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CREDIT, DEGREE APPLICABLE COURSES:

WDPR 391A. Beginning Word Processing - Word for Windows (1.5)
Lec-3, lab-3 (8 wks.)                                                    P/NP available
PREREQ.: WDPR 79 or the ability to type at least 35 words per minute with no more than one error a minute.
Advise: ESL 72 or 150 or placement in ESL 82 or 160
Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed WDPR 391.
Experience creating, formatting, editing, and printing documents on the IBM Personal or compatible computer using Word for Windows. Features covered include the spelling and grammar checkers, page numbering, and creating tables with the table feature. CSU

WDPR 391B. Advanced Word Processing - Word for Windows (1.5)
Lec-3, lab-3 (8 wks.)                                                P/NP available
PREREQ.: WDPR 391A
Not open to students who have enrolled in or completed WDPR 391.
Explore Word for Windows' sophisticated document preparation features on the IBM Personal Computer or a compatible computer. Create documents using headers and footers, footnotes, merge features, macros (automatic keystroke repetition), style sheets, newspaper and parallel columns, sorting, and other features as time permits. CSU

WDPR 431. Desktop Publishing - PC PageMaker (3)
Lec-2, lab-3 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. P/NP available
Hands-on experience using PageMaker (on IBM-PC compatible computers) to design and build a publication. Students work with graphics and text, design pages, and handle common business and technical writing applications. CSU

NONCREDIT COURSES:

BOSS 2500. Business Math With Spreadsheets I (45-90 hrs)
Advise: HSEN 2267, ESLN 3500
Use of spreadsheet software to make common business calculations such as discounts, commissions, markup, credit charges, simple and compound interest, and present value.

BOSS 3500. Job Preparation (45 hrs)
Techniques in acquiring and keeping a job, preparing a resume. locating job openings through newspaper want ads and other sources, and preparing for job interviews.

BOSS 3501. Customer Service Skills (15 hrs)
Advise: WOPR 9991 or equivalent, COMP 9921 or equivalent, ESL Level 6+
This course will teach specific skills in effectively dealing with customers and clients to gain new business and retain existing business relationships. It addresses the front-line employee who makes the initial contact with the potential customer/client.

BOSS 4500. Business English I (45 hrs)
Advise: ESLN 3800
Development of written communication skills: punctuation, business vocabulary, capitalization, composition of business correspondence, spelling, proofreading, and use of office reference materials.

BOSS 4501. Business English II (45 hrs)
Advise: BOSS 4500 or equivalent, ESLN 3800
Continued development of written communication skills: punctuation, business vocabulary, capitalization, composition of business correspondence, spelling, proofreading, and use of office reference materials.

BOSS 4503. Business English (90 hrs)
Advise: ESLN 3800
Development of written communication skills: punctuation, business vocabulary, capitalization, composition of business correspondence, spelling, proofreading, and use of office reference materials.

BOSS 4510. Business Communications (45 hrs)
Advise: BOSS 4500 or equivalent, ESL Level 6+
A lecture-lab course to develop basic writing skills for the business world. Topics in this course include developing meaningful paragraphs, writing opening and closing sentences in letters, and writing good-news letters and bad-news letters.

BOSS 4511. Effective Business Communication (90 hrs)
Advise: Basic knowledge of word processing. Completion of business English strongly recommended.
Students will learn skills and strategies to become more effective writers. These skills provide students with the necessary foundation for continued development and advancement in their careers through improved written communication.

BOSS 5500. Keyboarding For Computers (45 hrs)
Advise: ESLN 3400
Students will acquire basic knowledge of the keyboard to interact more efficiently with desk top computers, computer terminals, or electronic communication systems. Instruction covers introduction to the keyboard and development of basic keyboarding skills.

BOSS 5501. Keyboarding Laboratory (90 hrs)
Allows students to practice and upgrade skills. Preparation for employment testing.

