2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog 
    
    Oct 05, 2024  
2024-2025 Pierce College Catalog
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BTECA 101 Business Keyboarding: Key Numbers and Symbols (1 credit)



Course Description
Students use a computer keyboarding program to learn to key numbers and symbols by touch with correct fingering and proper ergonomic position at a computer workstation.

Course Content
A. Keyboard Numbers, Symbols, and Alphanumeric text
B. Speed and Accuracy Focus
C. Type by Touch with Correct Fingering
D. Correct Ergonomic Position

Student Outcomes
1. Type alphanumeric text, numbers, and symbols at a minimum rate of 17 wpm for 3 minutes with no more than 5 errors.

2. Demonstrate correct keyboarding technique including typing by touch with correct fingering.

3. Demonstrate proper ergonomic position at a computer workstation.

Degree Outcomes
Program Outcome: Apply technical skills to meet industry standards in the office.

Effective Communication: Graduates will be able to craft and exchange ideas and information in a variety of situations, in response to audience, context, purpose, and motivation.

Lecture Contact Hours 10
Lab Contact Hours 0
Clinical Contact Hours 0
Total Contact Hours 10

Potential Methods
A. Discussion, in class or online
B. Instructor assessment
C. Objective test
D. Peer assessment
E. Computerized test
F. Self-assessment
G. Individual project
H. Completed documents



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