BT 123: Recordkeeping 5 Cr Quarters: O Students will learn principles and procedures of payroll, accounts receivable, and accounts payable to include control, methods, and systems of recordkeeping management. Prerequisite: BT 122 BT 124: Office Applications 5 Cr Quarters: O Students will learn proper punctuation, communication methods, and written language skills to use in job search as they prepare their resumes, cover letters, and thank-you letters. They will practice interview techniques as well as the correct responses to interview questions. Practice will be provided in telephone etiquette and filing practices employees will need in a productive business office. Prerequisite: BT 127 BT 125: Learning the Keyboard 2 Cr Quarters: O Students will learn the keyboard and work to improve speed and accuracy by touch using document-processing software. BT 126: Keyboarding Document Format 3 Cr Quarters: O Students will be prepared in the development of language arts skills and appropriate formatting to effectively communicate with keyed business documents. They will continue improvement of speed and accuracy.. Prerequisite: BT 125 BT 127: Intermediate Keyboarding I* 3 Cr Quarters: O Students will receive practice in the development of keyboarding speed, accuracy, and production formatting of documents using document and word-processing software. Prerequisite: BT 126 BT 128: Intermediate Keyboarding II* 2 Cr Quarters: O Students will continue to develop keyboarding speed and accuracy and develop more advanced formatting of documents using document and word processing software. Prerequisite: BT 127 BT 130: Basic Business Essentials 5 Cr Quarters: F, W Students will be introduced to business vocabulary and mores to help become proficient in using terminology and pronunciation prevalent in business offices. Emphasis will include speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 090T and recommended completion of or concurrent enrollment in BT 101 BT 131: Office Reference Procedures I 5 Cr Quarters: F, S Students will practice using various resources to produce correct business documents. This course will cover correct usage of commas, semi-colons, colons, hyphens, capitalization, and numbers. Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 095 and recommended completion of or concurrent enrollment in BT 101 BT 132: Office Reference Procedures II 5 Cr Quarters: F, W Students will continue to use various resources to correctly produce and file business documents. Documents will be produced through multiple phases: composing, editing, proofreading, mailing, filing, and retrieving. Students are expected to apply the rules and processes presented in BT 131. Prerequisite: BT 131 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better and completion of BT 101 or equivalent
BT 140: Electronic Business Math Applications 5 Cr Quarters: F, S This course provides a thorough review of basic arithmetic (fundamental operations, multiplication and division, estimation, special functions and operations with electronic calculators, the metric system, and business and consumer economics application problems for electronic calculators), careful introductions to principles, self-assessments and branching instructions, guidelines for operating calculators, and numerous application problems. Prerequisite: BA 075 with a grade of C (2.0) or better or equivalent YVCC placement BT 160: Word Processing Short Course 2 Cr Quarters: F, W, S, SR Students will learn to create, save, and modify files and to produce attractive documents while at the same time learning how this word processing software works. Recommended: BT 101 or equivalent is recommended BT 161: Word Processing Completion Course 3 Cr Quarters: F, W, S Students will master the beginning features and commands of Microsoft Word to perform word processing projects on a job. Students will build on the skills learned in the Introduction to Word Processing class (BT 160) as they create tables and charts, apply styles, and complete mail merge documents. Prerequisite: BT 160 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better BT 170: Integrated Business Applications I 5 Cr Quarters: F, S Integrated Business Applications I uses Microsoft Office applications: word processing, spreadsheets, database, electronic presentations, e-mail, fax, internet, and the web to prepare students for the projectbased activities of Integrated Business Applications II. Prerequisite: BT 102, BT 260, IT 111, IT 115, and IT 120 BT 190, 191, 192, 193: Co-op Field Experience I, II, III, IV Variable Cr Quarters: F, W, S, SR Cooperative education integrates the student’s classroom study with work experience in cooperating employer organizations. Students usually alternate periods of college study with extended employment periods in appropriate fields of business, industry, government, social services, and the professions. The student’s education, therefore, is shared between the employer, supervisors, and YVCC faculty. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor BT 250: Legal Office Technology 5 Cr Quarters: W Students will prepare various legal documents using the appropriate legal procedures, legal terminology, and technologies prevalent in legal offices. Students will be using two word processing software applications. Students will strive to reach and retain a production keyboarding speed of 55 words per minute with four or fewer errors on a five-minute timed write. Prerequisite: BT 102, BT131 BT 251: Legal Office Procedures 5 Cr Quarters: S Students will prepare various legal documents while applying procedures used in the legal office today. Students will also apply correct legal terminology while conducting legal research. Prerequisite: BT 250 BT 260: Word Processing 5 Cr Quarters: F, W, S Students will master the use of beginning features and commands of Microsoft Word that will be needed to perform word processing projects on a job. Prerequisite: BT 101 with a grade of C (2.0) or better or equivalent
Common Course Numbers include the symbol (&) and are used at all Washington community and technical colleges to identify equivalent courses. Quarters listed are for the 2013-2014 year only, and all courses are subject to change.
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