PC Office Course Outline

	Title	Instructional Hours
1	INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTERS	30 Hours
2	MS - WORD (LEVEL I)	30 Hours
3	MS - EXCEL (LEVEL I)	30 Hours
4	MS - ACCESS (LEVEL I)	30 Hours
5	MS - POWERPOINT	30 Hours
6	MS - OUTLOOK	30 Hours
7	ADVANCED PC APPLICATIONS	90 Hours
8	DESKTOP PUBLISHING	30 Hours
9	KEYBOARDING / COMPUTER LAB	180 Hours
10	COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING	45 Hours
11	BUSINESS SKILLS	45 Hours
12	JOB SKILLS/OFFICE SYSTEMS SUPPORT	30 Hours
Total Hours: 600 Hours

Curriculum Schedule

1

INTRO TO COMPUTERS (30 hours)

This course provides students with an introduction to the computer, as students discover its operation, capabilities, and limitations. Students are taught key terms, system hardware, and will complete lab exercises designed to provide the practical skills used in a variety of software applications.

2

MS - WORD (LEVEL I) (30 hours)

Students learn to create, edit, print, and enhance documents from the simplest letter to multiple-page documents. It will also cover advanced formatting techniques, how to use tables, and graphics. You will learn how to automate your work, create columns, and use drawing tools.

3

MS - EXCEL (LEVEL I) (30 hours)

Students learn the basic concepts needed to run fully integrated spreadsheet software programs, to create and calculate with formulas, use charts, and create/print reports.

4

POWERPOINT (30 hours)

Students will learn to create presentations. They will also learn how to customize a presentation, work with graphs, tables, clip art, and organizational charts.

5

MS - ACCESS (LEVEL I) (30 hours)

Students will learn to develop a database where they will create and maintain relational tables, edit and delete data, find and sort records using tables, forms, reports and queries. Students will learn the various wizards used.

6

MS - OUTLOOK (30 hours)

In today’s fast-paced office, e-communications is essential to the communication and exchange of vital information and ideas. Students will learn how to work with the inbox, use folders to manage mail, as well as mail features. Maintaining appointments, scheduling, task tracking, maintaining and generating contact information and reminders is also explained.

7

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS (90 hours)

The Advanced Application classes are intended to further develop the student’s knowledge of the entire MS-Office Package. In MS-Word, students will learn merging, creating templates and WordArt. In MS-Excel, students are taught linking, database field input, and forms. In MS-Access, students will learn how to create and modify custom tables forms, queries, and reports. Finally, students will be able to multi-task applications, incorporating the features of different applications together.

8

DESKTOP PUBLISHING (30 hours)

This course teaches the operation of word processing software for desktop publishing applications. It emphasizes the creation of office flyers, in-house brochures, transparency masters, and covers for reports. The student also learns basic typographic design and layout principles, the features of the software, how to work in the Windows environment, and how to import graphics from clip art programs into documents.

9

KEYBOARDING / COMPUTER LAB (180 hours)

Proper keyboarding techniques and principles are developed to maintain a high level of accuracy while building speed. After achieving proficiency in skill building, students progress to formatting activities which include business letters, tabulated reports and multi-page manuscripts. A minimum skill of 45 words per minute with three errors on a five-minute timing is expected for graduation. (Computer Lab: Students who are meeting their progressive keyboarding goals will have the opportunity to use Keyboarding class time to work on or practice other application class assignments.)

10

COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTING (45 hours)

Students will use the latest computerized accounting software to learn basic Accounting and Bookkeeping principles, language and concepts that will enable them to set up and maintain a chart of accounts; track payables, receivables and inventory; create invoices and post transactions; age payables and receivables; reconcile bank accounts; process payroll; prepare general ledger, balance sheet, financial statements; and the close year process.

11

BUSINESS SKILLS (45 hours)

In Business Math Review, students review the basic skills of arithmetic, whole numbers, fractions, ratios and percents, and measurement, through practice with computations commonly used in business applications. In Business English Review, students review the basic elements of modern English including language structure, grammar, punctuation, and parts of speech. Dictionary usage, editing, and proofreading are also covered.

12

JOB SKILLS (30 hours)

Students are taught the necessary job hunting skills and strategies needed to successfully compete in the job market. Resume preparation, interviewing techniques, etc. are also covered.