Business and 
Information Systems Technology  

Business and Information Systems Technology offers a variety of educational programs designed to prepare students for careers in business fields such as accounting, computer technology, telecommunications systems management, office systems technology, management, marketing, legal assisting and court reporting. The Columbia area has seen rapid expansion in small entrepreneurial companies during the past several years and the number of new jobs is increasing each year.

Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Information Systems Technology departments for the grade to be counted toward graduation. Specifically, these include courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and OST.

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Associate Degree Programs	Certificate Programs
Accounting	Accounting
Computer Technology	Application Programming
Legal Assistant/Paralegal	Computer-Aided Transcription
Management	Court Reporting
Marketing	Database Development
Office Systems Technology	Enterprise
Telecommunications Systems	Information Systems Networking
Management	LAN Networking Systems
	Legal Assistant/Paralegal
	Office Support Specialist
	Web Design and Maintenance
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• Accounting
• Accounting Certificate
• Application Programming Certificate
• Computer-Aided Transcription Certificate
• Computer Technology
• Court Reporting Certificate
• Database Development Certificate
• Enterprise Certificate
• Information Systems Networking Certificate
• LAN Networking Systems Certificate
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal Certificate
• Management
• Marketing
• Office Support Specialist Certificate
• Office Systems Technology
• Telecommunications Systems Management
• Web Design Maintenance Certificate