WNC Academic Catalog: 2009–2010
Course Descriptions: Computer Office Technology
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Computer Office Technology (COT)
Technology Division
COT 100B: Basic Keyboarding
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: None
Develops basic skills for touch keyboarding/typing proficiency on computers. Develops basic speed and accuracy. Introduces basic computer operations for using keyboarding software.
COT 101: Computer Keyboarding I
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: None
Reviews basic skills and techniques for improving keyboarding/typing skills. Elementary word processing functions are introduced. Develops skills for typing basic business letters, memos, reports, tables and personal business letters. Diagnostic prescriptive speed and accuracy are integral.
COT 102: Computer Keyboarding II
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 101 or equivalent; Recommended: 30 WPM minimum keyboarding/typing speed
Reviews skills and techniques for improving typing skills on computers. Word processing functions are introduced. Advanced production work includes a variety of business documents, such as letters, tables, forms, manuscripts and memos. Diagnostic prescriptive speed and accuracy are integral.
COT 103B: Keyboarding Review & Speed
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 101 or equivalent
Increases typing speed and accuracy to employable levels of 50+ WPM. Lessons contain timings. Student is encouraged to meet speed and accuracy goals at each level.
COT 105: Computer Literacy
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: None
Introduces persons who have no background in computers to operations and uses of computers, their applications, capabilities and limitations. Looks at the impact of the computer on society. Includes extensive hands-on computer use.
COT 110: Business Machines
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 101 or consent of instructor
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.)
COT 111: Transcribing Machines
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 102 or equivalent
Develops listening skills in transcribing tapes to mailable typewritten form. Students study vocabulary and type documents used in typing speed and word processing skills.
COT 112B: Computer Survival
Credits: 0.5–6; Prerequisites: None
Provides a series of beginning computer classes. Each section will deal with a different aspect of computers: basic word processing, Internet, digital photography, computer graphics, etc.
COT 114B: General Medical Office Billing
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: HIT 117B
Provides business students and medical office staff with the fundamental office procedures for the medical front office. The course includes a comprehensive overview of medical front office skills including office communication, filing, scheduling, health insurance and basic accounting techniques.
COT 115B: Computerized Medical Office Billing
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: HIT 117B & COT 101 or equivalent
Provides instruction in completing and submitting medical insurance forms. Designed for the prospective medical assistant anticipating employment in a private physician's office, clinic or hospital, or for those currently employed in medical offices who wish to improve their skills. Course is set up as a practice approach to learning insurance form completion.
COT 116B: Medical Office Filing
Credits: 2; Prerequisites: None
Covers topics in medical filing, numeric filing, alphabetic filing, cross-referencing, color coding, records control, and computer assisted filing. Filing rules are compatible with Association of Records Managers and Administrators (ARMA) guidelines. Hands-on applications of filing rules provide students with practical experience.
COT 117B: General Office Filing
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: None
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 credits.
COT 122: Medical Typing & Transcription
Credits: 1–4; Prerequisites: HIT 117B, NURS 140 and 40 wpm or permission of instructor
Reviews medical terminology and develops the skill of listening to cassette tapes containing verbally recorded medical case histories and records and transcribing the material directly into an accurate format.
COT 123: Legal Typing & Transcription
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 102 & COT 150B; Recommended: 40 wpm strongly recommended
Reviews legal terminology and develops the skill of listening to cassette tapes containing verbally recorded legal documents and transcribing the material directly into an accurate format.
COT 140B: Adobe Acrobat
Credits: 1; Prerequisites: IS 101 or equivalent experience
Presents the essential tool for universal document exchange, Adobe Acrobat. Students will learn to publish virtually any document in Portable Document Format (PDF). They will learn the fundamental concepts and features of the program plus advanced features such as creating forms and managing color in PDF files. It also reviews the design of documents for online viewing.
COT 141B: Proof-a-matics/Proofreading
Credits: 1; Prerequisites: None
Teaches proofreading skills in two ways: physically, by developing visual accuracy and reducing fatigue; and cognitively, by providing practice in language skills.
