Associate Degree in Business (AB.AOT)

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DESCRIPTION:
A program designed to provide students with the skills necessary to achieve top-level information processing\administrative assistant positions. In addition to offering basic office skills courses, the curriculum also includes the use of the microcomputer and in-depth training on today's latest software packages.

BEGINNING SEMESTERS: FALL, SPRING, SUMMER

CAMPUS: Airport, Beltline

PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Basic keyboarding is still a skill necessary for successful completion in the AOT program, AOT 105-Keyboarding is a prerequisite course for most AOT courses. Students must take the keyboarding proficiency test.

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:

• A minimum of 69 credit hours is required for graduation.
• 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 count toward graduation. This includes courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and AOT or OST.
• Students must meet all exit program competencies for graduation from this program.

PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:
Midlands Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This program chose not to request reaffirmation by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs for Office Systems Technology.

PROGRAM NOTES:

1. CPT 170 should be taken as early in sequence of courses as possible.
2. Courses may be taken during any semester provided all prerequisites have been met. However all AOT courses are not offered each semester. See a departmental advisor for a list of planned semester course offerings.
3. The Departmant Elective must be a 3 credit course taken within the Information Systems Department (IST). Information Systems course prefixes include AOT, IST, and CPT. CPT 101-Introduction to Computers and AOT 105-Keyboarding cannot be used as departmental electives.
4. General Elective may be any MTC 3 credit hour course above the "100 Level" as long as is does not have an AOT prefix.
5. You must be able to keyboard 50 WPM for FIVE minutes with no more than five errors in AOT 210 Document Production.
6. For more information please visit the Administrative Office Technology/Office Systems Technology Program web page. 
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CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS
General Education
Course		Prerequisites
ENG 101	ENGLISH COMPOSITION I	RDG 100 & ENG 100
ENG 102	ENGLISH COMPOSITION II	ENG 101
CPT 170	MICROCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS	RDG 100, MAT 100
MAT 155	CONTEMPORARY MATHEMATICS	MAT 100
PSY 201	GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	RDG 100, ENG 032
Humanities Elective	See Humanities List
Major Course Requirements
Course		Prerequisites
AOT 110	DOCUMENT FORMATTING	AOT 105 or equivalent
AOT 133	PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT	RDG 100
AOT 134	OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS	AOT 105 or equivalent, ENG 100
AOT 143	OFFICE SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES	RDG 100 & AOT 105 or equivalent
AOT 161	INFORMATION MANAGEMENT	RDG 100
AOT 210	DOCUMENT PRODUCTION	AOT 110
AOT 234	ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE COMMUNICATIONS	AOT 110
AOT 255	OST SENIOR PRACTICUM	AOT 110, AOT 265, CPT 172, CPT 174, CPT 179, AOT 143 & AOT 161
AOT 265	OFFICE DESKTOP PUBLISHING	CPT 179
CPT 113	INFORMATION SYSTEMS	RDG 100
CPT 172	MICROCOMPUTER DATABASE	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 174	MICROCOMPUTER SPREADSHEETS	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 179	MICROCOMPUTER WORD PROCESSING	CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101
CPT 279	ADVANCED MICROCOMPUTER WORD PROCESSING	CPT 179
Additional Course Requirements
Course		Prerequisites
ACC 111	ACCOUNTING CONCEPTS	RDG 100, MAT 100
BUS 130	BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS	ENG 101
1 Departmental Elective		See Program Note 3 See Approved Departmental Electives

 

Information Systems Technology Syllabi:

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING TECHNOLOGY (CPT prefix courses)

COURT REPORTING TECHNOLOGY (CRP prefix courses)

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (AOT/OST prefix courses)

INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (IST prefix courses)

09/03/09