State Control Number: 049343
Program Code: BET.AS
Program Length: 24 months
Approved for Federal Financial Aid: Yes
This curriculum is designed to prepare students for employment in business/industry/government. Duties include office supervision, word processing, maintaining office records and accounts.
To earn this degree, complete the major coursework with “C” grades or better and all of the following graduation requirements:
- 60 minimum degree-applicable units (including a maximum 4 units of activity) and 12 degree-applicable units through VVC;
- the VVC General Education pattern;
- Information Competency; Global Citizenship; Kinesiology; and
- 2.0 minimum overall degree-applicable GPA.
Courses may be double-counted in the major and in a general education category. Courses counted in one AA/AS major may not be used in another AA/AS major.
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| BET 104 | Beginning Word Processing/Typing for Windows ABC | 3.0 |
| BET 124 | Records Management | 3.0 |
| BET 136 | Career Applications for Word Processing | 3.0 |
| BET 142 | Office Technologies & Procedures | 3.0 |
| Complete two courses from the following: | 6.0 | |
| Proofreading | ||
| Office Machine Calculations | ||
| Spreadsheet: Excel for Windows A/B/C | ||
| Intermediate Keyboard/Typing | ||
| Presentation Software: Powerpoint A/B/C | ||
| Business English | ||
| Total Units | 18 | |
Suggested Plan of Study
Career, salary, and labor market data information.
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Units | |
| BET 104 | Beginning Word Processing/Typing for Windows ABC | 3.0 |
| BET 142 | Office Technologies & Procedures | 3.0 |
| ENGL 101.0 | English Composition and Reading 2 | 4.0 |
| CMST 106 | Interpersonal Communication | 3.0 |
| Degree Applicable Elective | 2.0 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| BET 68 |
Proofreading or Office Machine Calculations or Intermediate Keyboard/Typing or Presentation Software: Powerpoint A/B/C or Business English |
3.0 |
| BET 136 | Career Applications for Word Processing | 3.0 |
| VVC GE Category IIA – Social & Behavioral Sciences | 3.0 | |
| VVC GE Category III – Humanities 4 | 3.0 | |
| VVC GE Category V – Mathematics | 3.0 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Second Year | ||
| Fall | ||
| BET 112 | Spreadsheet: Excel for Windows A/B/C | 3.0 |
| BET 124 | Records Management | 3.0 |
| HLTH 102 | Contemporary Problems in Personal and Community Health 2 | 3.0 |
| Degree Applicable Elective | 6.0 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Spring | ||
| VVC GE Category IIB – American Institutions | 3.0 | |
| Degree Applicable Elective | 12.0 | |
| Units | 15 | |
| Total Units | 60 | |
- 2
Double counts for General Education and Competency.
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Select a course that also fulfills Global Citizenship competency.