This course gives students an opportunity to develop correct touch-typing technique and reach a minimum keyboarding speed of 30 gross words per minute (gwpm) on a five-minute test with a maximum of five errors.
Prerequisites
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What you will learn
- Correct touch-typing technique
Correct ergonomics
Skill-building on a QWERTY keyboard
How to register
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
Course schedules
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Contact us
If you have any question, please email at advising@vcc.ca.
Additional information
Students who request PLAR for this course will be required to demonstrate, to the Department’s satisfaction, that they can have correct touch-typing technique and can keyboard at 30 gross words per minute (gwpm) on a five-minute test with a maximum of five errors.
Process:
1. Apply and meet all the admission requirements for the Administrative Professional 1 Certificate.
2. Contact the Applied Business Department Head to request PLAR.
3. Arrange a date and time with the Department Head to take a keyboarding test.
4. Complete the PLAR form and submit payment.
See Policy D.3.5 for more information about VCC’s PLAR procedures.
† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.