BUSINESS STUDIES DEPARTMENT
Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
Course Code: BDI 3C1
Course Name: Entrepreneurship: The Venture
Level:
Grade 11 College Preparation
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Course Overview:
This course focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas, and
organize resources to plan successful ventures that enable them to achieve their goals. Students
will create a venture plan for a school-based or student-run business. Through hands-on
experiences, students will have opportunities to develop the values, traits, and skills most often
associated with successful entrepreneurs.
Specific Strands of Study and Expectations include:
Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs
Students will:
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analyse the characteristics and contributions of enterprising people
compare the characteristics and contributions of various entrepreneurs
assess their own entrepreneurial and enterprising potential
Catholic Graduate Expectation: Adopts a holistic approach to life by integrating learning from various subject
areas and experience; demonstrates flexibility and adaptability.
Ideas and Opportunities for New Ventures
Students will:
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explain the importance of invention and innovation to venture creation
generate realistic new ideas and identify possible opportunities for a school-based or student-run business
conduct primary and secondary marketing research to evaluate the idea or opportunity for their proposed
venture
Catholic Graduate Expectation: Creates, adapts, and evaluates new ideas in light of the common good; thinks
reflectively and creatively to evaluate situations and solve problems.
The Benefits of a Venture Plan
Students will:
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assess the importance of having a venture plan
analyse the structure and content of a venture plan
explain how to evaluate and revise a venture plan
Catholic Graduate Expectation: Think critically about the meaning and purpose of work; achieves excellence,
originality, and integrity in one’s own work and supports these qualities in the
in the work of others. Respects the environment and use resources wisely.
Developing and Completing a Venture Plan for the Proposed Business
Students will:
 analyse the resources required to run their chosen venture
 complete the components of an effective production plan, marketing plan, and financial plan for their chosen
venture
 produce, using appropriate software, a venture plan for their chosen venture
Catholic Graduate Expectation: Applies skills for employability, self-employment and entrepreneurship relative
to Christian vocation; contributes to the common good.
Efforts will be made to meet the individual learning needs of students in order
to ensure these expectations are being met.
Course Breakdown
Resources:
The course will use a variety of print and
electronic resources. Resources assigned to
students are the responsibility of the student.
Any damage incurred will result in payment for
replacement.
Unit 1 Enterprising People and Entrepreneurs
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Characteristics of enterprising people
Unit 2 Ideas and Opportunities for New Ventures
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Importance of invention and innovation
Unit 3 The Benefits of a Venture Plan
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Importance of a venture plan
Evaluation Structure:
Unit 4 Developing and Completing a Venture Plan
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Producing a venture plan
“Act morally and legally as a person formed in
Catholic traditions”
Knowledge/Understanding
Thinking
Communication
Application
25%
25%
20%
30%
The above is reflected both in the term work (worth
70% of the final mark) and the summative work
(worth 30% of the final mark). Summative work
consists of the Final Exam (20%) and a Culminating
Performance Task (10%).
Evaluation Policy
Students will be assessed & evaluated according to the work produced & skills displayed. Methods of providing
feedback will include assessing work in process & evaluating completed assignments, tests, co-operative learning
activities, simulations and presentations. Peer & self-evaluations will also be utilized.
Student marks will be determined by evaluating process & product according to 4 categories & 4 levels. Please see the
chart below for specific skills and key words used to determine student competency in the different categories.
Level
Category
Knowledge/Understanding
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Knowledge of facts & terms
Understanding of concepts & relationships
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Thinking
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Critical thinking skills
Creative thinking skills
Inquiry Skills
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Communication
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Communication of ideas and information
Use of symbols & visuals
Oral & written communication
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Level 1:
50-59%
Level 2:
60-69%
Level 3:
70-79%
Level 4:
80-100%
-Limited
display of
knowledge,
skills and
ability to
apply
concepts
-Some
success in
displaying
knowledge,
skills and
application
of concepts
-Considerable
display of
knowledge
skills and
ability to apply
concepts
-Thorough
understanding
of concepts and
ability to
communicate,
think creatively
and apply
concepts
Application
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Applications in familiar contexts
Transfer of concepts to new contexts
Making logical conclusions and predictions
Use of technology
Making connections
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Feedback will also be provided for student learning skills. Skills like working independently, team work, organization,
work habits and homework, and initiative are assessed independently student achievement and will be conducted
through the use of a rubric indicating specific criteria to be achieved to receive each of the following letter grades:
E –Excellent
Other Evaluation Issues
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G – Good
S – Satisfactory
N - Needs Improvement
LATE ASSIGNMENTS. Assignments submitted after the Primary Due Date established by the teacher will be accepted with a
penalty of 5% off for the first day late, 3% for the second day late, 2% for the final day, to a maximum of 10%. This three
day Penalty Zone is the maximum time allowed for submissions. The third day after the assignment is due is considered the
Closure Date upon which no further assignments will be accepted. If the teacher returns the marked assignments within the
three day penalty zone, the date of return is considered the closure date. Repeated lateness in submissions indicates poor
organization skills and will result in parental contact and will be reflected in the learning skills section of the report card.
INCOMPLETE ASSSIGNMENTS. Assignments will be graded according to the extent with which they meet the criteria
established in the rubric or evaluation structure.
MISSED TESTS. Tests missed with a legitimate reason will be written within a few days of the student returning from the
absence. Student eligibility to write the test and the date of writing will be at the discretion of the teacher in consultation with
the department head.
PLAGIARISM in any form reflects academic dishonesty and will result in a mark of zero for the assignment in question.