Academic Affairs Office

Professional Development Credits

A Great Way To Enhance Your Career!
(Six Programs Designed To Update Your Skills)

These professional development credit programs have been designed to help you update your current skills. Each program includes two or more courses, each one packaged differently to give you choices. Students will be awarded certificates upon completion of any program. Remember, once you have completed one of the programs, you may apply the credits toward a 30-credit hour certificate or degree. Completion of these Professional Development Credits will result in a certificate and posting to your official student transcript.  Students must apply for an audit in the Records Office.

Courses must be taken in this sequence unless otherwise noted, and all prerequisite courses must be completed.  Students will have 18 months to complete courses to receive the award. Because this is considered professional development, all courses in the sequence must be completed.  There is no testing out or waiving for these credits.  Check the current Course Schedule for prerequisites.

Word Processing

  • BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • BUS 280C Word Processing, Part 2 -- 3 cr

Microsoft Office Suite

  • CIS 100 Introduction to Personal Computers-- 1 cr
  • CIS 115WW Introduction to Word Processing (Word 2002 for Windows) --  1 cr
    • or BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • CIS 101EW Introduction to Electronic Spreadsheets (Excel for Windows) -- 1 cr
  • CIS 119PP Introduction to Presentation Graphics (PowerPoint for Windows) -- 1 cr
  • CIS 153AW Introduction to Database Management (Access for Windows) -- 1 cr
  • CIS 163 Visual Basic for Applications -- 1 cr

Medical Voice Transcription

  • AH 101 Medical Terminology -- 3 cr
  • BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • BUS 188D Voice Transcription-Medical (Part 1) -- 2 cr
  • BUS 188E Voice Transcription-Medical (Part II) -- 2 cr

Legal Voice Transcription

  • BUS 194 Business English Essentials -- 1 cr
  • BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • BUS 188B Voice Transcription-Legal -- 3 cr
  • BUS 123 Business Law -- 3 cr

Administrative Voice Transcription

  • BUS 194  Business English Essentials -- 1 cr
  • BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • BUS 188A1 Voice Transcription-Administrative -- 3 cr

Office Skill Building

  • BUS 194 Business English Essentials -- 1 cr
  • BUS 180C Introduction to Word Processing - Part 1 (Word 2002 for Windows) -- 4 cr
  • BUS 182C Typing II-Document Production/Skill Building -- 2 cr