Division: Business, Hospitality, Engineering, and Technologies

Subject Code:AOSCourse #:100

Course Title: KEYBOARDING

Form 335

Form 335 for courses must be updated at least every five years to qualify for state reimbursements. Any changes to items 2,3,4 or 5 require approval on Form B for new or revised courses.

  1. Division: Business, Hospitality, Engineering, and Technologies
  1. Subject, Course #, Course Title [§335.2]: Administrative Office Specialist, 100, Keyboarding
  1. Digital Description [§335.2]:

[If credits are being changed, this is a new course]

Credit hours:2

Lecture hours:1

Lab hours:2

  1. Minimum Grade and/or Test Code/Minimum Score (if applicable):

Prerequisites: Eligibility for enrollment in ENGL 003 or higher or ENGL 002 with a grade of C or higher.

Corequisites:

Other:

  1. Catalog Description:

New: Designed to develop touch-typing on alphabetic and numeric keyboards. Students master the basic keyboard found on the computer.

Prerequisite: Eligibility for enrollment in ENGL 003 or higher or ENGL 002 with a grade of C or higher.

  1. Learning Outcomes [§335.2]:

[These outcomes are necessary to enable students to attain the essential knowledge and skills embodied in the program's educational objectives.]

The students will learn to use proper techniques, key the letters, numbers, and symbols by touch. Using proper techniques, the student will key straight copy for five minutes at 30 gross words a minute (gwam) with good accuracy. The student will develop proofreading and editing skills.

  1. Planned Sequence of Learning Activities [§335.2]:

[These must be designed to help students achieve the learning outcomes.]

Level 1Learning to Operate the Keyboard

Alphabetic Keyreaches

Figure and Symbol Keys

Extended Skillbuilding

Introduction to Computers

Test #1

Skillbuilding

Test #2

Skillbuilding

Test #3

Skillbuilding

Test #4

Skillbuilding/Review

Test #5 - Final

8.List of Texts, References, Selected Library Resources or other Learning Materials [§335.2]: [These resources must be easily accessible to students.]

College Keyboarding: Keyboarding Course, VanHuss, Forde & Woo, South Western, LSNS 1-25, Microsoft Word 2002; ISBN#0-538-72553-2

9.Prepared by Faculty Member: Fran Verotsky Date: 6/10/04

10.Approved by Dean: Linda LefevreDate: 6/10/04

This course meets all the reimbursement requirements of Chapter 335, subchapters A and B.

This course was developed, approved, and offered in accordance with the policies, standards, guidelines, and practices established by the College. It is consistent with the college mission.

If the course described here is a transfer course, it is comparable to similar courses generally accepted for transfer to accredited four-year colleges and universities.

Whether transfer or career, this course is articulated with other courses so that it is an elective or a requirement of one of the college programs and it does not require students to have more than 30 credit hours of post secondary study prior to enrolling in the program.

VP, Academic Affairs & Enrollment Management: Date:

  1. Original Date of course approval by the college:November 2000

12.Date(s) of subsequent reviews: June 9, 2004

Revised 06/2004