PCC/ CCOG / OS

Course Content and Outcome Guide for OS 240

Date:
08-NOV-2011
Posted by:
Michael Passalacqua
Course Number:
OS 240
Course Title:
Filing and Records Management
Credit Hours:
4
Lecture hours:
30
Lecture/Lab hours:
20
Lab hours:
0
Special Fee:
$6

Course Description

Develop skills for indexing, coding, and cross-referencing documents to be filed. Includes requisitions and charge-outs, records transfer, various filing systems, and an overall view of the role of records management in business including electronic and image records. Recommended: RD 115; WR 115; and basic computer skills. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

Perform the duties of a filing clerk.

Course Activities and Design

Students will be able to:
 

  • Apply basic filing rules to manage records efficiently
  • Enter and sort data in an electronic database

Outcome Assessment Strategies

 

A letter grade will be issued for this course.  Assessment tasks may include:
  • Scored Assignments or Projects
  • Performance Tests
  • Objective Tests


 

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

Themes, Concepts, Issues
 
Filing Terminology
Electronic File Management
Filing Rules
Filing systems:
Alphabetic
Numeric
Subject
Geographic
 
Filing process:
Request
Retrieve
Charge out
Follow up
 


 
Competencies, Skills 
  • Use terminology basic to filing functions within a records management program. 
  • Demonstrate application of alphabetic, numeric, subject and geographic filing rules by indexing, coding, sorting, cross referencing, and storing representative examples of business documents. 
  • Demonstrate processing of file requests, retrieval, charge out, and follow-up techniques by completing exercises using representative examples of business documents.
  • Utilize database software to create tables, queries, and reports.