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Secretarial Administration (Sec Ad)

1. Beginning Typing (2) (Former Bus. 1A)
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.

2. Remedial Typing (1) (Former Bus. 1B)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 1 or equivalent. Students with more than one year of high school typing should enroll in Sec. Ad. 3 or 4. Review of keyboard; development of typewriting; technique and its application to business situations.

3. Speed Typing (1)
Prerequisite: ability to type 40 words per minute; or permission of instructor. Development of speed and accuracy in typing straight copy and common business papers. (2 lab hours)

4. Applied Typing (3) (Former Bus. 4)
Prerequisites: Sec. Ad. 1, 2, or equivalent, or permission of instructor. Typing of secretarial assignments not involving shorthand; use of transcribing machines, mimeograph, mimeoscope, and fluid process duplicating machines.

5. Business Correspondence (3) (See Engl. 5)

12A-B. Secretarial Accounting (2-2)
Open only to majors in secretarial administration and business education with secretarial field of concentration. Double-entry record keeping for single proprietorship; classification of accounts; adjusting and closing entries; preparation of financial statements. (Students with credit in Bus. Ad. 12A-B may take Acctg. 1B without 1A.) (2 lecture, 2 lab hours)

14. Transcribing Machines (1)
Prerequisite: Sec. Ad. 4 or equivalent. Instruction and practice in use of recording and transcribing 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)

17. Principles of Filing (1)
Basic principles, rules and procedure of filing; individual practice in alphabetic, geographic, numeric, and subject filing.

22A-B. Thomas Shorthand (4-4)
Not open to freshmen. Prerequisite: adequate typing skill. (a) Acquisition of skill in writing and transcribing shorthand notes. (b) Development of speed and endurance in writing and transcribing shorthand notes. (3 hours theory; 2 hours transcription 22a, 4 hours 22b)

*23A-B-C. Gregg Shorthand (4-4-4)
Not open to freshmen. (a) Prerequisite: adequate typing skill. Acquisition of skill in writing and transcribing shorthand notes. (b) Prerequisite: one year high school Gregg shorthand. Review of theory and development of skill in writing and transcribing shorthand notes. (c) Prerequisite: 2 years high school Gregg shorthand. Development of speed and endurance in writing and transcribing shorthand notes. (3 hours theory, 4 hours transcription)

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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