Legal Office Systems Concentration

Associate of Science Degree, Business Major

This two-year degree trains students interested in performing office work in a legal setting. Academic requirements in this program also apply to the Bachelor of Science degree for students who decide to continue their education after completing this degree. Special emphasis is given to terminology, skills, and procedures that are unique to legal office work. The program includes thorough preparation in basic office systems skills such as keyboarding, transcription, speedwriting, filing, and word processing.

Keyboarding skills: Students who complete keyboarding in high school take a placement exam to determine a course best suited for their skill. Required courses waived by placement exam must be replaced with other business electives.

Academic requirement: Students must have at least a “C” in all office administration courses. Because of the standard course rotation, the program should be started in the fall semester.

Academic Program Fee: $110 per semester or $27.50 per payment.

Recommended Course Sequence

FallSpringFirst Year
BI 101 New Testament Survey 2 CS 101 Introduction to Computer Applications 1 EN 101 English Grammar and Composition 3 MA 111 College Mathematics 3 OA 213 Survey of Accounting 3 PE   PE Activity Elective 1 SP 101 Fundamentals of Speech 3 Total Hours 16	BA 220 Business English 3 BI 102 New Testament Survey 2 EN 102 English Grammar and Composition 3 OA 210 Filing and Records Management 2 OA 241 Legal Terminology 3 OA 311 WordPerfect 3   Total Hours 16
FallSpringSecond Year
BA 201 Business Law 3 BI 201 Old Testament Survey 2 OA 201 Intermediate Keyboarding 4 OA 215 Speedwriting 3 OA 341 Legal Keyboarding 3   Elective 1 Total Hours 16	BA 403 Business Communications 3 BI 202 Old Testament Survey 2 OA 301 Advanced Keyboarding 4 OA 318 Office Procedures 3 OA 344 Machine Transcription for Legal Office 4   Total Hours 16