SECRETARIAL BUSINESS COMPUTERIZED OFFICE TECHNOLOGIES

BCOT 155 ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARIAL PROCEDURES
Units: 4
This course will emphasize the planning, organizing, problem solving, and human relation skills needed by secretaries at the administrative level .Employed or re-entry office support personnel may use this class for a refresher course or for professional purposes. This course can be taken in a traditional classroom setting or online environment.

BCOT 161 PRINCIPLES OF FILING
Unit: 1
This is a computerized filing course that covers the principles of information processing, storage, and retrieval. Instruction is given in the rules of indexing and alphabetizing. A study will be made of geographic, numeric, subject, microfilming, and magnetic tape storage systems. Practice will be given in the processing of materials, filing, indexing, alphabetizing, coding, creating, filenames and filename extensions for electronic files, and storing and retrieving electronic data to and from directories and subdirectories.

BCOT 162 BUSINESS SPELLING AND PROOFREADING SKILLS  
Units: 3
This course is designed to teach and reinforce accurate spelling, vocabulary, word usage, and proofreading skills with a distinct business orientation. It emphasizes the business context of these basic communications skills, which are needed for integration into other courses such as typewriting, machine transcription, shorthand, office procedures, and court reporting. This course meets 54 hours of the English requirement for Court Reporting Certification.