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NEW !! State Approved & Transcripted Low Unit Certificate of Achievement in Legal Secretary
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Legal Secretaries work in attorney’s offices or governmental agencies. They handle correspondence, prepare documents, manage communications, calendar court dates, etc. Personal discretion, organization, and the ability to handle a variety of activities are necessary abilities. This is within a growth field, with a move away from traditional clerical duties to more time and communications management activities. The certificate is hosted in Computer Science and Application division and was approved by State chancellor on Nov. 2, 2009 with T.O.P. code 0514.10; unique program code 15011.
Requirement for Certificate of Achievement - total 17 units
Paralegal 10 ( or Law10) Intro. to Legal Assistant Paralegal - 3 units-fall & spring
CAOT-84 (MS-WORD) Word Processing Concepts - 3 units-fall & spring
CAOT-39 (WordPerfect) Word Processing Operations - 3 units-offered fall only
CAOT-79 W.P. Equipment Operation - 3 units-offered spring only
CAOT-93 Legal Document Production CAOT-93 - 2 units-offered fall & spring
CAOT-23 ABC Legal Secretary Procedures -3 units-offered spring only
Except for Paralegal 10, these classes require the ability to type and the successful completion of CSIT-901 (Intro to Computers), or, demonstration of computer literacy to the instructor. CSIT-901 may be taken concurrently with CAOT-84 or 39. Adobe Acrobat program is installed in CE105A and will be covered in the above word processing courses.
Students who completed the certificate requirement can e-mail Laurent Phung (PhungL@wlac.edu) for a Certificate Petition form or come to CE101 to fill the form, Laurent will submit it and follow up with the Admission office. Contact division chair A. Chiang(ChiangA@wlac.edu) or Clyde Titus (TitusC@wlac.edu) if you have any questions.
(Formerly Office Administration)
Major code 0514
This curriculum prepares students for office administration occupations with emphasis on computer business application such as advanced word processing, electronic spreadsheet for business analysis, presentation graphics and computerized accounting.
ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREE -
WORD PROCESSING OPTION -
major code 0514.01
REQUIRED COURSES (total 39 units)
- BUS 1 Introduction to Business
- BUS 38 Business Computations
- ACCTG 21 Bookkeeping & Accounting
- ACCTG 25 Automated Accounting Methods and Procedures
- CAOT 1 Computer Keyboarding I
- CO SCI 901 Introduction to Computers and Their Use
- BUS 31 Business English
- BUS 32 Business Communications
- CO SCI 930 Microsoft Advance Business Application
- CAOT 39 Word Processing: Keyboarding and Operations
ELECTIVES (9 UNITS FROM THE FOLLOWING)
Any CSIT and/or CAOT courses
RECOMMENDED COURSES
- LAW 1 Business Law 1
- CO SCI 930, CS933, CS934, CS937
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