NVCC 2004-2005 Catalog


     

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DESKTOP PUBLISHING
Career Studies Certificate AL, WO

Purpose: This program is designed to provide the skills and knowledge necessary for students to use desktop publishing techniques and procedures to produce professional looking publications. Employed and inexperienced students as well as graduates of Administrative Support Technology or other programs may update their skills by enrolling in the program.

Recommended Prerequisite: AST 141 Word Processing I or equivalent skills. The curriculum includes the following courses:

One Year

1st Semester

2nd Semester


 

   AST

253

Advanced Desktop Publishing I

3

 

   ENG

116

Writing for Business or

 

 

   

ENG

Elective

3

 

   STD

 

Elective

1

 

 

   ITE

115

Basic Computer Literacy or

 

 

 

   

AST

236 Special Software Applications or

 

 

 

   

BUS

226 Computer Business Applications

 

3

 

   AST

107

Editing/Proofreading Skills

 

3

 

   AST

254

Advanced Desktop Publishing II

 

3

 


 

 

Total Credits/Semester

7

9

Total credits for the Desktop Publishing Career Studies Certificate = 16.

 

       
 
       

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