Intermediate Keyboarding

MOFADM 201 (1 unit)

MOFADM 202 (2 units)

MOFADM 203 (3 units)

Recommended for Success

Ability to keyboard by touch at 45 words a minute on a five-minute timing. If you cannot, enroll in MOFADM 303, Keyboarding for Speed and Accuracy, to bring your speed up to the required level.

Course Description

Designed for students who plan to enter the business world and be responsible for formatting and keyboarding business documents such as letters, envelopes, memos, reports, agendas, minutes, tables, and newsletters from unarranged and rough-draft sources, using Microsoft Word 2007. Further development of speed and accuracy.

Textbook and Supplies

College Document Processing, Tenth Edition, Lessons 61-120, by Ober, Johnson, and Zimmerly (includes Microsoft Word 2007 Manual)

(1-3) Scantron Forms #882

Attendance

Because you will be using licensed keyboarding software, you will do all your assignments in the Office Administration Center (Founders Hall 101). You need to spend at least 5 hours per week on keyboarding assignments.

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Office Administration 301

Beginning Keyboarding

1.5 units

Course Description

Designed for students with no previous keyboarding experience. Learn to keyboard/type by touch on the computer keyboard.

Being able to master the keyboard will enable you to feel comfortable when using the computer to learn word processing, spreadsheets, databases, programming, graphics, electronic mail, the Internet—all aspects of your college and personal computer experiences. In addition to mastering the keyboard, you will be learning the basics of the microcomputer and the mouse.

 

Textbook and Supplies

Gregg College Keyboarding – Lessons 1-20, 10th Edition, Ober, Johnson, Zimmerly.

1 Scantron 882

Attendance

You need to spend 5 hours per week on your keyboarding assignments. To record your hours of attendance, you will log in and log out on a special computer as you enter the Center. You will do all of the computer assignments for your beginning keyboarding course in the Office Administration Center in FH 101.

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Office Administration 302

Beginning Document Processing

1.5 Units

Recommended for Success

MOFADM 301 or the ability to keyboard at least 20 words a minute by touch

Course Description

Designed for students who can keyboard at least 35 words a minute by touch. Your ability to keyboard correctly is an important part of working with a computer. You will learn to keyboard business letters, memos, tables, and reports. While mastering the keyboard and the formatting of business documents, you will be learning the basics of the microcomputer, the Windows operating system, and Microsoft Word 2007. Further development of speed and accuracy.

Textbook and Supplies

Gregg College Keyboarding and Document Processing, Lessons 1-60; Ober, Johnson, Zimmerly

1 Scantron 882

Attendance

Because you will be using licensed keyboarding software, you will do all your assignments in the Office Administration Center (Founders Hall 101). You need to spend 5 hours per week on your assignments.

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Keyboarding for Speed and Accuracy

MOFADM 303

1/2 unit

Recommended for Success

OFADM 301 or the ability to keyboard 20 wpm by touch

Course Description

Designed for students who need to improve their keyboarding speed and/or accuracy.

This self-paced computer keyboarding course will diagnose a student’s current skill and prescribe appropriate practice materials to improve speed and/or accuracy. Students taking this course should already know the basic key locations by touch and key at least 20 words a minute.

Textbook and Supplies

Skillbuilding—Building Speed and Accuracy on the Keyboard, 3rd edition, by Eide, Rieck and Klemin

Attendance

You will do all your keyboarding in the Office Administration Center (FH101). You need to spend at least 5 hours per week on assignments. Your attendance is recorded on the log-in computer in the front of the classroom.

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Machine Transcription

MOFADM 328A (1 unit)

MOFADM 328B (2 units)

Recommended for Success

One of the following:  MOFADM 311 or 304 with a grade of “C” or better, and the ability to keyboard 40 gross words a minute on a three-minute test.

Course Description

Instruction and practice in the use of a standard transcribing machine. Individualized instruction in the keyboarding of general business documents including letters, memoranda and reports.

 

Textbooks and Supplies

Transcription Skills for Business, Sixth Edition, by Mallinson, Meyer, and Moyer

The Office Guide, by Mallinson

One 3˝-inch high-density disk

Attendance

It  will take approximately 30-35 hours to complete one unit. Chapter reading should be done at home. Experience has shown that students who can attend several times a week do better than students who have irregular attendance.

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Introduction to Computers and Windows

MOFADM 353

1 Unit

Recommended for Success

Ability to keyboard by touch

Course Description

An introduction to computers and the Windows Vista operating system environment. The course will explain the components of a computer system and provide hands-on training using personal computers with Windows software.

Textbook and Supplies

Microsoft Windows Vista  by Steven M. Johnson

2 – Scantron 882 Forms

1 – USB Drive

Attendance

It will take approximately 30-35 hours to complete the work assigned for this course. Experience has shown that students who can attend several times per week do better in the course than students who have irregular attendance.

