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Course Outline: Admin Professional Bookkeeper

 

Computing Fundamentals

This module provides the knowledge and skills required

to identify different types of computers, the components

of a personal computer (including internal components

such as microprocessors) and how these components

work together. The module also provides the knowledge

and skills relating to computer storage as it applies to

hardware components like floppy and hard disks and

performance as it applies to processor speed and memory.

 

Keyboarding Skills

This module teaches the fundamentals of keyboarding with

 a focus on developing accuracy and speed. Successful

completion of this course will result in a keying speed of

50 words per minute or higher.

 

Key Applications

This module provides the knowledge and skills required to perform functions common to all Microsoft Windows applications with an emphasis on the common functionality between the three main Microsoft Office applications: Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Elements include the ability to start and exit either the Word, Excel, or PowerPoint application, modify the display of toolbars and other on-screen elements, use online help, and perform file management, editing, formatting and printing functions common to most Windows applications.

 

Living Online

This module provides the knowledge and skills required to identify common terminology associated with computer networks and the Internet, components and benefits of networked computers, the difference between different types of networks (LAN and WAN), and how computer networks fit into other communications networks (like the telephone network).

 

Microsoft Word

This course demonstrates advanced features of Word to produce professional documents, manage large files, work with web documents, collaborate with others, and merge data together.

 

Microsoft Excel

The main objective of this course is to introduce students to the advanced features of Excel. Students will learn and practice features that can increase productivity by using many of the built in features to format, analyze, calculate or protect worksheets.

 

Customer Service

This module provides a foundation for customer service and also focuses building life-long customer relationships through the development of positive customer-care approaches.Students will develop the foundation customer care skills needed to provide excellence in service using hands-on, interactive, scenario based modules.

 

Business Communication

This module teaches the fundamentals of Business communication as a discipline. Students will study the process of communication in the business context; allowing them to make better choices in their communication.

 

Business Etiquette & Professionalism

This program introduces students to concepts and practices of proper etiquette in a business and professional environment. Students will discuss etiquette and protocol for telephone and “in-person” interaction. Multi-cultural challenges and netiquette (online etiquette) will also be covered.

 

Bookkeeping

This course covers the day to day manual recording of transactions for a small business organization. This includes general journal transactions, general journals, posting to the

general ledgers, preparing a trial balance, payroll registers, operating a petty cash fund, and reconciling bank statements.

 

Career Search Techniques

 

Industry Practicum