2002-2004 Catalog - St. Charles Community College

St. Charles Community CollegeAOM 135 Your Professional Image . . .1Review of appropriate business etiquettein today's work place. Determine realapplications of best way to develop andmaintain a professional image.AOM 136 Business CommunicationWith Customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Focus is on improving writing skills formemos, letters, reports/proposals, andpresentations. Organize ideas, selectright words and sentence structure,techniques of editing and proofreading toconvey message(s).AOM 137 Interpersonal Skills . . . . . . .1Develop interpersonal skills needed fortoday's diverse work place. Learn tomake decisions using problem-solvingtechniques. Study different types ofcustomers and workers and how tocommunicate and work successfully witheach.AOM 199 Business AdministrativeSystems Capstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Culminating course experience duringfinal semester of study for BusinessAdministrative Systems program.Corequisite: application for graduation.AOM 245 Administrative Procedures .3Prerequisites: WPT 103. Developsunderstanding of procedures in today'selectronic office. Review of: composition,telecommunications, electronic mail,making travel and meetingarrangements, document formatting,financial statements, recordsmanagement, human relations office, jobapplication procedures, and decisionmakingskills. Fall.AOM 247 Administrative Supervision .3Prerequisites: WPT 103. Supervision ofemployees, including how to handlepersonnel problems, hire, terminate, andpromote employees, budgeting,employee evaluations, and use decisionmakingskills. Spring.AOM 250 Business Simulations . . . . .3Prerequisites: AOM 103, AOM 115, AOM117, WPT 103. Application of all MSOffice and desktop publishing skills tocomplete various office simulationprojects. Use of critical thinking, timemanagement, organizational skills, andintegration of computer skills asperformance standards. Implementationof more realistic work environment.Corequisites: WPT 200 or WPT 290.WORD PROCESSINGWPT 102 Understanding Your PC . . . .1All about computers – hardware, software,peripheral devices, etc. Make accuratepurchases decisions and justification ofworkplace changes of technology.WPT 103 Word Processing-MS Word . .3Prerequisite: AOM 101. Application ofbeginning through advanced functions ofWORD. Includes formatting of documents,headers and footers, tables, macros,wizards/templates, mail merges,footnotes/endnotes, and graphics.Corequisite: WPT 102WPT 200 Desktop PublishingWith MS Publisher & InDesign . . . . . .4Prerequisite: AOM 101. Introduction todesktop publishing using MS Publisherand Adobe InDesign. Development ofskills to design and produce publicationitems from beginning through advancedlevel of design. Use of software to createflyers, brochures, newsletters, advertisingpieces, and multipage items.WPT 201 Machine Transcription . . . . .3Prerequisites: AOM 114, WPT 103.Application of software, grammar, andbusiness communication formattingskills to transcribe mailable documentsfrom taped recordings. Emphasis onprocess speed and accuracy. Content ofdictation material in variety of businessoperations, including legal and medical.WPT 221 Presentations PowerPoint . .2Prerequisite: AOM 101. Presentation andapplication of beginning throughadvanced functions of PowerPoint.Topics include create effective graphicpresentations, organize and outlinecontent of presentation, format text andgraphics, apply all tools, correctlychart/graph information, change colorschemes, and create customizedtemplates. Use of resources available forpreparing presentations, includingeffective presentation skills.WPT 290 Page Layout-PageMaker/QuarkXPress . . . . . . . . . .4Prerequisite: AOM 101. Focus on pagelayout, publication design, and layouttechniques. Use of current versions ofAdobe PageMaker and QuarkXPress tocover range of work, from flyers andbrochures to multipage publishing.Includes typography, use of space, andtraditional industry standards and practices.CHEMISTRYCHM 101 Introduction to Chemistry . .3Prerequisite: One of the following mustbe completed: MAT 098, ASMNT A121.Introduction to basic principles ofchemistry, including inorganic,analytical, physical and organicchemistry. Emphasizes practicalapplications, including health andenvironmental applications. Corequisite:CHM 103. Course fulfills A.A.S. and A.A.general education requirement.CHM 103 Introduction to ChemistryLaboratory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Hands-on course with emphasis onproper laboratory techniques andexperimental activities that illustrateconcepts studied in CHM 101.Corequisite: CHM 101. Course fulfillsA.A.S. and A.A. general educationrequirement.CHM 110 General Chemistry I . . . . . .3Prerequisite: MAT 098 or ASMNT A121;One year of high school chemistry or agrade of C or better in CHM 101 orequivalent. Study of how compoundsformed and named; chemical equations;calculations and problem solving withelements, compounds, and chemicalequations including stoichiometry andthermochemistry; properties of gases,solids, solutions and acids and bases.Corequisite: CHM 113.CHM 111 General Chemistry II . . . . . .3Prerequisites: CHM 110, CHM 113.Continuation of Chemistry I. Includesstudy of chemical equilibria, acid-basechemistry, complex ions,thermodynamics, oxidation-reductionreactions, and introduction to organicchemistry. Corequisite: CHM 114.Course fulfills A.A.S. and A.A. generaleducation requirement.CHM 113 General ChemistryLaboratory I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Experimental component of CHM 110Corequisite: CHM 110.CHM 114 General ChemistryLaboratory II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Prerequisites: CHM 113, CHM 110.Experimental component of CHM 111.Corequisite: CHM 111.116