Office Assistant

ONE YEAR CERTIFICATE

The program provides students with an intensive training plan of relatively brief duration, and which equip them with the skills necessary to obtain employment in the general office area in the business and industry environment.

Hattie Adkinson                  618 634-3238

hattiea@shawneecc.edu

Phyllis Sander, Chairperson   618 634-3334

phylliss@shawneecc.edu

 

Courses                                                      Credit Hours

ENG 124 Technical Communications I                   3

or ENG 111 English Composition                       3

IMS 115 Proofreading                                           1

IMS 120 Records / Information Management         3

IMS 121 Beginning Keyboarding                            3

IMS 125 Business Machines                                   3

IMS 128 Machine Transcription                              3

SEM 111 College Orientation                                  1

INT 111 Career Development                                 1

First Semester Total Hours                                  18

 

COM  168 Introduction to Desktop Publishing          1

COM 281 Microsoft Excel                                       2

IMS 117 Telephone Communication                         1

IMS 122 Document Formatting                                 3

IMS 227 Office Information Processing I                   3

PSY 211 Intro to Psychology                                    3

or PSY 224  Practical Psychology                          3

IMS 191  Office Assistant Internship                          2

Second Semester Total Hours                                 15

 

 

IMS 115 Proofreading

Provides students instruction to improve proofreading and editing skills to detect errors and revise for clarity.

 

IMS 117 Telephone Communication

Dual focus on technology and personal communications skills to aid student who comes in contact with customers & clients.

 

IMS 120 Records/Information Management

Fundamentals in alphabetic, numeric, geographic, and subject filing are reviewed in this course.  ARMA-comparable indexing rules are applied in manual and microcomputer applications. 

 

IMS 121 Beginning Keyboarding

Basic keyboarding and formatting techniques are introduced.  The keyboard, techniques of developing speed and accuracy, centering, tables, letters, and manuscripts are emphasized.

 

IMS 122 Document Formatting

Emphasis on straight copy and timed production work.  Included in this course are letters, tables, memos, forms, and reports. 

 

IMS 125 Business Machines

Teaches the use of the electronic calculator through the solving of business math calculations.  Students also use the 10-keypad on the micro-computer for numeric data entry. 

 

IMS 127 Voice Dictation

Using voice recognition software and the micro-computer, the student will be able to compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, edit proposals by speaking.

 

IMS 128 Machine Transcription

Computer transcription of pre-recorded data from transcription machine into mailable document form. 

 

IMS 191 Office Assistant Internship

Provide employment experience. Each student is required to complete 150 contact hours at an approved worksite.