TEXTBOOK: Procedures for the Office Professional by Fulton-Caulkins and Hanks. Fourth Edition; South-Western Publishing Co., 2000.

WEBSITE: The course is located at: www.instruction.greenriver.edu/tmccabe/Bus_E250.htm

ON CAMPUS REQUIREMENTS:
1. Although this is an online course - the Presentation Unit is still a part of the curriculum and you will be required to give an oral presentation to the class.  Please see the Presentation Unit for more information. 

2. All of your exams are to be taken at the testing center.  You may take your exams any time that you want - provided it is by each exam's due date. All due dates are on Saturday's except for the last one which is due by the final day of class of the quarter. The testing center is closed for regular testing on Wednesdays.  Please see the Submitting Work web page for more information and the Assignment page for specific due dates.

CLASS FEE:
There is a $30 class fee that is non-refundable.  This fee allows you to take a set of  video tapes home for the quarter.  If you don't want to pay the fee - then you may watch the videos in the library free of charge. You must return the tapes to the library at the end of the quarter. In order to pick up your tapes - you must bring your receipt from the Cashier's office showing your fee has been paid along with your student I.D. to the circulation desk in Holman Library.

To maintain or improve previously learned business-related skills and knowledge

To provide the means to attain new skills and confidence in performing secretarial-managerial operations in the following areas:

Human Relations and Professionalism in business

Time Management

Stress Management

Presentations

Team Building

Transmittal Services (postal, electronic mail, telephone)

Written Communication

Administrative Support Services:

Assisting with travel, conferences, and meetings

Presenting statistical information

To study issues such as ethics, sexual harassment, and diversity. 

40% Assignments

40%  Tests* over the text book, videos, and lectures/narratives 

20% Final Project

ACADEMIC ETHICS:  Tests are to be completed without talking or collaborating with others.  Assignments are to be completed individually and without collaborating with others and without plagiarizing. Duplication of someone else’s work (be it another student, professional, web page, book, etc.) represents cheating behavior. Cheating behavior of any kind, including but not limited to: talking during tests, collaborating during tests, resubmission of old papers/assignments, papers or assignments used in other courses, and/or papers or documents written by somebody else will result in the student receiving a final course grade of 0.0

Any cheating behavior will be reported to the Dean. For further information, please consult the Student Code and Conduct section of the Green River Community College Student Handbook.

SPECIAL NEEDS:
If you need course adaptation or special accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical information, or if you have special accommodations that need to be shared with me in the event that the building needs to be evacuated, please contact me at: tmccabe@greenriver.edu or via phone at:  253-833-9111 ext. 4783. If you use an alternative medium for communicating, please let me know before the meeting so that appropriate accommodations can be made.

Final grade will be assigned in accordance with Green River Community College’s decimal grading scale:

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Approximate letter grade equivalents: 3.6 to 4.0 = A; 2.7 to 3.5 = B; 1.7 to 2.6 = C; 0.7 to 1.6 = D; and Below 0.7 = F