Lab fee required. BEDU 201 or department permission. Develops skill in rapid writing and reading systems along with related study, listening and basic transcription skills. The management of financial resources to satisfy personal or family goals. Budgeting, consumer credit, investments, insurance, real estate, wills and trusts, and income taxes.
Students learn to make decisions within the context of a realistic consumer-oriented environment.
Open to all students. An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Techniques to utilize staff and equipment most effectively, record keeping, work flow, evaluating personnel, establishing policies and standards of operation as applied to word processing. A continuation of BEDU 225 which develops higher speeds in notetaking and transcription skills for employment and professional use.