General Information

• Name: Business Machines
• Discipline: Computer Office Technology (COT)
• Credits: 1–3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• Prerequisites: COT 101 or consent of instructor
• Transfer Information: Courses with numbers 100 to 299: This course is designed to apply toward a WNC degree and/or transfer to other schools within the Nevada System of Higher Education, depending on the degree chosen and other courses completed. It may transfer to colleges and universities outside Nevada. For information about how this course can transfer and apply to your program of study, please contact a counselor.
• Academic Division: Technology

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Develops skills using electronic printing calculators. Skills are applied to business math problems including touch addition with whole numbers, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, percentages, markdown and markup, interest, payrolls and installment buying. Additional applications will be assigned from microcomputer business problems, data entry software, transcribing machines, filing and records management, and other office applications. (Depending on the campus, all choices may not be available.)

II: Course Objectives

COT 110 develops skills using electronic printing calculators. Skills are applied to business math problems including touch addition with whole numbers, multiplication, division, fractions and decimals, percentages, markdown and markup, interest, payrolls and installment buying. Additional applications will be assigned from microcomputer business problems, data entry software, transcribing machines, filing and records management, and other office applications.(Depending on the campus, all choices may not be available.)

• 1. Explain the need for accurate and efficient data entry in business organizations.
• 2. Define terms related to data entry.
• 3. Describe the information processing cycle.
• 4. Identify and describe commonly used online, offline, and automated-source 10-Key equipment.
• 5. Understand the difference between distributed and centralized data entry.
• 6. Identify career areas that require data-entry skills.
• 7. To audit invoices.
• 8. To determine markup on merchandise.
• 9. To determine monthly or semi-monthly payrolls
• 10. To determine payrolls for hourly workers.
• 11. To determine commission payroll plans.
• 12. To determine investments in stocks.
• 13. To determine investments in bonds.
• 14. To determine yield on investments.
• 15. To determine selling price of stocks.
• 16. To determine interest and mortgage interest.
• 17. To determine true annual interest rate.
• 18. To solve problems on installment buying.
• 19. To solve problems on prorating.
• 20. To solve problems on measurement.

III: Course Linkage

Linkage of course to educational program mission and at least one educational program outcome.

Mission
This course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.
Know
• the subject matter appropriate to the emphasis of the degree.

Are Able to
• acquire skills and perform tasks necessary for employment or career enhancement.
• present themselves effectively to a potential employer.
• demonstrate effective communication skills appropriate resources to remain current in the chosen occupational field.

Have developed
• an appreciation of the importance of social, ethical, legal and diversity issues.