Tech-Prep Office Technology

Associate of Applied Science Degree

20116

(See also Office Technology for a related AAS degree)

This degree is available to those students who satisfactorily complete the competencies in their high school's Tech-Prep program and have completed departmental entrance requirements.

If you have not completed your high school’s Tech Prep program, you must take the following EAC courses as curriculum prerequisites:

CMP 101	Introduction to Computers	3 credits
BUS 101	Fundamentals of Accounting	3 credits
OFT 118	Electronic Keyboarding II	3 credits
OFT 237	Word Processing with Corel WordPerfect	3 credits

Total curriculum prerequisites for those without high school Tech Prep

12 credits

Curriculum Requirements

BUS 251	Human Relations	3 credits
CMP 113	Operating Systems I	3 credits
COE 101	Job Seeking Strategies	2 credits
OFT 213A	Office Procedures/Records Management	1 credit
OFT 213B	Office Procedures/Office Transcription	1 credit
OFT 213C	Office Procedures/Electronic Office Equipment	1 credit
OFT 214	The Office Professional	3 credits
OFT 238	Advanced Word Processing with Microsoft Word	3 credits
OFT 239A	Multimedia/Electronic Task Management	1 credit
OFT 239B	Multimedia/Digital Imaging	1 credit
OFT 239C	Multimedia/Internet for Business	1 credit
OFT 240	Desktop Publishing	2 credits
OFT 241	Integrated Business Projects (Prerequisite: CMP 101 or CMP 103 and OFT 118 or OFT 217)	3 credits

Select additional courses from one of the five specialized areas listed below. If you took the four curriculum prerequisite courses above at EAC, you need to choose nine additional credits from the list below to obtain the 46 credits of curriculum requirements. If the four curriculum prerequisites were waived because you completed the Tech Prep requirements in your high school, you need to choose 21 additional credits to obtain the 46 credits.

Accounting Office Technology

BUA 101	Introduction to Business	3 credits
BUA 245	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
BUA 230 and BUA 250	Uses of Accounting Information I and Introductory Accounting Lab	4 credits
BUA 240	Uses of Accounting Information II	3 credits
BUA 221 or BUS 121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Fundamentals of Economics	3 credits
BUS 205	Computerized Accounting with QuickBooks (Prerequisites: BUS 101 or BUA 230 and BUA 250; and CMP 101 or CMP 103)	1 credit
COE 111	Cooperative Education I (Occupational)	2 to 4 credits

Administrative Office Technology

ART 186	Introduction to Computer Graphics	3 credits
ART 188	Electronic Publishing	3 credits
BUA 221 or BUS 121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Fundamentals of Economics	3 credits
COE 111	Cooperative Education I (Occupational)	2 to 4 credits
SBM 121	Supervision	3 credits

Computers Office Technology

ART 186	Introduction to Computer Graphics	3 credits
ART 188	Electronic Publishing	3 credits
BUA 221 or BUS 121	Principles of Macroeconomics or Fundamentals of Economics	3 credits
CMP 161	Electronic Spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel	3 credits
CMP 170 or CMP 205	Database Management with Microsoft Access or Data Communications (Prerequisite: CMP 101 or CMP 103)	3 credits
CMP 230	Operating Systems II	3 credits
COE 111	Cooperative Education I (Occupational)	2 to 4 credits
CMP 115A	Beginning Microsoft Windows 98	1/2 credit
CMP 115B	Intermediate Microsoft Windows 98	1/2 credit
CMP 115C	Advanced Microsoft Windows 98	1/2 credit
CMP 110X	Beginning Microsoft Excel 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110Y	Intermediate Microsoft Excel 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110Z	Advanced Microsoft Excel 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AA	Beginning Microsoft Access 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AB	Intermediate Microsoft Access 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AC	Advanced Microsoft Access 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AD	Beginning Microsoft PowerPoint 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AE	Intermediate Microsoft PowerPoint 2000	1/2 credit
CMP 110AF	Advanced Microsoft PowerPoint 2000	1/2 credit

Legal Office Technology

AJS 101	Introduction to Administration of Justice	3 credits
BUA 245	Legal Environment of Business	3 credits
ENG 102	Written Communications II	3 credits
OFT 226	Legal Transcription	3 credits
COE 111	Cooperative Education I (Occupational)	2 to 4 credits

Medical Office Technology

BIO 100 or BIO 181	Biology Concepts or General Biology I	4 credits
BIO 201	Human Anatomy and Physiology I	4 credits
OFT 225 or HCE 225	Medical Transcription	3 credits
COE 111	Cooperative Education I (Occupational)	2 to 4 credits

Total Curriculum Requirements

46 credits with a GPA of 2.00 or higher

General Education Requirements

English	ENG 101 Written Communications I	3 credits
	BUS 160 Communication for the Occupations	3 credits
Mathematics	BUS 111 Business Mathematical Calculations	3 credits
Computers	CMP 103 Introduction to Computer Based Systems	3 credits

Select 6 additional credits from the list of General Education courses. Include at least one course from a category other than English or Computers. You may not exceed nine credits in any GE category, with the exception of Health and Physical Education, where the maximum is two credits.

Total General Education Requirements

18 credits

Courses qualifying for General Education credit that are listed as curriculum requirements may be counted toward completion of General Education requirements only if other courses are not specified in the General Education distribution area.

Total Minimum Degree Requirements

64 credits

In addition to completing the required courses listed above, you must meet the following general graduation requirements to obtain this degree:

Complete at least 16 degree credits at Eastern Arizona College.
Attain a cumulative grade point average of 2.00 or higher.
Demonstrate a reading competency at the tenth grade level or above by one of the following methods:

1. EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score of 60 or higher*

2. EAC ASSET reading assessment test score of 35 or higher*

3. ACT Assessment Reading score of 14 or higher*

4. SAT verbal score of 530 or higher*

5. Completion of ENG 091, Reading Improvement II, with a grade of "C" or better

6. Grade equivalency score of 10 or higher as demonstrated by the Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE tests*

*Your EAC COMPASS reading assessment test score is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor. If you took the ASSET test or submitted an ACT, SAT, Nelson Denny, TABE, or ABLE score, a derived EAC Compass score has been placed in your record and is available on Student Information System terminals or from your advisor.

File a Graduation Petition at least 60 calendar days prior to the end of the semester in which graduation is anticipated and pay the Graduation Fee of $25.
Remove any indebtedness to the College.
Complete the Sophomore Qualifying Examination that is administered each semester to students who have petitioned to graduate. The Sophomore Qualifying Examination is used as a measure of EAC's institutional effectiveness, and your score has no effect on your graduation status.