS Word.............................................................................................................................................3 OT249 Desktop Publishing............................................................................................................................3 TASK210 Office Success Strategies (spring only)...........................................................................................3 TASK145 Records Management (spring only)................................................................................................3 WRIT121T Introduction to Technical Writing...................................................................................................3 Elective Credits.............................................................................................................................................................3Total Credits.....................................................................................................................................18 (35)Third Semester CAPP138 Basic MS Access..................................................................................................................................3 CAPP156 MS Excel..............................................................................................................................................3 CAPP254 Advanced MS Word..........................................................................................................................3 TASK201 Production Keyboarding (fall only)................................................................................................2 BUS246 Business Law (fall only)....................................................................................................................3 BUS261 Human Resource Management (fall only).....................................................................................3Total Credits.....................................................................................................................................17UM-Helena College of Technology 2011 - 2012 Academic Catalog 71