Keyboarding Skill Competency Recommendations

Welcome! We are excited that you have chosen to focus your studies in business. The programs we offer have been developed and designed to provide program majors with essential skills and competencies needed to be successfully employed in the business community.

Keyboarding and 10-key competencies are two of the skills our Advisory Committee, consisting of local business professionals, and the State-Wide Administrative Office Professionals (AOP) Consortium, have identified as essential. Beginning in the 2010-2011 academic year, we have added keyboarding and 10-key entry skill levels as recommended competencies in many of our course prerequisites, and the following program prerequisites:

• Accounting Associate of Applied Science Degree
• Administrative Office Professional (AOP) Associate of Applied Science Degree
• Business Assistant One-Year Certificate

Our AOP program was intentionally designed with classes that provide opportunities to develop keyboarding skills through weekly practice and timings and that are structured with a progression of entry-level skill recommendations.

The following is designed to provide information on our program prerequisites, to assist in your understanding of the Business Department's skill competency recommendations and testing options, and to provide information about college placement testing.

Pre-Program Skill Competency Recommendations

Ability to accurately type 30 words per minute (based on average of the best three out of five 3-minute timings with 5 or fewer errors), or pass BT 010 Computer Keyboarding.

Ability to accurately key 130-132 strokes per minute on an electronic calculator (based on average of the best three out of five 3-minute timings with 8 or fewer errors), or pass BT 020 10-Key Calculator.

The Business Department offers free keyboarding skill competency tests to assist beginning students in determining their skill levels. You may take keyboarding tests multiple times in your AOP classes that have graded keyboarding skill levels. Instructions and grading ranges will be available from your instructor in each class. Once you meet the recommended competencies, no further testing is needed.

It is recommended that these tests be taken one term prior to enrolling in appropriate class. Since timings may be a graded component in some classes, students are encouraged to practice typing, on their own time to improve keyboarding speed and accuracy. Instructors may permit time in class for practice, but are not required to do so.

Administrative Office Professional (AOP) AAS Degree Program Requirement Course Competency Recommendations

Note: Courses are offered during the term listed in the program and they may also be offered during additional terms.

Program Directed Elective Course Competency Recommendations