BOSS 5502. Clerical Keyboarding (90 hrs)
Advise: BOSS 5500, 5501 or 5503
Emphasis on formatting business documents such as reports, letters, and memorandums. Topics also include skill building for accuracy/speed, practice keyboarding and working in a simulated office and learn the ten-key numeric pad.

BOSS 5503. Keyboarding - All Levels (180 hrs)
Emphasis on touch control and proper typing techniques to build speed/accuracy. Enhancing keyboarding skills while focusing on formats of business documents such as reports, letters, memorandums and tables.

BOSS 5505. Keyboarding: Quick Course (15 hrs)
Multi-level course serves as either a quick introduction, a quick review of the alphabetic and numeric keys, or a quick speed/accuracy building course. Emphasis on individual student need. Skills taught through instructor-led and/or self-paced instruction.

BOSS 5506. Computer Keyboarding: The Numeric Keypad (15 hrs)
Emphasis on the development and mastery of the numeric keypad on the computer keyboard. Students will learn numeric key location; develop speed and accuracy by touch. This course is useful for data entry accounting, administrative and office support positions requiring  numeric input.

BOSS 5507. Data Entry/10 Key (90 hrs)
Build data entry skills using the ten-key numeric keypad. The use of simulated business projects enhance the learning and development of effective techniques that improve speed and accuracy.

BOSS 5508. Advanced Office Procedures for the 21st Century (45 hrs)
Prereq.: BOSS 5509
Advanced training in the business office. Topics include ethical and behavioral practices, conducting job searches, coping with stress, strategies for advancement, and perform office procedures in a legal office through a job simulation.

BOSS 5509. Office Procedures for the 21st Century (90 hrs)
Advise: SECY 9374; ESLN 3600
Students produce standard office documents using electric or electronic typewriters. Students learn to accurately type and transcribe documents. Includes composing typical office correspondence, producing statistical reports, and accurately assessing personal productivity.

WOPR 9486. Word Processing - Beginning (45 hrs)
Advise: TRST 4601; ESLB 3821; SECY 9374
In this hands-on course, students learn how to create, edit, save and print business documents. Covers formatting procedures (such as changing margins, line spacing and tab stops) and emphasizing text (such as underlining and centering). Techniques for handling multi-page reports are introduced.

WOPR 9990. Word Processing (Multi-Level)
Advise: SECY 9348; SECY 9374
Identification and use of equipment typical of a word processing center. Operation of text-editing equipment to create, store, edit, and print various types of documents suitable for personal use.

WOPR 9991. Word Processing - Level 1 (15 hrs)
Advise: TRST 1300; ESLB 3821; SECY 9388
Introduces basic concepts and components of word processing applications through actual practical experience with word processing and software.

WOPR 9993. Word Processing - Level 2 (15 hrs)
Advise: WOPR 9991
An overview of the intermediate features of word processing: create, edit, and print out a document. Outlines, headers and footers, page numbers, simple macros and columns.

WOPR 9994. Word Processing - Level 3 (15 hrs)
Advise: WOPR 9993
Advanced features and techniques of word processing including sorting, styles, tables, borders, calculating, and mail merge.

WOPR 9995. Word Processing - Intermediate
Advise: WOPR 9486
Special word processing features to create, revise and print business documents. Topics cover moving and copying text, indenting paragraphs, changing format for part of document (margins, line spacing, tab stops) and hyphenation. Additional topics include using a spelling checker and backing up documents. Techniques for controlling page ends in multipage reports are introduced. Hands-on practice.

WOPR 9996. Word Processing - Advanced
Advise: WOPR 9995
Techniques for formatting complex multi-page business documents. Entering and revising header and footer text and page numbering systems. Personalized form letters and setting up complex tabulations included. Hands-on practice.

WOPR 9997. Word Processing - Special Topics
Advise: WOPR 9996
In this hands-on course students concentrate on: (a) advanced features that are specific to a particular word processing system (b) features that are useful for document processing in a specific industry (e.g. legal). 

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