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COMPUTER APPLICATIONS/OFFICE TECHNOLOGY120LTCC CATALOG 2010-2011CAO 131 SPECIAL TOPICSUnits 1-4This course is designed to meet the needs of students for studies inareas of special interest. Topics and credit will vary from quarter toquarter and will be included under this cover title published in theschedule for the quarter in which the course will be offered.Transfers to CSUCAO 132 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCELecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience is for students who are employed injobs related to their educational or occupational goals. This programextends knowledge gained in the classroom to the workplace, helpsstudents identify new and challenging objectives at work, andencourages professional growth and advancement.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.CAO 133 OCCUPATIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE -INTERNSHIPLecture 0, Lab 0, Units 1-6Occupational Work Experience Internship is supervised placementat a worksite related to the student’s educational or occupationalgoals. The program will assist students in acquiring desirable workexperience, attitudes, and awareness of career opportunities in theirchosen field of study.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: Students must be available to work or volunteer 4 to 40 hoursper week for an approved business and must have an application on file each quarterenrolled.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated up to a total of twenty-four (24) units, six unitsmaximum per quarter.CAO 134 OFFICE TECHNOLOGY INTERNSHIPSEMINARLecture .5, Lab 0, Units .5The purpose of this course is to allow students the appropriate timeand space to be able to reflect, discuss, and ask questions abouttheir internship. It is meant to be taken in tandem with their officetechnology internship, CAO 133. Students will also be creatinga portfolio which will include a current resume, examples of workcompleted, certificates/awards received, and other items helpful toemployment in the office technology area.Transfers to CSUCOREQUISITE: CAO 133CAO 150A/B BEGINNING KEYBOARDINGLecture .75, Lab .75, Units 1 (each module)This course is an introduction to touch keyboarding at a personalcomputer. Emphasis is on correct keyboarding techniques. Students usea keyboarding software to learn/reinforce correct touch keyboarding.Module A - Is an introduction to touch keyboarding of thealphabetical keyboard and correct techniques.Module B - Emphasizes learning the figures and symbols on thecomputer keyboard and learning the correct figures'usage.ADVISORY: CAO 150A or equivalent.CAO 151 INTRODUCTION TO PERSONALCOMPUTERSLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This is a foundation course in computer concepts for beginningcomputer users. Hardware and software concepts and terminologyare introduced along with a brief survey of microcomputer softwareincluding Windows, word processing, spreadsheet, and Web browsersoftware.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 2 times.CAO 152A INTRODUCTION TO WINDOWSFOR THE PC(Formerly numbered CAO 152)Lecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This is a beginning course in the Windows operating system, themost popular operating system for the PC. Topics include working inthe Windows graphical user interface, managing (creating, copying,deleting, moving, renaming) files and folders, and customizing theWindows desktop. This course provides an essential foundation for allsubsequent microcomputer software courses.ADVISORY: CAO 151 or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 2 times.CAO 152B INTRODUCTION TO THE MACINTOSHLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This course will give students fundamental skills with the Macintoshoperating system. These skills include finder basics, file management,saving to disks, burning a CD or DVD, moving and copying items,system preferences, networking, application basics, and printing.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 2 times.CAO 153 WORD PROCESSINGLecture 3, Lab 2, Units 4This is a comprehensive course in using word processing softwareto create and design documents for business. Basic topics includecreating, editing, and formatting multi-page documents. Advancedtopics include tables, outlines, desktop publishing, and mail merge.ADVISORY: CAO 152A or equivalent.CAO 154 INTRODUCTION TO SPREADSHEETSLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This is a beginning course in spreadsheet applications software.Students will learn to enter, calculate, format, and manage numericaldata through the creation of spreadsheets and charts.ADVISORY: CAO 152A or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 2 times.CAO 155 INTRODUCTION TO DATABASEMANAGEMENTLecture 2, Lab 0, Units 2This is a beginning course in database applications focusing onintroductory database concepts and the use of database managementsoftware. Topics include creating and modifying basic tables, queries,forms, and reports.ADVISORY: CAO 152A or equivalent.REPEATABILITY: May be repeated 2 times.