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Introduction to Word Processing

MOFADM 356

1 unit

Course Description

A beginning course in the use of word processing software. Features of the software will be explained and demonstrated in a hands-on learning environment. Student will learn document processing through the application of word processing software features.

Textbook and Supplies

Microsoft Office Word 2007, Illustrated Series, by Jennifer A. Duffy

2 – ScanTron Forms 882

Attendance

This course will take approximately 30-35 hours to complete. Chapter reading should be done at home. Experience has shown that students who can attend several times a week do better than students who have irregular attendance.

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Introduction to Spreadsheet Software

MOFADM 359

1 unit

Course Description

A beginning course in using features of spreadsheet software. Course is designed to enable students to learn and apply the features of spreadsheet software to the creation of worksheets. Using the features of the spreadsheet software to automate and enhance worksheet operations.

Textbook and Supplies

Microsoft Office Excel 2007, Illustrated Series, by Elizabeth Eisner Reding

2 – Scantron Forms 882

Attendance

This course will take approximately 30-35 hours to complete. Chapter reading should be done at home. Experience has shown that students who attend several times a week do better than students who have irregular attendance.

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Introduction to Databases

MOFADM 361

1 unit

Course Description

A beginning course in using features of database software. The course is designed to enable students to learn and apply the features of database software to organize information and to work with stored information.

Textbook and Supplies

Microsoft Office Access 2007, Illustrated Series, by Lisa Friedrichsen

2 – Scantron Forms 882
1 – USB Drive

Attendance

This course will take approximately 30-35 hours to complete. Chapter reading should be done at home. Experience has shown that students who can attend several times a week do better than students who have irregular attendance.

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Introduction to Business Presentation Software

MOFADM 362

1 unit

Course Description

A beginning course using computer software to design slides, outlines, notes pages, and audience handouts for business presentations.

Textbook and Supplies

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, Illustrated Series, by David W. Beskeen

2 – Scantron Forms 882
1 – USB Drive

Attendance

It will take approximately 30 hours to complete the unit of work for this course. Experience has shown that students who attend several times per week do better in the course than students who have irregular attendance.

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Understanding to the Internet

MOFADM 363

1 unit

Course Description

This is an introductory course designed for students new to the use of the World Wide Web. The features of Internet Explorer are presented in a hands-on environment.

Textbook and Supplies

Go! The Internet, by Gaskin and Lawson,

Pearson Prentice Hall

1 – Scantron Form 882

1 – 3 ˝” disk, formatted

Attendance

It will take approximately 30 hours to complete the unit of work for this course. As mentioned in the Office Administration Center’s Orientation, you should plan on turning in assignments every week. Experience has shown that students who attend several times per week do better in the course than students who have irregular attendance.

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Office Administration 364

Grammar in the Office

1 Unit

Course Description

 Grammar in the Office is a short course in basic English grammar for office employees. You will be refreshing your knowledge of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, adverbs, prepositions, and conjunctions. You will study some business vocabulary. You will review punctuation marks, the use of capitals, and the expression of numbers—as applied to business documents. “Grammar in the Office” will give you the knowledge you need to communicate in today’s business office.

Textbook and Supplies

Rowe College Business English, by Mary Anderson Bogle

4 - 882 Scantrons

Attendance

You should plan to spend about 30 hours on your assignments. Much of your work can be done at home or in the Library, but you will need to be in the OAC to do the computer exercises and to take the quizzes and the final examination. To record your hours of attendance, you will “Log In” and “Log Out” on a special computer as you enter the OAC.

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Office Administration 366

Proofreading Techniques

1 Unit

Course Description

This self-paced course addresses the basic skills needed in the process of catching and correcting errors in handwritten or printed text by using proofreader’s marks. These proofreading skills involve intense concentration on each word, figure, and punctuation mark in the text being checked. In addition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling rules are reviewed to enhance basic editing skills. The most frequent grammar errors encountered in proofreading are covered.

Textbook And Supplies

You will be required to purchase the textbook Proof It!  by George Amsbary in the MJC Bookstore.

Attendance

It is recommended that you plan to spend five hours a week working on this course. You may attend any of the hours that the Center is open. At the time of registration, you should plan your schedule so that you will complete the course.

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Office Administration 375

Ten-Key on the Computer

1 Unit

Course Description

Ten-Key on the Computer is a self-paced course designed to teach the computer’s numeric keypad by touch. Students in the fields of data entry, accounting, office administration, insurance, banking, finance, and any other work that requires numeric input will especially benefit from this course.

Textbook and Supplies

10-Key Mastery on the Computer by Barbara Ellsworth

Attendance

Students should plan to spend 5 hours per week at the computer to complete this 1-unit course. A Progress Report should be handed in each week.

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