Title: ACCOUNTING I 634000
Recommended Grade Level: 10 – 12 Duration: 2 semesters
Fee: $20.00 or price of workbook
Description: Accounting emphasizes accounting principles as they relate to the basic understanding and skills required in keeping manual and computerized financial records for a business. Emphasis is on providing students with entry-level skills for the accounting profession and/or preparing for further study in accounting
Title: INTRO.TO BUSINESS COMPUTER APPS 641900
Recommended Grade Level: 9-12 Duration: 2 semesters
Fee: $5.00
Description: This course is the first of two courses designed to provide students with basic computer applications 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.
Title: BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 642100
Recommended Grade Level: 10-12 Duration: 2 semesters
Prerequisite: Keyboarding or Introduction to Business Computer Applications
Fee: $10.00
Description: This course is designed to acquaint students with the advanced principles associated with information processing. Students study advanced computer concepts, software applications, and computer systems. Emphasis is placed on skill development in using technology to perform advanced information processing. Topics of study may include computer concepts, word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software applications, which will increase with difficulty in the second semester. Computer technology will be presented that may lead to the student’s ability to obtain advanced certification in a popular office software package that includes word processing, spreadsheets, databases, e-mail, and presentation programs. The student will participate in job training for entry-level employment in computer information processing 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.
Title: CAREER AND TECHNICAL INTERNSHIP I 643300
Recommended Grade Level: 12 Duration: 2 semesters
Prerequisite: Teacher Approval Required Fee: $70.00
Description: This course is designed to provide career and technical education students an opportunity to apply leaned skills in the workplace. Paid or non-paid internships are provided in the student’s related field of study. The student has the opportunity to explore a single potential career or a combination of careers they may be considering. For two credits to be granted, class time must meet the requirements in Bulletin 741, and additional work must be assigned and evaluated.
Title: PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING I 745000
Recommended Grade Level: 9-12 Duration: 2 semesters
Prerequisite: None
Description: Principles of Marketing I is a course designed to introduce the basic foundations and functions of marketing in the American economic system. Emphasis is placed on knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for entering and advancing in the field of marketing. Skills in communication, mathematics and technology are reinforced in this course through the application of marketing principles.
Title: COOPERATIVE MARKETING EDU. I 747700
COURSE MUST BE TAKEN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
Recommended Grade Level: 11-12 Duration: 2 semesters
Prerequisite: Must be 16 years old with a 2.0 GPA and one marketing course, Principles of Marketing I, or Introduction to Business Computer Applications
Credit: 3 units Fee: $70.00 state, local and national DECA dues
Description: Marketing Education I is a cooperative work and training program for students who are preparing for employment in marketing and distribution. Students take a required marketing course in the morning and receive on-the-job training at a local business in the afternoon for at least fifteen hours per week; therefore, employment becomes an integral part of the education program. Three elective credits are earned upon successful completion of 2 semesters, and students are paid an hourly wage by their employer. Students must provide their own transportation to and from the work site. Instructional units include: job finding skills, marketing concepts, promotion, and communication skills.
Title: COOPERATIVE MARKETING EDU. II 747900
Recommended Grade Level: 12 Duration: 2 semesters
COURSE MUST BE TAKEN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
Prerequisite: Must be 16 years old with a 2.0 GPA and Cooperative Marketing Education I
Fee: $70.00 state, local and national DECA dues
Credit: 3 units
Description: Marketing Education II is a continuation of the Marketing Education I work/study program. Students take their required merchandising course in the morning and work at a job training site (local business) at least 15 hours per week. Students must provide their own transportation to and from their job site. Three elective credits are earned upon successful completion of 2 semesters, and students are paid an hourly wage by their employer. Instructional units include: merchandising techniques, advertising, stock control, and entrepreneurship.
Title: EDUCATION FOR CAREERS 644300
Recommended Grade Level: 9-12 Duration: 2 semesters
Description: This course was designed to assist students with exploring careers and developing skills necessary to make meaningful decisions about their career choice. Students will be made aware that there are many factors to consider before selecting a suitable career. This course will assist the students in assessing their personal strengths and weaknesses as they relate to career decisions. This course will aid the student in developing strategies to make an effective transition from school to work. The student will develop skills in this course that are generic to all occupations.
