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Office Administration

Code	Course Description
OADM 1103	Introduction to Keyboarding This course is an excellent introduction for anyone taking computer courses. Its purpose is to develop touch-typing skills to a minimum of 30 accurate words per minute on straight-copy timings. A popular software program will demonstrate keystrokes and provide practice and assessment as students learn and practice touch-typing skills. Another popular software program will analyze individual weaknesses and prescribe appropriate drills for maximum speed and accuracy. Computer functions will be learned as required.
OADM 1218	Legal Office Procedures – Introduction and Corporate Law This course introduces students to the skills and attributes required of and the duties performed by a legal administrative assistant in British Columbia. Students are given an overview of the Canadian and British Columbia legal systems and of referencing the sources of law. Students develop skill in preparing general legal correspondence and documents, in using general legal terminology, and in handling financial and client records. Specialized terminology, procedures, and documentation related to proprietorships, partnerships, and non-reporting companies are covered.
OADM 1230	Administrative Accounting Procedures This course will introduce students to the concepts and practices of financial accounting for service businesses. Students will complete the accounting cycle for a service business and complete the accounting cycle to trial balance for a merchandising business. Students will be introduced to special journals, subsidiary ledgers, sales taxes, payroll activities, bank reconciliations and petty cash systems. After completing routine and periodic processes manually, students will process some of the same transactions using a computerized accounting system.
OADM 1241	Office Relations and Productivity Skills The focus of this course is to develop a student’s effectiveness as an administrative support professional by enhancing employability skills necessary to work in team-focused office environments. Techniques will be presented to improve a student’s ability in problem-solving and decision-making; contributing to teams; assessing and prioritizing work assignments to meet deadlines; managing projects; conducting formal and informal meetings; meeting third-party, employer and co-worker expectations; and resolving interpersonal or work assignment conflicts. Particular focus will be placed on applied skills that would increase productivity and efficiency.
OADM 1303	Keyboarding Skill Development This is a keyboarding course for students wishing to increase their typing speed to a minimum of 40 net words per minute on straight-copy timings. Keyboarding software programs will be used to evaluate and provide drills for correcting individual weaknesses. These programs have proven very successful in building speed and accuracy to levels commonly sought by employers. It is expected that students will have learned to “touch-type” before registering for this course. Touch typing means your fingers rest on “home row” when they are not reaching for keys in the upper or bottom rows, and that you can key without looking at the keyboard or your fingers. If you are not touch-typing, OADM 1103 is a more appropriate course for you to take.
OADM 1326	Legal Office Procedures - Litigation This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of the Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of civil litigation in British Columbia. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in topics such as Canadian law, Canadian court system, civil and criminal process, pleadings, default judgment, setting an action down for trial, discovery, trial, enforcement, settlement, and chambers applications. This is a “hands-on” course in which the students integrate keyboard, computer, document formatting, and transcription skills with knowledge of civil law.
OADM 1327	Legal Office Procedures - Family Law This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of family law in British Columbia. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in topics such as statutes and rules, divorce and family courts, marriage in B.C., pre-nuptial and separation agreements, undefended and defended divorce actions, chambers applications, annulment, change of name, adoption and applications to Provincial Court. This is a “hands-on” course in which the students integrate keyboard, computer, document formatting and transcription skills, with a knowledge of family law.
OADM 1328	Legal Office Procedures-Conveyancing This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of conveyancing in British Columbia. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in topics such as systems of land registration, land title searches, offers to purchase, methods to convey interests in land, registering and discharging mortgages and other interests in land, statements of adjustments, and the execution and registration of documents filed in Land Title Offices.
OADM 1329	Legal Office Procedures- Wills And Estates This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of wills and estates in British Columbia. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in topics such as Wills and Codicils, Grants of Probate and Administration with and without a Will, transferring the deceased’s assets, and winding up estates. This is a “hands-on” course in which the students integrate keyboard, computer, document formatting, and transcription skills, with knowledge of estate law.
OADM 1344	Administrative Procedures This project-based course focuses on meetings, travel and conference planning, revising and using procedures manuals, archiving, retaining and destroying documents, and creating slideshow presentations. Students will learn and use project management tools and techniques. THIS COURSE MUST BE TAKEN AT THE SAME TIME AS OADM 1350 - Office Simulation. (Students not in the Administrative Assistant Certificate program who wish to take this course alone must obtain a co-requisite waiver from the instructor.)
OADM 1346	Computer Applications II This course is a "hands-on" computer course. The students will build on their working knowledge of computers while developing new skills in using spreadsheets, presentation software, databases, and PDF editors. Students will apply the knowledge and use of these tools to solve problems encountered in an office environment. Students will be expected to integrate their learning and to incorporate the use of these tools in the production of professional documents that adhere to workplace standards.
OADM 1350	Office Simulation This simulation-based course is designed to enhance skills students have learned in all areas of the Administrative Assistant Certificate program. THIS COURSE MUST BE TAKEN AT THE SAME TIME AS OADM 1344 Administrative Procedures.
OADM 1437	Wills and Estates This is a BCCampus online provincial course. This course introduces the student to the role and responsibilities of a Legal Administrative Assistant employed in the field of wills and estates in British Columbia. Students will gain knowledge and practical experience in preparation of wills and codicils and the documents necessary to apply grants of Probate and Administration (with and without a Will), transferring the deceased's assets, and winding up estates. Students will prepare documents acceptable to the Probate Registry for filing, followed by transmission and distribution of estates. This is a "hands-on" course in which the students integrate keyboard, computer, document formatting, and transcription skills, with knowledge of estate law.