2017-2018 Catalog

Legal Office Assistant, Certificate

Certificate—40 credit hours

Curriculum Code 1316

This program prepares students for positions as administrative assistants in a legal office. Graduates are skilled in office applications with an emphasis on advanced word processing, legal terminology and legal procedures. Graduates of this program must possess a high degree of professionalism, as well as superior keyboarding, word processing, language skills, and proofreading skills.

Program prerequisite: keyboarding skill of 40 net words per minute by touch. Students who need to reach this skill level must enroll in OSA-100 Keyboarding & Basic Formatting (3 credit hours).

Gainful Employment Information

Required Career Courses

38 credit hours as follows:

BUS-136Business Law

3

IMS-115Microsoft Office I

3

OSA-102Document Formatting

3

OSA-103Office Language Skills

3

OSA-104Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy

1

OSA-116Microsoft Outlook

1

OSA-122Microsoft Excel

3

OSA-145Microsoft Word

3

OSA-230Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations

3

OSA-243Business Writing

2

OSA-246Microsoft Office Integration

3

OSA-252Legal Documents and Terminology

3

OSA-255Administrative Office Procedures

3

OSA-257Microsoft Access

3

OSA-260Seminar

1

(Note: OSA-104 may need to be repeated. Minimum skill level recommended for employment is 50 wpm.)

Electives

Select at least 2 credit hours from the following:

MIS-111Internet Technologies

3

MIS-146Operating Systems

3

OSA-225Microsoft Publisher

3

OSA-232Introduction to Adobe Creative Suite

3

OSA-249QuickBooks for Office Professionals

3

OSA-250Records Management

2

OSA-258Internship

3

Suggested Schedule

Semester 1 (13 credit hours)

BUS-136Business Law

3

IMS-115Microsoft Office I

3

OSA-102Document Formatting

3

OSA-103Office Language Skills

3

OSA-104Keyboarding Speed and Accuracy

1

Semester 2 (12 credit hours)

OSA-116Microsoft Outlook

1

OSA-122Microsoft Excel

3

OSA-145Microsoft Word

3

OSA-243Business Writing

2

OSA-252Legal Documents and Terminology

3

Semester 3 (9-10 credit hours)

OSA-230Microsoft PowerPoint & Presentations

3

OSA-255Administrative Office Procedures

3

OSA-260Seminar

1

___-___Elective

2-3

(Note: For elective, select from program elective list.)

Semester 4 (6 credit hours)

OSA-246Microsoft Office Integration

3

OSA-257Microsoft Access

3