General Information

• Name: General Office Filing
• Discipline: Computer Office Technology (COT)
• Units (Credits): 1–3
• Schedule History: See when this course was offered over the last three years.
• 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
• Prerequisites: None

Course Outline

I: Catalog Course Description

Introduces a systems approach to managing information -- paper and electronic records. Includes practical guidelines for appropriately using records management systems in handling paper and electronic media. Class may be repeated for a total of four units.
Note: Non-transferable for a NSHE baccalaureate degree. Non-applicable towards an AA or AS Degree.

II: Course Objectives

COT 117B Introduces a systems approach to managing information - paper and electronic records. Include practical guidelines for appropriately using records management systems in handling paper and electronic media. Class may be repeated for total four credits.

• • Identify basic filling terms on objective tests.
• • Identify the parts of card and correspondence filing systems on objective tests.
• • Prepare records correctly to be filed, with the use of cross referencing procedures..
• • Evaluate types of correspondence, individual, business, and government entities, and apply 12 basic filing rules.
• • File correspondence by subject.
• • Determine proper geographic filing sequence from the use us of geographic data..
• • Utilize numeric card files containing account numbers in proper numeric sequence in both consecutive numeric and terminal-digit files.
• • Retrieve card and correspondence files from file folders.
• • Assign computer file names to correspondence and assign items of correspondence to computer directories.

III: Course Linkage

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

The mission of this course is to provide employment-related knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a chosen field of study.

COT 202 - addresses the following AAS degree student learning outcomes. Students who complete programs in occupational areas are expected to demonstrate:
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 and computation skills appropriate to the chosen occupational field.
• utilize appropriate resources to remain current in the chosen occupational field.