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BUSINESS DEPARTMENT COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
The Business department
offers a variety of electives for students
who may be looking to: a) gain information
about careers in business, or b) prepare
themselves for a career in the business
field.
Below is the recommended progression through the
business electives offered by the Business
department. Not all possible course sequences
have been shown.
All students are required to complete 0.5
credit of computers. These courses may be
taken at any time, but it is strongly
recommended students take a computer course
during their freshman year. Students planning
to pursue a career in the business field are
urged to take computer courses throughout
their high school experience.
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1500 Accounting I
(Grades 10-12) (MATH CREDIT) 1 Credit
Accounting I has
been designed to teach the student
how to prepare, read, and interpret
simple business reports and financial
statements. The student will master
the techniques necessary to keep a
set of books for a sole
proprietorship and partnership.
Automated accounting procedures are
also introduced along with "hands on"
accounting experiences. The course is
highly recommended for the college
bound student preparing for a
business career.
2500 Accounting II (Grades 11-12) (NO MATH CREDIT) 1 Credit
Prerequisite: Accounting I
Accounting II will
develop skills essential to
accounting practice, to recognize and
apply proper principles to any system
of keeping records for business
transactions, and to gain a knowledge
and understanding of business papers
pertaining to the principles of
partnership and corporate accounting.
Automated accounting systems are
introduced and use is made of the
computer.
9562 Microsoft Office
Applications I (Grades 9-10) (COMPUTER
CREDIT) .5 Credit
Microsoft Office
Applications I teaches proper
alphabetic and numeric touch-typing
skills. Document formatting will
include personal and business
letters, centering exercises, term
papers, research papers and tables.
Introduction to Choices computer
software is also included. This
course is recommended for all
students desiring
computer-keyboarding skills.
9563 Microsoft Office
Applications II (Grades 9-12) (COMPUTER
CREDIT) .5 Credit
Required: Microsoft Office
Applications I
Microsoft Office
Applications II expands previous
computer training such as typing and
information processing skills.
Students will create documents with
detailed formatting, spreadsheets and
presentation projects using current
application software. Microsoft
Office Applications II will prepare
students for entry-level jobs and
entry-level college courses.
9564 Microsoft Office Applications III
(Grades 11-12) (COMPUTER CREDIT) .5 Credit
Required: Microsoft Office
Applications I or II
Microsoft Office Applications III is a
software overview course. Students learn
to create a variety of documents using
our most current software packages.
Instructional units include, but are not
limited to, Microsoft Publisher
(newsletters, posters, pamphlets, etc.),
Microsoft PowerPoint (slideshow content
and technical preparation), WORD, EXCEL,
and ACCESS. Student projects expand
technical knowledge and develop creative
design skills.
2140 Business English (Grade 12) 1 Credit
Business
English, taken instead of English
12, can be elected by seniors who
are specializing in business
education, anticipating a
business career, and/or planning
to attend a business, trade, or
technical school. This course
stresses a variety of
communication skills: listening,
speaking, all-purpose and
technical writing, researching,
evaluating, and proofreading, and
editing. A research paper or a
simulation project will be
required and will meet the
graduation project requirement.
0530 Business Ownership
(Grades 10-12) .5 Credit
This course will
increase the students’ knowledge of
creating, owning, and operating a
business. Students will select a
business, research, and determine the
need for it and develop the business
by building a "Business Plan." The
"Business Plan" will be developed at
various stages through class
lectures, assignments, and projects.
As each project is completed, the
"Business Plan" will be created. The
course will look at the following
aspects of entrepreneurship:
creating, researching, managing,
marketing, and advertising. Students
will use basic accounting principles,
general business information, and
computer skills to develop their
business.
1560 Business and
Personal Law (Grades 10-12) .5 Credit
Business and Personal Law's major
emphasis will be in contract law -
the ground rules we use to define our
private rights and duties. The course
will include an introduction to
criminal, civil and procedural law.
The student will also learn about
problems in society, classifications
of crimes, trial procedures, the law
of negligence, marriage and divorce,
rental agreements, and other consumer
and family issues related to the law.
