MATERIALS AND PROCESSES
Grades – 9, 10
A one-hour per day course designed to enhance knowledge of industrial materials and how materials are processed to increase their value. Along with classroom instruction, provision is made for meaningful directed learning activities that appeal to students and enhance their learning experiences. Emphasis is placed on selection of proper materials for particular products and selection of appropriate processes for the quality of production required. Students will design, plan, and build projects by utilizing hand and power tools. Areas of study include the disciplines of Basic Technical Drafting, Woods Technology, and Welding Technology.
BASIC TECHNICAL DRAFTING I
Grades - 10, 11, 12
A one-half unit, one hour per day course for students interested in technical drafting and design technology. This first-year prerequisite course in drafting covers all aspects of drafting and design required for entrance into advanced courses. Skills are developed that will enable students to pursue additional study in architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, transportation, management, and education. Students are given the opportunity to develop the ability to express themselves in pictorial form, to describe the shape of objects through the use of drawings, and to read and understand projection methods and blue prints. Technical accuracy is necessary, and related mathematics, science, and technical communication are taught as components of drafting skill development. Students will also acquire twenty hours of computer aided drafting experience. PREREQUISITE: C or Better in Algebra I.
BASIC TECHNICAL DRAFTING II
Grades - 11, 12
A second semester, one-half unit, one-hour per day course for students who have taken the prerequisite Basic Technical Drafting I course during the first semester. PREREQUISITE: Basic Technical Drafting I
ADVANCED TECHNICAL DRAFTING
Grades - 11, 12
A one-hour per day course for students who have a career interest in the field of drafting and design. Students will be required to apply previously learned skills to more challenging assignments performed conventionally and with computer-aided drafting. Units of instruction include piping drafting, structural drafting, topographic drafting, cartography, electrical drafting, descriptive geometry, and introductory architectural drafting. PREREQUISITE: Basic Technical Drafting I and II with C or better
BASIC ELECTRICITY/ELECTRONICS
Grades - 11, 12
A one-hour per day course designed for students who are interested in the field of electricity and electronics. Hands-on learning exercises provide practical experiences in the use of circuit diagrams, tools, procedures, and test equipment. Career opportunities are explored in detail. Units of instruction include: safety, electrical theory, basic test equipment, electrical blueprint reading and basic electrical wiring for residential construction. PREREQUISITE: Materials and Processing
ADVANCED ELECTRICITY/ELECTRONICS
Grades - 12
Advanced techniques as described for Basic Electricity/Electronics. PREREQUISITE: Basic Electricity/Electronics with a C or better.
WOODS TECHNOLOGY
Grades - 10, 11, 12
A one-hour per day course designed to provide opportunities for students to learn through hands-on experiences how to design and construct articles of wood and related materials utilizing hand and power tools. Learning activities include the repair and reconstruction of wood-based items, as well as construction of student-designed projects that enhance skill development. A wide range of occupations and career opportunities in woodworking and wood related industries are studied. Basic woodworking is designed for students desiring a broad, general industrial and technical background in woods technology and also for those having a specific career interest in basic woodworking technology. PREREQUISITE: Materials and Processing.
BUSINESS & ADMINISTRATION (formerly BUSINESS EDUCATION)
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INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Grades - 9, 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $15/year
This course is the first of two courses designed to provide students with basic computer application skills. Students will be introduced, for a minimum of six weeks of the school year, to the touch method of operating a computer keyboard to produce simple business documents. Emphasis is placed on basic computer concepts both hardware and software, word processing and spreadsheet applications. Computer technology will be presented that could lead to the student’s ability to obtain certification in basic information technology. (Examples: IC3 and a basic word processing certification.)
ACCOUNTING I
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $25
A one-hour per day course for students in grades 10-12. This course is designed to introduce students to basic accounting theory and procedures along with current application of computer technology in accounting. Emphasis is placed on the mastery of basic accounting concepts and procedures. Mathematical, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, technology and team building skills are reinforced in this course. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course are field trips, job shadowing, internships, and school-based enterprises. Simulations, projects, teamwork, and FBLA leadership activities, meetings, conferences and competitions provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies.
COOPERATIVE OFFICE EDUCATION (CLASS AND LAB) (TR)
Grades - 12
LAB FEE - $40.00/Semester
A three unit, one-hour classroom per day course for twelfth grade students. Students enrolled in Cooperative Office Education receive course credit upon successful completion of both the classroom and on-the-job requirements of the course. No partial credit is granted for completion of only one of the two phases of the course. The students will leave school each day after second, third, or fourth hour and work from 1:00-5:00 in the afternoons in offices in the community. The instructor (coordinator) will provide assistance in job placement. This course provides students with part-time employment combined with classroom instruction in human relations, office etiquette, time management, and computer operations and techniques. Emphasis is placed on skill development in information processing and decision-making. Oral and written communication and critical thinking skills are reinforced in this course as students format, compose and proofread business documents. PREREQUISITE: Keyboarding or Introduction to Business Computer Applications.
BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Tech. Fee $25.00
A one-hour per day course for students in grades 10-12. This course is designed to acquaint students with the basic principles associated with information processing. Students study fundamental computer concepts, software applications, and computer systems. Emphasis is placed on skill development in using technology to perform basic information processing. Topics of study include computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation software applications that will increase in difficulty in the second semester. The student will participate in job training for entry-level employment in computer information processing and/or for advanced study at the post-secondary level. Communication skills, keyboarding, decision making, technology and critical thinking skills are reinforced in this course through business application projects. Simulations, projects, teamwork, DECA, and COE leadership activities, meetings, conferences, and competition provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies. PREREQUISITE: Keyboarding or Introduction to Business Computer Applications.
COOPERATIVE MARKETING EDUCATION I AND II - (See Marketing, Sales & Service)
HOSPITALITY & TOURISM (formerly Home Economics)
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PROSTART 1
Grades - 11, 12
A one-hour per day school-to-career program recommended for students in grades 11-12 who have an interest in the restaurant and hospitality industry. The curriculum is based on input from national restaurant and hospitality professionals and provides the work experience and classroom learning needed by students to succeed in the workplace. Units of instruction include: preparing for successful careers, customer relations, preparing and serving safe food (national certification available in this area), preventing accidents and injuries, kitchen basics, equipment, nutrition, breakfast food, working with people, salads and garnishes, business math, fruits and vegetables, and controlling costs. Field trips, resource speakers and paid internships will also be utilized in the instructional program. PREREQUISITE: Family and Consumer Science I or Consent of Instructor.
PROSTART II
Grade - 12
This course is the second of two courses focused on preparing students for careers in the foodservice/hospitality industry. Emphasis is on obtaining skills for the industry-based certification and preparation for internships in the industry. The course utilizes the ProStart II text and curriculum developed by the National Restaurant Association’s Education Foundation. The student who complete a 400-hour paid internship and meet the testing requirements of the National Restaurant Association will receive national ProStart certification. Topics of study include career preparation, history of the industry, lodging, tourism, the art of service, marketing, purchasing and inventory control, as well as advanced planning and food preparation techniques. Skills in critical thinking, math, communications, and science are reinforced in this course. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course are service learning, field trips, cooperative on-the-job training, and internships. School-based enterprises, projects, and FCCLA leadership activities provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies. This course is designed for senior students. PREREQUISITE: ProStart I
HUMAN SERVICES (formerly Home Economics)
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FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE I
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $5
A one-hour per day comprehensive course that includes instructional units: one semester of grooming, clothing, textiles and sewing. The other semester will consist of instruction in child development, food preparation and nutrition. Students must furnish fabric and sewing supplies for clothing.
HOUSING
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $10
A one-semester, one hour per day course for students in grades 10, 11 & 12. Units of instruction include: housing choices and needs throughout the life cycle, styles and historical impacts, housing and economics to include housing selection, financing, and legal factors, housing management systems and subsystems, planning and selection of housing, and trends in housing.
NUTRITION AND FOOD
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $10
A one semester, one hour per day course for students in grades 10-12. Units of instruction include: nutrition, controlling your weight, stretching your food dollar, and cooking food for a family which will include one lab per week.
ADVANCED FOOD AND NUTRITION
Grades - 10, 11, 12
Lab Fee: $10
A one semester, one hour per day course for students in grades 11-12. The value of food and proper nutrition for young teens as related to the “Food Pyramid” is utilized as a basis for instruction in this course. Other units of instruction include preparation and presentation of different food types and groups. PREREQUISITE: Family and Consumer Science I or Nutrition and Food.
ADULT RESPONSIBILITIES
Grades - 10, 11, 12
A one semester, one hour per day course for students in grades 11-12 designed to inform students how to be prepared for life after high school. Units of instruction include: job applications, interviewing techniques, finding employment utilizing various media, apartment hunting, purchasing an automobile, coping with the cost of living, spending money wisely, understanding taxes, and building positive family and dating relationships.
FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION
Grades - 11, 12
A one-semester, one-hour per day course for students in grades 11-12 that is generally offered as a second semester course immediately following Parenthood Education. This course involves the study of the one-on-one contact of parent and child from infancy to the age of two years. Instructional strategies involve creating projects that address parenting children in this age range.
PARENTHOOD EDUCATION
Grades - 10, 11, 12
A one semester, one hour per day course for students in grades 10-12. Units of instruction include: understanding the responsibilities of being parents, having healthy children and maintaining the ideal conditions for proper growth, child development basics, and parenting roles and responsibilities of the male and female.
MANUFACTURING
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PREREQUISITES:
· General Technology Education, Basic Technical Drafting, Chemistry
· Must be approved for course enrollment by guidance counselor and Career Center Coordinator
· Must provide own transportation to Baton Rouge Community College – Frazier Campus
MARKETING, SALES AND SERVICE
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