Secretarial Administration (Sec Ad)
1. Basic Typing (2)
Not open to students who have had a typing course or who have learned the
keyboard independently. Development of typewriting technique and its application
to business situations. (5 lab hours) * Not more than six units of credit
in typing will be allowed toward any degree.
2. Intermediate Typing (1)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 1 or equivalent. Students with more than 1 year of
high school typing should enroll in Sec. Ad. 4. Review of keyboard; development
of typewriting technique and its application to business situations. (3
lab hours)
4. Production Typing (2)
Prerequisites: Sec. Ad. 1, 2, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Improvement of techniques, speed, and accuracy in typewriting; practice
in letter writing, tabulating, centering, manuscript writing, outline writing,
and other business forms and reports; emphasis on production of quantities
of mailable copy. (6 lab hours)
5. Business Correspondence (3) (See Engl. 5)
14. Transcribing Machines (1)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 4 or equivalent. Instruction and practice in use
of recording and transcribing machines. (3 lab hours)
15. Duplicating Machines (1)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 4 or equivalent. Instruction and practice in use
of mimeograph, mimeoscope, and fluid process duplicating machines. (3 lab
hours)
16. Machine Calculation (2)
Not open to entering freshmen. Basic operations in use of key-driven and
crank computing machines. (6 lab hours)
23. Gregg Shorthand (5)
Not open to freshmen. Prerequisite: Adequate typing skill. Acquisition of
skill in writing and transcribing shorthand notes.
107. Records Management (2)
Basic principles, rules and procedures of filing; individual practice in
alphabetic, geographic, numeric, and subject filing; study of records organization,
management, and control.
112. Advanced Shorthand (3)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 23 or one year high school Gregg or equivalent. Review
of theory and development of skill in writing and transcribing shorthand
notes; speed and endurance in writing and transcribing shorthand notes.
114. Dictation-Transcription (2)
Prerequisites: Sec. Ad. 14 or equivalent, 112 (may be taken concurrently).
Training in transcribing from shorthand notes; development of production
standard for transcription of office type dictation. (4 lab hours)
122A-B. Secretarial Training (3-3)
Prerequisite: adequate shorthand and typing skills, and permission of instructor.
(A) Adaptation of shorthand skill to business requirements; secretarial
efficiency; office correspondence and filing; office conduct. (B) Keeping
business records, pay rolls, accounts, statistics; duties of a receptionist.
(2 lecture, 4 lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-5)
199. Supervised Work Experience (1)
Maximum total credit 4 units. Open only to secretarial administration majors.
Prerequisite: approval by division comniittee. Practical business experience
in secretarial administration. Regular class meetings and reports
Graduate courses are listed under Business.
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*Not more than 6 units of credit in typing will be allowed toward any
degree.
**Not more than 10 units of credit in shorthand will be allowed toward any
degree.