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BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
ACCOUNTING
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: 1.0
Course
Length: Year
(will alternate school years with marketing / business law - years
offered: 09-10)
Pre-requisite: None
Grades: 10-12
Description:
This course will provide a basic
understanding of the double entry accounting system. Students will learn concepts
including: accounting rules, the
accounting equation, the accounting cycle, transaction entry into journals,
posting to ledgers, end of period financial statements and reports, payroll
systems, banking activities, taxes, depreciation, uncollectible accounts,
inventories, notes and interest. An automated accounting system will be
integrated into the classroom activities.
This course provides accounting fundamentals to give students the
foundation for advanced course work in the fields of business or accounting
after high school.
ANNUAL
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: 1.0
Course
Length: Year
Grades: 10-12
Prerequisite:
Description:
This class will provide instruction
for hands on application of the yearbook publication. It will give direction in producing a
quality attention getting and journalistically sound yearbook. The class will also stress the master of
project development, responsibility, priority setting, word processing
skills, desktop publishing, graphic design, as well as the business
principles of advertising and sales.
In addition to publishing the yearbook this class also completes jobs
for area businesses and individuals, which include buttons, business cards,
graduation invitations, etc. Annual
photography students may need to dedicate time outside the school day for
picture taking at school events.
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BUSINESS
LAW
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: .5
Course
Length: Semester
(will alternate school year with accounting / years offered: 08-09, 10-11)
Grades: 10-12
Pre-requisite: None
Description:
This course will focus on the
following: Basics of laws and ethics,
US Court system, criminal law, business law (tort law, contract law, consumer
law, agents, employment law, starting a business), law governing: marriage, renting, buying a home,
insurance, retirement and estates, field trip to Barron County Courts, field
trip to a Realtor, projects: famous
criminals, mock trials.
COMPUTER
APPLICATIONS
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: .5
Course
Length: Semester
Grades: 9-12
Pre-requisite: None
Description:
In this course students will learn
basic skills in a variety of programs.
The course will begin with a brief keyboarding review, and quickly
move into word processing skills, including formatting and basic features in
Microsoft Word. The course then moves
on to the spread sheet skills, including basic set up, formulas, creating charts
and other skills using Microsoft Excel.
The course will also feature a brief unit covering database skills
using Microsoft Access and a unit on using the Internet to find
information. Presentation skills will
also be emphasized using basic guidelines for creating a PowerPoint
presentation. The course will end with
students learning a few very basic desktop publishing skills in Adobe
Pagemaker. The course will also cover
organizational skills - using folders to organize and save files.
This course is strongly recommended
for all students, especially students who plan to take annual, web design or
other technology intense courses. This
is also a great course to prepare student for college requirements.
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PERSONAL
FINANCE
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: .5
Course
Length: Semester
Grades: 9-12
Pre-requisite: None
Description:
This course is designed to prepare
the students for their use of financial services and providing a global look
at business activities and citizenship.
This course will focus on economics:
Business in the Global environment-Economic Decisions, Economic and
Business Activity Measurements, Global Business overview, Social
Responsibility of Business and Government, Personal Finance Management-using
a checkbook, budgets, personal financial statements, Income Taxes, Credit,
Insurance and (time permitting)job hunting such as resumes, cover letters,
references, applications, and interviews.
KEYBOARDING
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: .5
Course
Length: Semester
Grades: 9-12
Pre-requisite: None
Description:
In this course students will learn
how to use touch typing methods. We
will begin with the home row and work through all the alphanumeric keys, and
then move on to the punctuation and symbol keys. Students will also complete lessons using
the number pad. The course will focus
on speed, accuracy and improvement.
Students will learn proper technique, take timings, complete
proofreading activities, learn basic features using Microsoft Word and
formatting guidelines of basic documents.
This course is recommended for
all students who need to increase typing speed, especially for students who
wish to take computer applications, annual, web design or other technology
intense courses.
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MARKETING
Course
Type: Elective
Credit: .5
Course
Length: Semester (will alternate school years with
accounting / years offered: 08-09, 10-11)
Pre-requisite: None
Grades: 10-12
Description:
This course will focus on a number of
topics relating to the business world.
Basic business and marketing concepts will be taught and will set the
stage for the rest of the course.
Students will learn concepts of free enterprise (supply and demand),
occupational skills (customer service, professionalism, communication,
technology), marketing research techniques, the four p’s (product, price,
place, promotion) sales and selling, entrepreneurship, and the careers
available in marketing. Throughout the
course students will complete a variety of projects from creating their own
product, to writing a business plan, to testing for quality control (paper
airplane test). This course will teach
students a wide range of business related topics and will help to prepare
students for college and the work force.
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