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.