BTAC 102 - Intermediate Keyboarding

Credits: 5
Builds on the keyboarding skills and concepts developed in BTAC 101. Continues emphasis on speed and accuracy development on a computer keyboard. Students use a word processing program to refine formatting skills on basic business documents such as business letters, memorandums, reports, and tables.

Prerequisite: BTAC 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher or equivalent. Recommended: BTAC 112 and a minimum typing speed of 30 wpm.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Keyboard accurately using touch typing technique.
Use a word processing program and its formatting features to produce documents.
Prepare block and modified block business letters with special letter notations.
Prepare interoffice memorandums, prepare and format tables using word processing table features.
Prepare reports with title pages, table of contents, executive summaries, internal citation/footnotes/endnotes, reference listings, appendix pages.
Prepare multi-page documents (letters, memos, reports).
Prepare administration documents (agendas, minutes, itineraries, news release).

Program Outcomes

Implement calculator/computer technology to solve problems.
Successfully integrate Microsoft Office software applications to present information in a meaningful manner.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.