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Office Technology - Philosophy
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MEDICAL DOCUMENT PREPARATION
3 units, 3 lecture hours, 1 lab hour, (Pass/No
Pass)
ADVISORIES: Office Technology 10, eligibility
for English 125 and 126.
This intense course covers health insurance plans,
insurance claim forms used in a medical office, and diagnostic
and procedural coding. (A, CSU)
44 FILING PROCEDURES
1.5 units, 1.5 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 126.
This course is an introduction to basic rules of
filing in alphabetic, numeric, subject, and geographical filing
systems. Students will learn about the equipment and supplies
needed, retention, retrieval, and the transfer phases of the
record life cycle. (A, CSU)
48
TODAY’S RECEPTIONIST
1.5 units, 1.5 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
Today’s Receptionist is a course where students
will learn the proper use of the telephone, including basic
communication skills, answering the phone, placing callers on
hold, transferring calls, and taking complete messages. This
course also includes handling mail, scheduling appointments,
making travel arrangements, developing appropriate business
relationships, and general front desk duties. (A, CSU)
150 BEGINNING KEYBOARDING
1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 2 lab hours, (Pass/No
Pass only)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and 126.
This course provides students with an opportunity
to learn to keyboard by touch. The course is software driven,
allowing students to self-pace their skill level. Upon learning
the keyboard by touch, the student will practice keyboarding
to increase speed and accuracy. The student must key 25 words
per minute in a 3-minute timed test with 3 or fewer errors in
order to receive credit for this course. (A)
151
CHAMPIONSHIP KEYBOARDING
1 unit, .5 lecture hours, 2 lab hours, (Pass/No
Pass only)
PREREQUISITES: Office Technology 150 or high
school typing course. ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English
125 and English 126.
This intermediate keyboarding course provides
students with proven methods for improving typing speed
and accuracy. Two distinguishing features of this course are
its diagnostic approach and utilization of corrective drills using
Championship typing methods. (A)
152
SPEED TYPING
1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 2 lab hours, (Pass/No
Pass only)
PREREQUISITES: Off ice Technology 151.
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125 and English 126.
This advanced keyboarding course utilizes skill
building methods which are designed to increase keying speed
and accuracy to employment levels of 45+ wpm. (A)
PHILOSOPHY (PHIL)
1
INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A.
This course introduces students to traditional
and contemporary views in metaphysics, epistemology, and
value-theory. Topics may include the sources and limits of
knowledge, the nature of reality, the relationship between
mind and body, free will and determinism, the existence of
God, and the nature of morally right action. Readings will
include selections drawn from the primary texts of Plato,
Aristotle, Aquinas, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, or
Kant, as well as various twentieth century philosophers. (A,
CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID PHIL 100)
1C
ETHICS
3 units, 3 lecture hours, (Pass/No Pass)
ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 1A.
This course examines key ethical theories, and
includes application of theories to contemporary moral
problems. (A, CSU-GE, UC, I) (C-ID PHIL 120)