2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    May 06, 2024  
2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ELA 071 - Office Skills 1



8.0 Credits
Office Skills Part 1 is an intermediate to advanced ELA course with a focus on building skills for working in an office or transitioning to college. Students explore and use Windows operating system, Microsoft Word, Google Slides, and learn to write professional emails while expanding reading, writing, speaking, listening, and grammar skills. For students in levels 040-060 (level 030 students permitted in special circumstances). This class is aligned with the Career and College Readiness Standards (CCRS), as outlined in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) of 2016.
Prerequisite Placement by an instructor or advisor. 
Course-level Learning Objectives (CLOs)
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Use speaking and clarification strategies to understand and participate in formal and informal conversations.
  2. Use American punctuation rules and alphabetical order to organize and file information.
  3. Apply reading strategies to learn about life and work culture in the U.S.
  4. Produce, revise, and edit an academic paragraph and a simple essay.
  5. Use technology to assist with ELA, to navigate a learning management system, and apply computer application skills for academic and workplace communication.



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