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BT-110 Microcomputer Keyboarding
(1 unit lab)
An entry-level short course designed to provide the intensive drill necessary to learn the alphabetic keys of the microcomputer keyboard by touch. This beginning class is intended for students who have had no previous keyboarding experience but need to acquire a computer keyboarding skill for personal and academic use.

BT-111 Keyboarding I
(3 units lecture/lab)
A beginning course in keyboarding using the touch method. Emphasis on acquiring basic keyboarding skills and on producing documents (reports, letters, tables, etc.) using word processing software as preparation for learning office production skills.

BT-112 Keyboarding Skill Development
CSU(1 unit lab)Repeatable to a maximum of four enrollments
A course designed to help students improve their keyboarding skills as well as develop 10-key keypad speed and accuracy. Specific drills will be taught to correct individual keyboarding deficiencies. Students at any level will be able to continue their development of keyboard control through repetitive typing of specific drills designed to improve both speed and accuracy.
Recommended: BT 110, BT 111, or ability to keyboard 20 wpm.

BT-12 Keyboarding and Typing Skill Development
CSU(1 unit lab)Repeatable to a maximum of four enrollments
This course is a self-paced keyboarding and typewriting course for building speed and/or accuracy through specialized drills on microcomputers and electronic typewriters.
Prerequisite: BUS-11 or BUS-114

BT-158 Intensive Filing Practice
(1 unit lab)
A course in alphabetic, geographic, subject, and numeric filing and a comprehensive update of technology affecting records management. Students learn records management concepts and reinforce those concepts with computer applications using a database software program.

BT-16 Word Processing I
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
Introduction to word processing with hands-on experience, including character, paragraph, and page formatting; creating, editing, saving, and printing letters, memos, and other short documents with an introduction to the spelling checker and use of the thesaurus.

BT-17 Word Processing II
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
Intermediate to Advanced word processing with hands-on experience, including creating tables, forms, brochures, newspaper columns, headers and footers, pagination, sorting data, and file management.
Recommended: BT-16

BT-178 Introduction to Quickbooks
(1 unit lecture/lab)
An introductory-level course in the use of QuickBooks accounting software. The goal of the course is to enable the student to use QuickBooks in real-life situations. This course is particularly relevant for bookkeepers and small business owners who want to be able to use QuickBooks to automate bookkeeping and accounting tasks.
Recommended: BUS-1A or BUS-180

BT-3 Integrated Applications
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
An Intermediate level course involving planning and implementing computer application based solutions for the office environment that will strengthen students’ ability to analyze office tasks and examine alternative solutions using office application software. Students will define office tasks, develop solutions, and implement solutions.
Recommended: CIS-100 and MATH-376

BT-50 Database Applications
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
An intermediate to advanced level course in database applications using relational database management software. Students will set up, manipulate, and maintain their own databases.
Recommended: CIS-1, CIS-3, and MATH-376

BT-51 Spreadsheet Applications
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
An intermediate to advanced level course to develop and refine students’ understanding of electronic spreadsheet concepts, applications, and integration with other applications (word processing and database). Students will use hardware, software, and documentation to complete lab exercises and projects.
Recommended: CIS-1, BT-3, MATH-376

BT-53 Technical and Professional Office
CSU(4 units lecture/lab)
Advanced preparation for students’ transition from procedures in the classroom to the workforce environment. Students integrate technological knowledge and skills from previous courses with new information about communicating in the workplace, teambuilding, problem solving, organization and time management, and career planning.
Recommended: BT-11 BT-17 BT-54 BUS-152 or ENGL-150


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