Also a Tech Prep Program
Also a Marketable Skills Achievement Award Program
The Office Systems Technology Program is designed to incorporate both the technical and behavioral aspects of careers in the general, legal, or medical fields. Areas of study include: office keyboarding; word processing, desktop publishing; proofreading and editing; records management; business correspondence and communications; database, presentation, and spreadsheet software; office management; office accounting; and legal transcription.
Some of the courses required for this AAS degree are also excellent preparation for the experienced secretary who plans to take the Certified Professional Secretary exam. The secretary who has already passed the CPS exam may apply for academic credit from Collin to be applied toward the AAS degree in Office Systems Technology.
Students planning to transfer to a college or university should check with the Collin academic advisor prior to beginning this program to verify course transferability. Tech Prep students who took collegiate-level courses in office systems technology while in high school may elect to receive college credit by contacting the Global Edge office. A petition for Tech Prep credit should be completed as soon as possible upon admission to Collin. Students who graduate Spring 2010 or later, will not need to petition for their Tech Prep credit.
Career Options
Job opportunities in the office systems technology field include:
Accounting Clerk
Administrative Assistant/Secretary
Human Resources Assistant
Legal Office Support
Medical Office Support
Receptionist
Virtual Office Assistant
Word Processing Specialist
AAS – Office Systems Technology
60 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
COSC 1300 Computers and Technology
ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric I
POFT 1307 Proofreading and Editing
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I
POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding
Second Semester
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I 1
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics
MATH 1332 College Mathematics 2
PHED/DANC Any activity course
POFI 2301 Word Processing - MS Word
POFT 2203 Speed and Accuracy Building
Summer
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
Elective*
Second Year
First Semester
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I - MS Office 1
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication
Elective*
Elective*
Second Semester
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II (Capstone)
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Elective*
Elective*
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 May substitute MATH 1324 or MATH 1314
* Electives (15 hours): ACNT 1311, BMGT 2309, HITT 1311, HPRS 2321, IMED 13011, ITSW 1304, ITSW 1307, LGLA 1307, LGLA 2333, MDCA 1343, MRMT 1307, MRMT 2333, MRMT 2371, POFI 1301, POFI 2331, POFL 1359, POFL 1380, POFM 1300, POFM 1380, POFT 1380, POFT 2380, or SRGT 1301
CERTIFICATES
Office Systems Technology Certificate
26 credit hours
First Semester
POFI 2301 Word Processing - MS Word
POFT 1307 Proofreading and Editing
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I
POFT 2203 Speed and Accuracy Building
POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding
Second Semester
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I - MS Office 1
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II (Capstone)
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication
Elective *
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
* Elective (3 credit hours): ACNT 1303, POFI 2331, or POFT 1380
Legal Office Support Specialization
32 credit hours
First Semester
LGLA 1307 Introduction to Law and the Legal Professions
POFI 1301 Computer Applications I - MS Word Productivity
POFT 1307 Proofreading and Editing
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I
POFT 2203 Speed and Accuracy Building
POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding
Second Semester
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I - MS Office 1
LGLA 2333 Advanced Legal Document Preparation
POFL 1359 Legal Transcription
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II (Capstone)
Elective*
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
* Elective (3 credit hours): ITSW 1304, ITSW 1307, POFI 2301, POFI 2331, POFL 1380, or POFT 2312
Medical Office Support Specialization
38 credit hours
First Semester
POFI 1301 Computer Applications I - MS Word Productivity
POFT 1307 Proofreading and Editing
POFT 2203 Speed and Accuracy Building
POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding
SRGT 1301 Medical Terminology I
Second Semester
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I - MS Office 1
MDCA 1343 Medical Insurance/Billing
MRMT 1307 Medical Transcription I
POFM 1300 Medical Coding Basics
Summer
HPRS 2321 Medical Law and Ethics for Health Professionals
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I
POFT 1349 Administrative Office Procedures II (Capstone)
POFT 2312 Business Correspondence and Communication
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
MARKETABLE SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
MSAA – Accounting Support
9 credit hours
ACNT 1303 Introduction to Accounting I1
ACNT 1311 Introduction to Computerized Accounting
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I 1
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
MSAA – Office Systems Technology
12 credit hours
ITSC 1309 Integrated Software Applications I 1
POFI 2301 Word Processing
POFT 1319 Records and Information Management I
POFT 2301 Intermediate Keyboarding
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.
