Degree Requirements
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE TECHNOLOGY
(was Office Systems Technology)
DESCRIPTION:
A program designed to provide students with the skills necessary to achieve top-level information processing\administrative assistant positions. In addition to offering basic office skills courses, the curriculum also includes the use of the microcomputer and in-depth training on today's latest software packages.
BEGINNING SEMESTERS: FALL, SPRING, SUMMER
CAMPUS: Airport, Beltline
PLACEMENT TEST SCORES REQUIRED TO ENROLL IN CURRICULUM COURSES:
| ASSET SCORES FOR CURRICULUM COURSES | ||
| RDG | 40 | |
| MAT | NUM-40 | EALG-36 |
| ENG | WSAMP 30 (Writing sample of 3) | |
| COMPASS SCORES FOR CURRICULUM COURSES | |
| Reading Skills: RS | 80 |
| Pre-Algebra Skills: PRE-ALG | 44 |
| ENG | WSAMP 30 |
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Basic keyboarding is still a skill necessary for successful completion in the OST program, OST 105-Keyboarding is a prerequisite course for most OST courses. Students must take the keyboarding proficiency test.
| Test Score | Course Placement |
| 1-24 | AOT 105 |
| 25 + | AOT 110 |
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS:
- A minimum of 69 credit hours is required for graduation.
- Students must earn a grade of "C" or better in all of the courses offered within the Business and Information Systems Technology departments for the grade to count toward graduation. This includes courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, CPT, CRP, IST, LEG, MGT, MKT and AOT.
- Students must meet all exit program competencies for graduation from this program.
PROGRAM ACCREDITATION:
Midlands Technical College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. This program chose not to request reaffirmation by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs for Office Systems Technology.
PROGRAM NOTES:
- CPT 170 should be taken as early in sequence of courses as possible.
- Courses may be taken during any semester provided all prerequisites have been met. However all OST courses are not offered each semester. See a departmental advisor for a list of planned semester course offerings.
- The Departmant Elective must be a 3 credit course taken within the Information Systems Department (IST). Information Systems course prefixes include OST, IST, and CPT. CPT 101-Introduction to Computers and OST 105-Keyboarding cannot be used as departmental electives.
- General Elective may be any MTC 3 credit hour course above the "100 Level" as long as is does not have an OST prefix.
- You must be able to keyboard 50 WPM for FIVE minutes with no more than five errors in OST 210 Document Production.
- For more information please visit the Office Systems Technology Program web page.
| Course | Prerequisites | |
| ENG 101 | RDG 100 & ENG 100 | |
| ENG 102 | ENG 101 | |
| MAT 155 | MAT 100 | |
| PSY 201 | RDG 100, ENG 035 | |
| CPT 113 | RDG 100 | |
| Humanities Elective | See Humanities List | |
| Course | Prerequisites | |
| CPT 170 | RDG 100, MAT 100 | |
| CPT 172 | CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101 | |
| CPT 174 | CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101 | |
| CPT 179 | CPT 104 or CPT 170 or CPT 101 | |
| CPT 279 | CPT 179 | |
| AOT 110 | AOT 105 or equivalent | |
| AOT 133 | RDG 100 | |
| AOT 143 | RDG 100 & AOT 105 or equivalent | |
| AOT 161 | RDG 100 | |
| AOT 210 | AOT 110 | |
| AOT 234 | AOT 110 | |
| AOT 254 | CPT 172, CPT 174, AOT 165 | |
| AOT 265 | CPT 179 | |
| Course | Prerequisites | |
| ACC 111 | RDG 100, MAT 100 | |
| BUS 130 | ENG 101 | |
| AOT 134 | AOT 105 or equivalent, ENG 100 | |
| 1 Departmental Elective | See Program Note 3 | |
| AOT 110 | AOT 133 | AOT 161 | CPT 170 | |
| ENGLISH | MATH | Humanities Elective | ||