1. College Success

• COLLG 110 College Success (3 credits)

• Course purpose:  A foundational course to explore and affirm a career choice and build upon the skills, knowledge, and resources that will support you at Pierce College and beyond.

2. Business Keyboarding: Key the Alphabet by Touch

• BTECA 100 Business Keyboarding: Key the Alphabet by Touch (1 credit)

• Course purpose: Introduces the letters of the keyboard and how to type by touch using home row.

3. Navigating and Customized Operating Systems

• BTECA 106 PC Operating System: Exploring and File Management (1 credit)

• Course purpose: This course prepares you for the Microsoft Office classes by teaching management of files and folders and the use of Windows desktop.

Action Item: Meet with Advisor

Use your Success Network! In your first quarter, meet with your advisor to revisit your career and transfer path, make adjustments to your goals as needed, and plan for your next steps.

4. Manage Files and Using Help

• BTECA 107 PC Operating System: Customizing Windows/Internet Basics (1 credit)

• Course purpose: This course prepares you for the Microsoft Office classes by teaching management of files and folders and the use of Windows desktop.

5. Records Management

• BTECA 145 Records Management (5 credits)

• Course purpose: Teaches you the lifecycle and management of paper and electronic records in an office setting.

6. Microsoft Word: Prepare and Edit Documents

• BTECA 110 Microsoft Word: Prepare and Edit Documents (1 credit)

• Course purpose: This course prepares you for the Microsoft Office classes by teaching management of files and folders and the use of Windows desktop.

Action Item: Apply for Graduation

Way to go! It is time to apply for graduation. Visit the Pierce College Graduation website for details. https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/graduation

7. Ten-Key Mastery

• BTECA 136 Ten-Key Mastery (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will learn to be proficient in 10-key by touch for efficient data entry

8. Microsoft Outlook: Using E-Mail and the Calendar

• BTECA 150 Microsoft Outlook: Using E-Mail and the Calendar (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will learn and demonstrate skills in each tool utilized in Microsoft Outlook in order to manage business calendars. 

9. Business Document Formatting: Basic

• BTECA 160 Business Document Formatting: Basic (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will learn how to format and proof business documents such as block letters and memos.

10. Microsoft Word: Enhance and Customize Documents

• BTECA 111 Microsoft Word: Enhance and Customize Documents (1 credit)

• Course purpose: This course prepares you for typing documents and learning intermediate-level features fo Word such as setting tabs and inserting borders and shading. 

11. Office Procedures

• BTECA 205 Office Procedures (5 credits)

• Course purpose: You will take skills previously learned and apply them to specific office tasks such as telephone skills, creating work and excel documents, writing and formatting business letters, and team activities that deal with personalities and motivational theories.

12. Microsoft Excel: Prepare and Format Basic Worksheets

• BTECA 121 Microsoft Excel: Prepare Format Basic Worksheets (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will gain a wide breadth of understanding of what Microsoft Excel is capable of and how it can be applied in the office environment.

13. Microsoft Powerpoint: Create and Modify a Powerpoint Presentation

• BTECA 130 Microsoft PowerPoint: Create and Modify a Powerpoint Presentation (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will develop a wide breadth of knowledge of MS PowerPoint skills in order to create presentations in an office setting.

14. Beginning Keyboarding: Alphabetic and Numbers

• BTECA 101 Business Keyboarding: Key Numbers and Symbols by Touch (1 credit)

• Course purpose: You will continue with keyboarding skill by becoming proficient on the number row.

Note: ABE/IBEST

Course purpose: You will take 5 credits of ABE 099 per quarter while taking the BTECH courses. These are pre-college level credits. You will take this for the quarters that you are in the BTECH IBEST program.

Total Credits: 24

Program Code: 559C