Secretarial Administration (Sec Ad)
1. Basic Typing (2)
Development of typewriting techniques and their applications to practical
usage. Students with one or two semesters of high school typewriting should
enroll in Off Ad 2. (5 lab hours)
2. Intermediate Typing (1)
Prerequisite: Off Ad 1 or equivalent. Students with more than one year of
high school typing should enroll in Off Ad 4. Review of keyboard; development
of typewriting technique and its application to business situations. (3
lab hours)
4. Office Production (3)
Prerequisite: Off Ad 1, or equivalent. Modem office production standards,
plan- ning, layout, execution; use of offset, mimeograph, and fluid duplicators;
electric typewriters; advanced problems. (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)
5. Busines Correspondence (3) (Former Engl 5)
Prerequisite: Phil 3 or Engl 1A. Modem business correspondence; practice
in writing letters used in business transactions.
14. Transcribing Machines (1)
Prerequisite: Off Ad 4 or equivalent. Instruction and practice in use of
recording and transcribing machines. (3 lab hours)
15. Duplicating Machines (1)
Prerequisite: Off Ad 4 or equivalent. Instruction and practice in use of
mimeograph, offset, fluid process duplicating machines, mimeoscope. (3 lab
hours)
16. Machine Calculation (2)
Basic operations in use of rotary and electronic calculators; programming
of desk computer. (4 lab hours)
23. Gregg Shorthand (4)
Prerequisite: adequate typewriting ability. Mastery of theory; proficiency
in reading, writing and transcribing shorthand.
107. Information Retrieval Systems (3)
Records organization, management, and control; basic principles and procedures
of information storage and retrieval; impact of data processing on the records
area.
112. Advanced Shorthand (3)
Prerequisite: O Ad 23 or one year high school Gregg or equivalent. Review
of theory and development of proficiency in writing and transcribing shorthand
notes; speed and endurance in writing and transcribing shorthand notes.
114. Transcription (3)
Prerequisite: OAd 112 or equivalent (may be taken concurrently). Transcription
from shorthand and machine dictation; development of production standards
for office transcription.
122A-B. Secretarial Training (3-3)
Prerequisite: adequate shorthand and typing ability, and permission of instructor.
(A) Adaptation of shorthand to business requirements; secretarial efficiency;
office correspondence and filing; office conduct. (B) Keeping business records,
payrolls, accounts, statistics; duties of a receptionist. (2 lecture, 4
lab hours)
190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)
See Regulations and Procedures-Independent Study.
199. Supervised Work Experience (1; max total 4)
Open only to office administration majors. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Supervised work experience in business and industry; analyzed in weekly
class meeting.
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.