COT 150B: Introduction to Word Perfect
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: Recommend minimum typing speed of 40 wpm
Offers a hands-on computer course designed to teach students the basic functions of WordPerfect. Topics include creating, editing, saving and printing documents. Covering these topics includes special features such as blocking, search-and-replace, headers and footers, footnotes, spell and thesaurus utilities, merging and macros. Variable credit based on current course schedule.
COT 151: Introduction to Microsoft Word
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: None; Recommended: 40 wpm typing speed
Introduces Microsoft Word for Windows, a powerful word processing package that produces documents and handles a large number of routine tasks with ease. Beginning course is designed for people who are at a basic level and want to learn a general overview of the program as well as be productive with simple tasks. Document creation, editing, saving and retrieving files, printing, spell checking, formatting, search and replace, thesaurus and special effects will be covered.
COT 198B: Special Topics
Credits: 1–6; Prerequisites: Varies based on topic
Applies to assorted short courses and workshops covering a variety of subjects. Class credits will vary depending on the content and number of hours required.
COT 200: Beginning Word Processing
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 102 or equivalent; Recommended: 40 wpm typing speed
Presents word processing concepts and applications to produce memos, letters, tables and reports on computer. Includes creating, editing and printing documents, merging, storage and retrieval, search and replace, and spell check.
COT 204: Using Windows
Credits: 3–9; Prerequisites: None
Covers how the Windows Graphic User Interface is used, how to customize Windows and how to use the various accessories and parts of the Windows program.
COT 216: Intermediate Word Processing
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: COT 150B or equivalent; Recommended: 40 WPM typing speed
Assists students who have completed a beginning word processing class. Applies advanced features of merge and sort, macros, tables, math, document assembly and font and graphic enhancements.
COT 222: Desktop Publishing With Word Processing
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: COT 150B or consent of instructor
Presents an overview of desktop publishing concepts and applications using desktop software. Students will learn to import word processed files and graphics, and use menus/commands and printers to produce newsletters, brochures, fliers and reports on a computer.
COT 223: Advanced Desktop Publishing
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: COT 222, IS 101 or consent of instructor
Teaches a page layout desktop publishing program such as PageMaker, InDesign or QuarkXPress. Students create computer graphics, select and set type, design and assemble pages, and import text and graphics files to produce effective printed materials such as newsletters, forms, brochures, manuals and presentations using laser printer technology.
COT 239B: Advanced Legal Transcription
Credits: 3; Prerequisites: COT 123 or equivalent
Teaches students to operate the transcribing machine and to format legal correspondence and documents directly from dictation into mailable form. Legal correspondence and documents will be transcribed for legal cases, each relating to a different area of law. Cases have been gathered from actual law office files. Students will work on cases from onset through conclusion.
COT 262: Intermediate Spreadsheets Concepts
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: IS 101 or consent of instructor
Studies the concepts and capabilities of computer spreadsheet systems. Teaches command and macro generation. Students gain experience generating spreadsheet templates, graphs and macros as business problem-solving tools. When offered for variable credit, content will be divided as follows: A) Concepts and capabilities of the computer spreadsheet with spreadsheet generation; B) Experience with the user-level menu access of the software, including graphing; C) More advanced capabilities of database and macro generation.
COT 266: Intermediate Database Concepts
Credits: 1–3; Prerequisites: IS 201 or consent of instructor
Covers concepts and capabilities of microcomputer database Systems management. Teaches the command and programming language of a typical system, together with specific experience in creating and using databases in typical applications. Includes both lecture and lab assignments. When offered in variable credit format, content will be divided as follows: A) Concepts and capabilities of database systems management with exploration of initial levels of database software; B) User level access to many of the standard capabilities and menus of the software; C) More difficult capabilities with programming of the database software.
COT 299B: Independent Study in Computer & Office Technology
Credits: 1–6; Prerequisites: consent of instructor. Available to students who have completed most core and major requirements and have a 2.5 grade point average. Contact instructor for application, screening and required skills evaluation
Applies knowledge and skills to real, on-the-job situations in a program designed by a company official and a faculty advisor to maximize learning experiences. Up to six semester hour credits may be earned on the basis of 75 hours of internship for one credit. May be repeated for up to six credits.