ADMN 1309 - Records Management

Credit hours: 3

Course Description:
Provides an opportunity to demonstrate management decisions involved in planning, organizing, and controlling the records of an organization. Topics include using ARMA rules for alphabetic, geographic, subject, chronologic, and numeric filing; simulating filing procedures and techniques; and exploring computer filing methods and micrographics

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

Describe the role of records management in the organization
Identify basic types of filing and storage equipment
Demonstrate the use of card, alphabetic, subject, numeric, and geographic records systems
Describe special records storage and retrieval including microfilm, mechanized, and automated systems
Define and explain establishment and control of a records management program
Use ARMA roes for filing systems
Describe information technology such as the internet, optical disk storage systems, image systems, and electronic mail