Office Technology - A.A.B.

Program Overview

With a focus on front-end office functions, graduates develop proficiency in business software applications, resource management, and communication skills. The optional Medical Billing/Coding Office concentration provides specialized training in medical terminology, billing, and coding procedures.

Program Outline

Students use the most current versions of business software applications and learn the fundamentals of accounting, automated records management, business communications and resource management.

• Semester One:
• OTEC 16620 WORD PROCESSING I (3 credits)
• OTEC 16621 WORD PROCESSING II (3 credits)
• OTEC 26611 SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS (3 credits)
• UC 10001 FLASHES 101 (1 credit)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Two:
• OTEC 26640 CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES (3 credits)
• Applied Elective (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Three:
• OTEC 16639 DATABASE APPLICATIONS (3 credits)
• OTEC 26622 DESKTOP PUBLISHING I (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Four:
• IT 21010 WORKGROUP PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE (3 credits)
• OTEC 16625 BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS (3 credits)
• Applied Electives (6 credits)
• Semester One:
• HED 14020 MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (3 credits)
• OTEC 16620 WORD PROCESSING I (3 credits)
• UC 10001 FLASHES 101 (1 credit)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Two:
• OTEC 26638 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS (3 credits)
• OTEC 26640 CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES (3 credits)
• !OTEC 26655 ICD CODING (3 credits)
• !OTEC 26656 CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY (CPT) CODING (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Three:
• OTEC 26611 SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS (3 credits)
• OTEC 26650 MEDICAL BILLING PROCEDURES (3 credits)
• Kent Core Requirement (3 credits)
• Semester Four:
• IT 21010 WORKGROUP PRODUCTIVITY SOFTWARE (3 credits)
• OTEC 16639 DATABASE APPLICATIONS (3 credits)
• Applied Electives (9 credits)

Careers:

• Court, municipal, and license clerks
• Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants
• Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping
• Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive

Other:

• The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students who graduated from high school three or more years ago.
Kent State campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, and the Twinsburg Academic Center, have open enrollment admission for students who hold a high school diploma, GED or equivalent. Some programs may require that students meet certain requirements before progressing through the program.
• All students in an applied or technical associate degree program at Kent State University must complete the following university requirements for graduation.
• Graduates of this program will be able to:
• Organize, manage and analyze critical business data using spreadsheet and database software.
• Create state-of-the-art documents, using design guidelines, terminology and basic publication concepts of industry standards.
• Import and integrate data from their original software to another for upgraded usage.
• Determine the most appropriate software to use in creating specific business documents that meet industry standards for mailing.
• Contrast, compare and adapt to forces that influence emerging management practices.
• Manage the people, productivity, technology and environment within the administrative function of an organization.
• Integrate coursework with realistic office settings, emphasizing the total quality management environment.
• Use multiple channels used in business to communicate with others
• Participate in the activities of various businesses to determine the variety of job responsibilities assigned to employees in their profession; develop job search strategies for use in their outreach activities.
• Track and provide administrative support in managing projects, using software designed for this specific purpose.
• Examine, describe and exercise various leadership, decision-making and motivational skills.