BIM 1A Beginning Keyboarding

Units: 1
Hours: 18 hours LEC; 9 hours LAB
Grade Options: Letter Grade
This course is an introduction to touch keyboarding skills on a personal computer with standard typing keyboard for alphabetic, numeric, and symbol keys. The student learns proper touch keyboarding techniques to establish threshold speed and accuracy. Keyboarding focus is placed on speed and accuracy of 3-minute timed writing based on Gross Words A Minute (GWAM). An official typing certificate is awarded to students meeting current industry typing test certificate guidelines. (HBCU, CSU)