9581 Introduction to
Business (Grades 9-12) .5 Credit
Introduction to
Business is a beginning level class.
The students learn money management
skills, how to use credit wisely, and
consumer shopping skills. They also
study the economy, national and local
business activity, future career
trends, insurance, communications,
and the role of government in
business. Because of its wide range
of basic business topics, the course
is especially valuable to student
planning to take business courses in
high school and/or college. However,
both personal business topics and
job-related topics are valuable to
all high school students.
9561 Computer Literacy (Grades 9-12)(COMPUTER CREDIT) .5 Credit
This basic course
will provide students with the
opportunity to develop the skills
needed to utilize the technology
available at the high school.
Students will review how to use the
computer network, application
software available on the computers,
and saving documents. Students will
develop a working knowledge of career
software, word processing,
spreadsheets, graphics, and Internet
browsers. THIS COURSE CANNOT BE
SCHEDULED IF THE STUDENT HAS
SUCCESSFULLY PASSED ONE OF THE
FOLLOWING COURSES WITH A GRADE OF "C"
OR HIGHER: KEYBOARDING, APPLIED
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, OR ANY COMPUTER
SCIENCE COURSES.
1510 Investing
101 (Grades 11-12) .5 Credit
This course is
designed to introduce the student to
the wide array of investment
opportunities in today’s world. This
course stresses saving for college,
managing your debt, and a wide array
of personal investing options such as
savings accounts, stocks and bonds,
mutual funds, real estate and IRA’s—both
traditional and Roth. Also included
in the course will be planning
finances for future endeavors such as
retirement.
9540 Legal and Medical
Terminology (Grade 10-12) .5 Credit
Students will be
exposed to the vocabulary of both
professions by working with root
words and variations. Students will
learn the basic vocabularies and
learn to write using said vocabulary.
Students will read medical essays and
translate them both verbally and in
writing to be understood on an eighth
or ninth grade reading level.
Students will be given the
opportunity to talk with paralegals
and medical secretaries about their
specific professional areas, their
training, and their need for
upgrading their skills. Students will
learn to recognize various
information forms (deed, will,
transfer of title, insurance reports,
etc.) and receive instructions on how
to fill them out either on paper or
on line. Various proofreading skills
will be examined - this is of
particular importance in both these
professional fields.
0540 Marketing (Grades 10-12) .5 Credit
Students will be
exposed to a wide array of marketing
functions. These functions will
include marketing impacts on society
and economics, competition,
E-commerce, developing new products
and services, promotion and
advertising, and identifying
effective communication within the
business and in public relations.
This course will build on these
ideals and enable the student to
learn how businesses use marketing
planning and strategies to increase
effectiveness and profits. Students
in turn will be able to make improved
purchasing decisions and thus become
a wise consumer.
0510 Personal
Financial Management (Grades
10-12) .5 Credit
In Personal
Financial Management, students learn
how to prepare a wide range of
financial records for personal use;
and they become familiar with the
procedures related to personal money
management. Although Personal
Financial Management is an elective
course offered through the Business
Department, it is a fundamental
course that helps all students deal
with their personal finances.
Students learn how to maintain
checking and savings accounts, how to
prepare personal budgets and keep
track of money received and spent;
and where to protect their personal
ownership records. In addition,
Personal Financial Management
provides students with many valuable
consumer skills. Students learn about
the importance of using credit
wisely, the expense of using credit,
and the effective
management of credit.
9530 Workforce
Preparation (Grades 9-11) .5 Credit
Exploring one’s
personal interests and abilities
during high school years is an
excellent way to start preparing for
the world of work. Taking this course
early in high school gives students
the opportunity to plan for their
futures. Units studied include:
employment trends, specific career
research, training and education
requirements, job application
processes, employment interview
techniques, work ethics, and being a
TQW (Total Quality Worker). In
cooperation with the guidance
counselors, students will also
explore their individual career
interests and talents. Taking this
course will enable students to become
ideal candidates for any job
shadowing experience that may become
available.
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