11 courses with the subject AST, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Develops skills essential to creating and editing business documents. Covers grammar, spelling, diction, punctuation, capitalization, and other usage problems. Lecture 3 hours per week.
Teaches filing and records management procedures for hard copy, electronic, and micrographic systems. Identifies equipment, supplies, and solutions to records management problems. Lecture 3 hours per week.
ENG 111 or ENG 115 College Composition I 1or Technical Writing2 3
EEE Approved Program Elective 3
Teaches techniques of oral and written communications. Emphasizes writing and presenting business-related materials. Lecture 3 hours per week. 221
Introduces principles, methods, and techniques involved in office technology. Emphasizes the use of microcomputer equipment and software. Lecture 3 hours per week.
SSE Social Science Elective 3
Develops an understanding of the administrative support role and the skills necessary to provide organizational and technical support in a contemporary office setting. Emphasizes the development of critical-thinking, problem-solving, and job performance skills in a business office environment. Lecture 3 hours per week.
Teaches creation of slides including use of text, clip art, and graphs. Includes techniques for enhancing presentations with on-screen slide shows as well as printing to transparencies and hand-outs. Incorporates use of sound and video clips. Lecture 3 hours per week.
EEE Approved Program Elective5 3
Requires curriculum advisor approval. Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college. Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
Source: Virginia Highlands Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
