Admin Support Technology (AST) at Mountain Empire Community College
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- AST 101 - Keyboarding I
- Teaches the alpha/numeric keyboard with emphasis on correct techniques, speed, and accuracy. Teaches formatting of basic personal and business correspondence, reports and tabulation.Lecture 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
A laboratory co-requisite (AST 103) may be required.2-4 credits - AST 102 - Keyboarding II
- Develops keyboarding and document production skills with emphasis on preparation of specialized business documents. Continues skill-building for speed and accuracy.Lecture 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: AST 101. A laboratory co-requisite (AST 104) may be required.2-4 credits - AST 107 - Editing/Proofreading Skills
- Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents. Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - AST 108 - Telephone Techniques
- Provides guidelines and techniques for communicating effectively on the telephone and for handling telephone problems efficiently, pleasantly, and constructively.Lecture 1 hour per week.
1 credits - AST 137 - Records Management
- Teaches filing and records management procedures for hard copy, electronic, and micrographic systems. Identifies equipment, supplies, and solutions to records management problems.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - AST 141 - Word Processing (Specify Software)
- Teaches creating and editing documents, including line and page layouts, columns, fonts, search/replace, cut/paste, spell/thesaurus, and advanced editing and formatting features of word processing software.Lecture 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite AST 101 or equivalent. A laboratory co-requisite (AST 144) may be required.2-4 credits - AST 193 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - AST 205 - Business Communications
- Teaches techniques of oral and written communications. Emphasizes writing and presenting business-related materials.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - AST 215 - Medical Keyboarding
- Develops decision-making skills, speed, and accuracy in preparation of medical documents with emphasis on meeting office requirements.Lecture 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite AST 102. A laboratory co-requisite (AST 216) may be required.2-4 credits - AST 236 - Specialized Software Applications (Specify Software)
- Teaches specialized integrated software application on the microcomputer. Emphasizes document production to meet business and industry standards.Lecture 2-4 hours. Total 2-4 hours per week.
Prerequisite: AST 101 or equivalent. A laboratory co-requisite (AST 237) may be required.2-4 credits - AST 243 - Office Administration I
- Develops an understanding of the administrative support role and the skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and job performance skills in a business office environment.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: AST 101.3 credits - AST 244 - Office Administration II
- Enhances skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes administrative and supervisory role of the office professional. Includes travel and meeting planning, office budgeting and financial procedures, international issues, and career development.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: AST 243 or equivalent.3 credits - AST 265 - Legal Office Procedures I
- Introduces general office procedures used in law offices and courts.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Co-requisite: AST 102 or equivalent.3 credits - AST 271 - Medical Office Procedures I
- Covers medical office procedures, records management, preparation of medical reports, and other medical documents.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
Co-requisite: AST 102 or equivalent.3 credits - AST 290 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits