Business Information
2 to 5 Semester Program Options
Assistant Professors: Enos, Spinner
Master Instructor: Larson
Instructor: Warren
Four certificate options, an Advanced Technical Certificate, three Associate
of Applied Science Degrees and a Bachelor of Applied Science Degree are
available.
For a Program Information Packet, use this link, which leads to descriptions of each program in general, course
descriptions, lists of course sequences, and the cost of books, tools,
uniforms, fees, and other expenses. The URL is http://www.isu.edu/ctech/programs.shtml
Business Information graduates perform a wide variety of administrative
and office management skills needed in business.
They may work in medical, legal, accounting, or other administrative office
settings.
Accounting technicians perform a combination of calculating, posting,
and verifying duties involving financial data. They use computers
and work with database or spreadsheet programs to maintain accounting records. The
program offers a Technical
Certificate and an Associate
of Applied Science degree in this area of interest.
Administrative assistants use skills in management support functions, organization, and technology, and are frequently responsible for
planning travel, meetings, and other executive support duties. Employment
opportunities are available in offices both large and small including banks,
insurance, education, real estate, and government. The program offers a Technical Certificate
in Business Information Technology, a Technical
Certificate in Administrative Technology, and an Associate
of Applied Science Degree in Administrative Management Technology.
Legal office assistants typically complete tasks in a legal setting
which may include court/conference reporting repsonsibilities that range
from scheduling trials and recording court business to legal work for an
individual attorney. The program offers a Technical
Certificate and an Associate
of Applied Science degree in Legal Office Technology.
Assistants in a medical office environment may schedule appointments,
greet patients, process insurance claims, transcribe medical reports, plan
medical meetings and operate business equipment. Work opportunites
are available in hospitals, clinics, public health agencies, government
agencies, insurance companies, or similar environments. The program
offers an Advanced
Technical Certificate in Medical Office Technology.
Helpful High School Courses
English, mathematics, computer applications, keyboarding, accounting,
desktop publishing, and economics/business courses.
A grade of "C-" or better must be attained in all required courses. If a "C-" or better is not achieved in a required class,
the student may repeat the class only one time. A minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0 is required for graduation.
Technical Certificate: Business Information Technology
(1½ to 2
semesters)
BI 110 Introduction to Business Information 2 cr
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 cr
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
TGE 158 Job Search 2 cr
TOTAL: 20 cr
Technical Certificate: Accounting Technology
(2½ Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 110 Introduction to Business Information 2 cr
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 cr
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 147 Accounting Applications 3 cr
BI 148 Payroll Procedures 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
TOTAL: 37 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 147 Accounting Applications 3 cr
BI 148 Payroll Procedures 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
Technical Certificate: Administrative Technology
(3 Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 110 Introduction to Business Information 2 cr
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 cr
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 cr
BI 154 Administrative Management 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 172 Business Information Integration
and Presentation 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
TOTAL: 43 cr
Technical Certificate: Legal Office Technology
(2 to 3 Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 cr
BI 152 Legal Terminology and Office Procedures 3 cr
BI 153 Legal Document Processing 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
TOTAL: 40 cr
Advanced Technical Certificate: Medical Office Technology
(3 Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 141 Keyboarding 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
HIT 208 CD9-CM Coding 3 cr
HIT 209 CPT and Alternative Care Records 3 cr
HO 105 Introduction to Allied Health Careers 2 cr
HO 106 Medical Terminology 2 cr
HO 107 Medical Law and Ethics 3 cr
HO 111 Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology 4 cr
MA 104 Introduction to Medical Assisting 4 cr
MA 203 Computers in Medical Assisting 4 cr
General Education Requirements
BIOL 101,101L Biology I, and Lab (Goal 4) 4 cr
TOTAL: 49 cr
Associate of Applied Science Degree: Accounting Technology
(4 to 4½ Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 110 Introduction to Business Information 2 cr
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 cr
BI 115 Practicum 3 cr
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 147 Accounting Applications 3 cr
BI 148 Payroll Procedures 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
ACCT 201 Principles of Accounting I 3 cr
ACCT 202 Principles of Accounting II 3 cr
MANT 242 Introduction to Business Law and Ethics 3 cr
MATH 108 Intermediate Algebra 3 cr
MATH 143 College Algebra 3 cr
General Education Requirements
ENGL 101 English Composition 3 cr
Goal 1 3 cr
Goal 3 3 cr
ECON 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (Goal 11) 3 cr
OR
ECON 202 Principles of Microeconomics (Goal 11) 3 cr
Goals 2-12 (minimum) 4 cr
TOTAL: 71 cr
Associate of Applied Science Degree: Administrative Management Technology
(4 to 4½ Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 110 Introduction to Business Information 2 cr
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 cr
BI 115 Practicum 2 cr
BI 118 Business Communications 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 cr
BI 154 Administrative Management 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 172 Business Information Integration
and Presentation 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
General Education Requirements
ENGL 101 English Composition 3 cr
Goal 1 3 cr
Goal 2 3 cr
Goal 3 3 cr
Goals 4-12 (minimum) 4 cr
TOTAL: 61 cr
Associate of Applied Science Degree: Legal Office Technology
Semesters)
Required Courses:
BI 115 Practicum 1-3 cr
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 cr
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 cr
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 cr
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3 cr
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 cr
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 cr
BI 144 Document Processing 3 cr
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 cr
BI 152 Legal Terminology and Office Procedures 3 cr
BI 153 Legal Document Processing 3 cr
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 cr
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 cr
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 cr
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 cr
MANT 121 Essentials of Management 3 cr
MANT 240 Legal Environment 3 cr
PARA 110 Introduction to Paralegal Studies 3 cr
OR
PARA 210 Fundamentals of Legal Research and Analysis 3 cr
General Education Requirements:
ENGL 101 English Composition 3 cr
Goal 2 3 cr
Goal 3 3 cr
POLS 101 Introduction to American Government 3 cr
Goal 12 3 cr
Goals 3-12 (minimum) 1 cr
TOTAL: 61 cr
Courses
BI 110 Introduction
to Business Information 2 credits. Introduces
general organizational and administrative office skills, professional
dress, etiquette, ethics, and human relations. Explore careers in the
field of business information. D
BI 112 Voice Recognition 1 credit. Introduction to use of voice recognition technology. D
BI 115 Practicum 1-3 credits. On-the-job experience
through internships, cooperative training, externships, workstudy, or other
on-site work experience modalities. Graded P/NP. PREREQ: Permission of instructor.
F, S, Su
BI 116 Professional Leadership Development 1 credit.
Integrates the Business Professionals of America (BPA) student
organization into the Business Information curriculum.
Emphasis on developing leadership, professionalism, poise,
dependability, patriotism, and skills competency. D
BI 118 Business Communications I 3 credits. Develops and reinforces skills in grammar, sentence
structure, spelling, word usage, vocabulary, and punctuation. Emphasis
on discussions of workplace communication and short compositions for use in the
business environment. F, S
BI 119 Business Communications II 3 credits. Provides
communication skills necessary to speak and write clearly in business
environment. Focus on proofreading, editing, composition, oral and
listening communications, basic research, and employment methods.
PREREQ: BI 118 with a grade of “C-” or better. F, S
BI 120 Concepts of Accounting 3 credits. Course
in the basics of accounting and the accounting cycle. Includes exercises
in journalizing, posting, closing procedures and financial statement generation.
F, S
BI 121 Digital Input and Transcription 3
credits. Use current digital input devices
(digital recorders, speech recognition, personal digital assistants,
and handwriting tablets) and standard transcription equipment
to produce and manage business information. Emphasis on punctuation,
word study, spelling, formatting, and proofreading skills. PREREQ: BI
118 and BI 144 or permission of the instructor. D
BI 123 Business Mathematics 3 credits. Review
of basic mathematics with emphasis on application problems in common business
situations. F, S
BI 131 Shorthand I 3 credits. Introduction
to the principles of shorthand, including the shorthand alphabet, brief forms
and phrasing. Develops the student's ability to read shorthand and to take
dictation at a minimum of 50 words per minute. D
BI 132 Shorthand II 3 credits. Puts shorthand
theory to work to build speed and accuracy in dictation and transcription.
Student should achieve a minimum speed of 80 words per minute. PREREQ: BI
131. Student must have completed or be enrolled in BI 144. D
BI 140 Keyboard Skill Development 1 credit. Enhances keyboarding skills and challenges
students to attain higher keyboarding speeds. Emphasis on mastering the keyboard,
developing good keyboarding techniques, and building keyboarding skills in
speed and accuracy. PREREQ: 25 nwpm. F, S, Su
BI 141 Keyboarding 1 credit. This is a
tutorial class covering the keyboard and basic typing skills. Develops the
student's ability to type at a minimum rate of 25 nwam. F, S, Su
BI 144 Document Processing 3 credits. Builds basic word processing competencies. Emphasis on learning
word processing functions, developing basic formatting skills, and learning
document production such as letters, memos, reports, and table functions.
Participants will develop competency with hands-on experience utilizing word
processing software. PREREQ: 25 nwpm. D
BI 145 Advanced Document Processing 3 credits. This
course emphasizes advanced word processing proficiency and focuses on productivity
and mailability in document production. Emphasis is also placed on work habits
and communication skills. PREREQ: BI 144. F, S
BI 147 Accounting Applications 3 credits. Advanced
business accounting concepts, principles, and practices.
Partnership and corporate accounting, accounting for stocks and
bonds. Emphasis on critical thinking and on reinforcing previous
accounting knowledge. PREREQ: BI 118, BI 120, and BI 123. S
BI 148 Payroll Procedures 3 credits. Payroll
concepts and procedures including payroll calculations, payroll
registers, state and federal withholding and reporting
requirements. Both manual and computerized payroll systems will
be utilized. PREREQ: BI 120, BI 123, BI 170. S
BI 152 Legal Terminology and Office Procedures
3 credits. Prepares students to handle legal dictation and transcription,
to set up legal files and business records, to execute legal forms and
to follow through on procedures relating to a wide variety of actions.
This course is offered in the spring semester only. PREREQ: "C" or better
in BI 118. PREREQ OR COREQ: BI 119 and BI 145. S
BI 153 Legal Document Processing 3 credit. Students
will become familiar with the U.S. and Idaho court systems in the preparation
of forms and legal documents. Students will follow a lawsuit from before
it is filed through litigation, trial, judgment, and appeal. Terminology
will be utilized in handling legal dictation and transcription. PREREQ OR
COREQ: BI 152. S
BI
154 Administrative Management 3 credits. Preparation for a broad range
of administrative office management responsibilities. Collaboration
skills, professional development, and career planning strategies.
PREREQ: BI 118 and BI 144. PREREQ OR COREQ: BI 173 and BI 174. S, F
BI 170 Introduction to Computers 3 credit. Basic
concepts, vocabulary, and working knowledge required to use a computer.
Weekly lectures/labs utilizing computers to understand concepts,
operating systems, and
software applications such as word processing, database, spreadsheets,
electronic presentations, E- mail/Internet, and integrated projects
that are used in the business environment. PREREQ: 25 nwpm. F, S, Su
BI 171 Computerized Accounting 3 credits. This
course is designed to offer the student the opportunity to experience hands-on
microcomputer bookkeeping procedures, generate reports, and analyze financial
statements. PREREQ: BI 120, BI 140, BI 144, and BI 170, or permission of
instructor. F, S
BI 172 Business Information Integration and Presentation 3 credits.
Integrate computer applications to produce and present project-based
electronic business information, using software such as Adobe
Acrobat, PhotoShop, MS Office, MS Publisher, and basic HTML. F, S
BI 173 Spreadsheets 3 credits. This course
is designed to acquaint users with the process and skills of using personal
computers and application software to create and format spreadsheets for
the use of data computation and manipulation, database and file management,
spreadsheet analysis, graphs. PREREQ: BI 170 or permission of
instructor. Typing speed of 25 nwpm recommended. D
BI 174 Records and Database Management 3 credits.
Introduction to records management. Emphasis on principles and
practices of effective records management for manual and computerized
records systems. PREREQ: BI 170 or permission of instructor; typing
speed of 25 nwpm recommended. D
BI 175 Computer Applications I 3 credits. This
course is designed to allow students to complete simulated projects utilizing
a variety of computer applications. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D
BI 201 Business Information Resources Management 3 credits. Tools
for managing technology and productivity in today's business
environment. Basic computer and network maintenance and
troubleshooting. PREREQ: BI 154 or permission of instructor. F
BI 298 Special Topics 1-8 credits. This
course is designed to address the specific needs of individuals. It will
enable the students to upgrade their technical skills through part-time enrollment
in units of instruction that are currently available through the program's
full-time employment curriculum. PREREQ: Permission of instructor. D
