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ERIC Number: ED391971
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995-Jun
Pages: 15
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Office Systems Technology Associate Degree. Louisiana Technical Education Program and Course Standards. Competency-Based Postsecondary Curriculum Outline from Bulletin 1822.
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education.
This document outlines the curriculum of Louisiana's office systems technology associate degree program, which is a 6-term (75-credit hour) competency-based program designed to prepare students for employment as special assistants for business executives and top management. Presented first are a description of the program and a list of the general education (behavioral science, humanities, mathematics, and natural and applied science) courses required of students in the office systems technology program. Next, the course numbers/titles and credit hours of the program's 24 required and 18 elective courses are listed. The third section of the document contains descriptions of each course, and the fourth section lists the competencies that each course is intended to help students develop. Among the topics of the required and elective courses described are the following: principles of accounting, business law, spreadsheets, database management, business English, business communications, environmental science, computer literacy, word processing, desktop publishing, job-seeking skills, electronic calculators, business math, office procedures, human relations, filing/records management, total quality management, keyboarding, federal income tax, technical report writing, medical transcription, legal transcription, medical terminology, medical coding, paralegal studies, and speech. (MN)
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Div. of Vocational Education.
Identifiers - Location: Louisiana
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A