BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY
Course 762 ACCOUNTING I (Level 2) In this course students gain an understanding of the accounting cycle including the reconciliation of statements, preparation of financial statements, checking accounts, Federal tax returns, payroll systems, sales tax, and the formation of corporations. Course 760 ACCOUNTING II (Level 2) Requirements: Students must have taken Accounting I. Students expand their knowledge of business procedures by examining current accounting practices in partnerships, purchase and sales, inventory, payroll, corporations, and the planning and analysis of financial statements. Students will gain practical experience through two simulated business projects. Course 765 BUSINESS LAW (Level 2) Requirements: Open to seniors, this one semester course must be taken in conjunction with Marketing (Course 766). Students will examine the relationship of law to the citizen, the minor, the consumer and the business community. An overview of law enforcement, contracts, personal property, warranties, employment practices, liability and torts is provided. Course 766 MARKETING (Level 2) Requirements: Open to seniors, this one semester course must be taken in conjunction with course (765) Business Law. Students will be provided with a general overview of marketing practices. Major areas of study include: pricing, advertising, sales, research, production and distribution strategies. Course 768 STATISTICS (Level 2) Requirements: This course must be taken in conjunction with Economics (Course 769). This introductory course is designed to exemplify how statistics is used to picture and describe the real world. Students learn how to apply statistics to real-life situations and practice making informed decisions about statistics. Authentic and accessible real-life applications include such diverse disciplines as business, psychology, health sciences, sports, computer science, political science, and mathematics. The curriculum uses a balanced approach between computation, decision-making, and conceptual understanding. Topics covered include data classification, experimental design, descriptive statistics, probability, discrete and normal probability distributions and confidence intervals. Use of technology including Microsoft Excel and TI-83 calculator are part of the course. Course 769 ECONOMICS (Level 2) Requirements: This course must be taken in conjunction with Statistics (Course 768). Economics is the study of the choices and decisions people make about how to use the world's resources. Major topics will include Factors of Production, Economic Systems, American Free Enterprise, How Markets Work, Money Banking and Finance and Measuring Economic Performance. The curriculum stresses economic reasoning guided by a set of principles derived from basic assumptions about human behavior. By reference to such basics as the laws of supply and demand and the role of prices and profits in market systems, students learn how market systems work. Through lessons on earning an income, money management, saving, and investing, students are helped to envision their future in a market economy. Through lessons on fiscal policy, monetary policy, economic growth, inflation and labor markets, students can assess the government's role in the economy. Course 713 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (Level 2) Requirements: This one semester course is required for all freshmen. This course introduces the student to Microsoft office 2007 applications. Using the application software in this office suite, the student will learn the proper procedures to create word processing documents, manipulate data using spreadsheets, and create computer-generated presentations. Students will also learn to use these applications in an integrated manner. Activities are designed in an exercise-oriented approach that allows learning by doing! Emphasis is placed on "hand-on" exercises that give the students exposure and experience to practical examples of the computer as a useful tool. This course also introduces the student to computer hardware, networks, the Internet and new technology. Course 751 VISUAL BASIC (Level 2) Requirements: Students selecting this course must also register for Management Information Systems (Course 756 ), be enrolled in a mathematics course and be approved by the Visual Basic teacher. Problem solving is more important than the memorization of facts. Every problem, whether simple or complicated, requires some process for obtaining and implementing a solution. It is this process that must be the focus of learning. This course offers the student an invaluable opportunity to develop problem-solving skills. Students will master the process of defining a problem, breaking it down into a series of smaller problems, and finally writing a computer program to solve it allowing the student to learn to think logically. Moreover, the student is made aware of the capabilities and limitations of the computer and soon realizes that the programmer-the human element-is more important than the machine. This course introduces the principles of programming in Visual Basic 2005. Students will design, code, and debug Graphic User Interface (GUI) programs and apply the techniques to business applications. Fundamental programming concepts including variables, conditional control structures, loops and arrays, menus and graphics are covered. ***A programming language is a set of written words, symbols, and codes, with a strict set of usage rules called language syntax that a programmer uses to communicate instructions to a computer. To be successful you must carefully study the examples given in the text. This does not require a computer, rather the discipline to grasp the concept**
Course 756 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS (Level 2) Requirements: Students selecting this course must also register for Visual Basic (Course 751). This one semester course is designed to introduce to students the fundamentals of management Information Systems (MIS). The curriculum will focus on the design, implementation, control, evaluation and strategic use of modern, computer-based information systems for business data processing, office automation, information reporting, decision-making and electronic commerce. Hands-on computer based case studies will be a major focus of this course. These cases ask students to think about real-world business situations. These cases also provide students with hands-on experience, using the kind of software that they had learned to use their computer literacy courses. Finally these cases strengthen the student's ability to analyze a problem, examine alternative solutions and implement a solution using software (Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel)Course 757 WEB DEVELOPMENT (Level 2) Open to Juniors and Seniors this two semester course will serve as an introduction to web development. Over the course of the year topics to be covered include HTML, image manipulation, JavaScript, Java Applets, cascading style sheets (CSS), XML and File Transfer Protocol (FTP). Students will explore the major aspects of web design, search engine optimization (SEO),and Internet marketing. Students will be exposed to project management and ethical issues in web development. HTML will initially be developed using hand-coding then students will be introduced to WYSIWYG development using Dreamweaver. |
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