Accounting
Accounting can help by providing you with the basic accounting
principles used in business and personal financial management.
Manual and computer-based accounting practices for service businesses,
merchandising businesses, and corporations will be used, as
well as an accounting simulation that will help students learn
what it’s like to run a real-life business. This course
provides an excellent foundation for careers in business or
further course work in accounting.
Business Tech and the Web
This is a one-semester, hands-on course designed to acquaint
students with the fine art of WebTop publishing and desktop
publishing. This class will show you how to design creative
Web pages. Students will use desktop publishing to create
great-looking newsletters, reports, flyers, announcements,
invitations, or presentation materials. Students will use
the Internet (the Web) to research various topics and then
design final reports.
Advanced Computer Applications—Word
This course would be helpful to all students. It is a one-semester
course designed to teach students advanced word processing
software for business and personal applications. Areas covered
may include macros, enhanced columns and tables, merging of
files, and desktop publishing.
Advanced Computer Applications—Excel/PowerPoint
This course is a one-semester course designed to teach students
how to enhance their business and personal applications in
the areas of spreadsheets and presentation graphics
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Business is a survey course that offers a
relevant and practical presentation of factors that influence
our economy. Consumer information and career guidance are
emphasized when appropriate. Students will be exposed to a
variety of topics that will serve as a base for future business
courses. Topics covered include economics, marketing, management,
entrepreneurship, international business, business ethics,
consumer rights and responsibilities, and credit. This is
a semester course.
Marketing
As the world becomes smaller and as American business moves
into new frontiers in developing countries, the study of marketing
offers many opportunities for you to improve your knowledge
of the world’s economy. Topics covered include an introduction
to marketing, basics of marketing, marketing planning, developing
and distributing products/services, and advertising and sales.
This is a semester course. Students enrolled are encouraged
to join DECA.
Personal Computer Applications
This is a required course for graduation. Students will learn
how to format a variety of documents that they will be using
throughout high school and the rest of their lives. This includes
memos and letters, reports, tables, charts, job applications
and related documents, and other skills related to word processing.
This is a semester class.
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