Sinclair Community College

Business Information Systems/Information Processing (BUIP.S.CRT)

37.0 Credit Hours

This one-year certificate is intended to provide specialized training necessary to work with personal computers and end-user software applications. Students master the basics of customer service, workplace technology and electronic files management to provide administrative support in a variety of entry-level office positions.

Program Outcomes

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Use specialized terminology effectively.

Identify good human relations skills in various settings such as one-to-one, teams and groups.

Assess business problems using analytical and critical thought processes to identify the best technology solution.

Explain the flow of information, media and documents throughout the life cycle; input, processing, output, distribution, use, storage, retrieval and disposition.

Apply quantitative skills appropriate to business information occupations.

Curriculum

ACC 1210

Introduction to Financial Accounting

3 credit hours

BIS 1100

Introduction to Computers & Keyboarding

2 credit hours

BIS 1120

Computer Concepts & Applications

3 credit hours

BIS 1200

Keyboarding & Document Formatting I

2 credit hours

BIS 1220

Word Processing Software

3 credit hours

BIS 1230

Spreadsheet Software

3 credit hours

BIS 1240

Presentation Software

2 credit hours

BIS 1260

Database Software

3 credit hours

BIS 1300

Keyboarding & Document Formatting II

2 credit hours

BIS 1400

Customer Service

3 credit hours

BIS 2140

Records Management

2 credit hours

ENG 1101

English Composition I

3 credit hours

MAT 1120

Business Mathematics

3 credit hours

Course Option
(COM 2206 OR COM 2225)
3 credit hours

Business Information Systems/Information Processing (BUIP.S.CRT)

37.0 Credit Hours

Program Outcomes

graphical version

Use specialized terminology effectively.

Identify good human relations skills in various settings such as one-to-one, teams and groups.

Assess business problems using analytical and critical thought processes to identify the best technology solution.

Explain the flow of information, media and documents throughout the life cycle; input, processing, output, distribution, use, storage, retrieval and disposition.

Apply quantitative skills appropriate to business information occupations.

Curriculum

3 credit hours ACC 1210: Introduction to Financial Accounting

2 credit hours BIS 1100: Introduction to Computers & Keyboarding

3 credit hours BIS 1120: Computer Concepts & Applications

2 credit hours BIS 1200: Keyboarding & Document Formatting I

3 credit hours BIS 1220: Word Processing Software

3 credit hours BIS 1230: Spreadsheet Software

2 credit hours BIS 1240: Presentation Software

3 credit hours BIS 1260: Database Software

2 credit hours BIS 1300: Keyboarding & Document Formatting II

3 credit hours BIS 1400: Customer Service

2 credit hours BIS 2140: Records Management

3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I

3 credit hours MAT 1120: Business Mathematics

3 credit hours Course Option: (COM 2206 OR COM 2225)

ACC 1210 Introduction to Financial Accounting
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Accounting
Division: Business and Public Services

An introduction to preparation and use of accounting reports for business entities; focus on uses of accounting for external reporting, emphasizing accounting as a provider of financial information. Traditional testing (proctored or in Testing Center) is used in all online sections.

BIS 1100 Introduction to Computers & Keyboarding
Credit Hours: 2.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Students will learn: computer terminology and basic computer skills (such as file management), understand basic operating system terminology and learn the graphical user interface; students will learn the development of "touch" keyboarding, including the ten-key numeric keypad. (By the end of the course, student must perform keyboard speed and accuracy on three-minute timed writings at a minimum of 20 wpm with three or fewer errors.)

BIS 1120 Computer Concepts & Applications
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduces students to personal computer concepts including hardware, system software, application software and the Internet. Learn the components of computer systems and develop a broad understanding of computer hardware and emerging technologies. Utilize productivity software such as word processing, spreadsheet, presentation and database. Learn Internet concepts that will allow them to use email systems and currently popular Web browsers to work with websites and Internet applications.

BIS 1200 Keyboarding & Document Formatting I
Credit Hours: 2.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Students will learn word processing software and continue development of personal computer skills; format and produce reports, letters, memos, multiple-column tables and other business documents. (By the end of the course, students must perform keyboard speed and accuracy on five-minute timed writings of 35 wpm with five or fewer errors.)

BIS 1220 Word Processing Software
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Beginning to advanced word processing software concepts including editing, formatting, desktop publishing design and editing techniques, document control and automation.

BIS 1230 Spreadsheet Software
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Students will learn techniques to properly manage large and multi-sheet spreadsheets, use spreadsheets to arrange and manage data, develop advanced spreadsheet formulas and functions, perform "What-If" analysis using spreadsheet tools and design and create end-user spreadsheet applications.

BIS 1240 Presentation Software
Credit Hours: 2.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Beginning to advanced presentation software techniques including editing and formatting presentations, fundamentals of effective presentations, transitions, animations, multimedia content, advanced navigation tools and master and template modification.

BIS 1260 Database Software
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Students will learn to design and manage databases using the relational model, use database objects to manage data including data integrity, data analysis and reporting, learn to derive useful information from raw data using functions and querying techniques, and create end-user database applications.

BIS 1300 Keyboarding & Document Formatting II
Credit Hours: 2.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Students will use word processing software to produce correctly formatted letters and memos, complicated tables, reports and other business documents; and continue development of personal computer keyboarding speed and accuracy skills. (By the end of the course, students must perform keyboard speed and accuracy on five-minute timed writings of 50 wpm with five or fewer errors.)

BIS 1400 Customer Service
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Introduction to concepts of customer service. Topics to include: face-to-face and phone-based communication with customers, professionalism and workplace behavior, decision making, problem solving, conflict resolution and negotiation skills, use of emerging technologies, role-play scenarios, case studies and preparation for career advancement.

BIS 2140 Records Management
Credit Hours: 2.0
Department: Business Information Systems
Division: Business and Public Services

Alphabetic, numeric and other classification systems will be covered. Records life cycle, equipment and supplies, safety and security and disaster recovery programs; emerging technologies within electronic records management will also be examined.

ENG 1101 English Composition I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.

MAT 1120 Business Mathematics
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Review of arithmetic, mathematics of finance, mathematics of trade, payroll, taxes, insurance, elementary statistics.

COMPLEX REQUIREMENT
(COM 2206 OR COM 2225)

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