Business, Information Systems Technology
and Public Services
Office Systems Technology
With new technological advances in today's modern office, the professional must fill many roles. The office worker works alongside the executive in decision making, research and public relations while using current office technology. The Office Systems Technology (OST) program is designed to provide students with the skills and experience necessary to achieve top-level information processing/administrative positions.
In addition to offering traditional office skills training, the program offers specialized courses in legal and medical employment areas. The OST program includes the use of the microcomputer and in-depth training on the most popular training software packages, such as Word, Access, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint.
Special Requirements
Basic keyboarding is a skill necessary for successful course completion in the OST program; therefore, OST 105-Keyboarding is a prerequisite course for most OST courses. Students are required to take OST 105-Keyboarding or score 25 net words per minutes (nwpm) on the keyboarding placement test.
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.
Students must meet all exit program competencies for graduation from this program.
| Major: | Office Systems Technology (69 credit hours) |
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| Degree: | Associate in Business | ||
| A. | GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE REQUIREMENTS (18 CREDIT HOURS) | ||
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Credit Hours |
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| ENG 101 | English Composition I |
3.0 |
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| ENG 102 | English Composition II |
3.0 |
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| CPT 170 | Microcomputer Applications |
3.0 |
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| MAT 155 | Contemporary Mathematics |
3.0 |
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| PSY 201 | General Psychology |
3.0 |
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| Approved Humanities Course |
3.0 |
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Subtotal |
18.0 |
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| Major courses meeting other college general education core requirements are starred (*) below. | |||
| B. | MAJOR COURSE REQUIREMENTS (39 CREDIT HOURS) | ||
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Credit Hours |
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| CPT 172 | Microcomputer Database |
3.0 |
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| CPT 174 | Microcomputer Spreadsheets |
3.0 |
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| CPT 179 | Microcomputer Word Processing |
3.0 |
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| OST 110 | Document Formatting |
3.0 |
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| OST 133 | Professional Development |
3.0 |
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| OST 143 | Office Systems and Procedures |
3.0 |
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| OST 161 | Information Management |
3.0 |
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| OST 165 | Information Processing Software |
3.0 |
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| OST 210 | Document Production |
3.0 |
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| OST 234 | Administrative Office Communications |
3.0 |
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| OST 254 | Office Simulation |
3.0 |
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| OST 265 | Office Desktop Publishing |
3.0 |
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| IST 220 | Data Communications |
3.0 |
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Subtotal |
39.0 |
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| C. | ADDITIONAL COURSE REQUIREMENTS (12 CREDIT HOURS) | ||
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Credit Hours |
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| ACC 111 | Accounting Concepts |
3.0 |
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| BUS 130 | Business Communications* |
3.0 |
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| Departmental Electives** |
6.0 |
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| Subtotal |
12.0 |
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| Total Credit Hours: |
69.0 |
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| **Departmental electives are three-credit-hour courses taken within the Information Systems Technology department. Information Systems Technology course prefixes include OST, IST, and CPT. CPT 101-Introduction to Computers and OST 105-Keyboarding cannot be used as departmental electives. | |||