Purpose: The one-year certificate program is designed to prepare students for entry- level office work. Upon completion of the program, students will have developed competencies in microcomputer applications relating to keyboarding, word processing, and information and records management.
Credits
1st Semester 2nd Semester
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AST 101 Keyboarding I ........................... 3
AST 141 Word Processing I ....................... 3
AST 234 Records & Database Management ........... 3
ENG 111 College Composition I ................... 3
IST 100 Intro. to Information Systems ........... 3
STD Elective .................................... 1
AST 102 Keyboarding II .......................... 3
AST 107 Editing and Proofreading ................ 3
AST 142 Word Processing II ...................... 3
AST 232 Microcomputer Office Applications or
AST 236 Specialized Software Applications .. 3
(1) ___ Business elective ........................... 3
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Total Credits 16 15
Total minimum credits for the Information Processing certificate = 31.
(1) Business electives may be selected from ACC, BUS, IST, or AST prefixes.