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Freshman

Year

Sophomore

Year

Junior

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Senior

Year

General

Marketing:

Accounting/

Bookkeeping:

General

Business:

Office

Administrative

• Keyboarding

• Intro to Business

• Personal &

Business Finance

• Document

Formatting

• Business Math

• Computer

Applications

• Intro to

Business

• Business Law

• Intro to

Marketing

• Business Math

• Accounting 1

• Desktop

Publications

• Consumer

Education

• Marketing

Relations

• Desktop

Publishing

• Accounting 2

• Keyboarding

• Personal &

Business Finance

• Document

Formatting

• Intro to

Computer Info

• Computer

Applications

• Office

Simulation 1

• Accounting 1

• Business Law

• Office Sim 2

• Consumer

Education

• Business

Relations

• Marketing

Relations

• Accounting 2

•

•

Keyboarding

Personal &

Business Finance

• Document

Formatting

• Intro to

Computers

• Computer

Applications

• Business Math

• Intro to

Marketing

•

•

Accounting 2

Word

Processing

• Data

Management

• Consumer

Education

• Desktop

Publishing

• Computer

Programming

• Business

Relations

• Marketing

Relations

• Keyboarding

• Intro to

Computers

• Intro to Business

• Document

Formatting

• Business Math

• Computer

Applications

• Document

Formatting

• Office

Simulation

• Data

Management

• Accounting 1

• Word

Processing

• Consumer

Education

• Business

Relations

• Desktop

Publishing

• Accounting 2

BUSINESS EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

101(F) or 102(S) INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS

Credit: 3

Grade Offered: 9 10

Length of Course: 1 semester

Prerequisite: None

This course will introduce you to the world of business in the 21st century. Learn about business, management, marketing, new technologies and careers in business. It will include creating a new product and building a mock business around it.

103(F) and/or 104(S)PERSONAL & BUSINESS FINANCE IA &IB

Credit: 3 or 6

Grade Offered: 9 10 11 12

Length of Course: 1 semester or 1year


The first semester covers the operation of checking accounts, cashier and sales clerk records, budget records, and a family financial management simulation. The second semester covers wholesale and retail business recordkeeping, wage computation and withholding tax records, and a small business simulation set. Purchase of 1 practice set is required for each semester. This course is not recommended for students who have passed accounting.

105(F) and 106(S) ACCOUNTING IA & IB

Credit: 6

Grade Offered: 10 11 12

Length of Course: 1 year


The first semester involves basic accounting theory and its application to business operations.

Emphasis is placed on journalizing, posting and financial reporting. The second semester involves more detailed instruction dealing with special situations involving sales, purchases, and accruals.

A workbook must be purchased each semester. VALEES B215

107(F) and 108(S) ACCOUNTING IIA & IIB

Credit: 6



Prerequisite: Accounting I

This course is valuable to students who wish to work as accounting clerks or in some other area of business upon graduation from high school, and to students who plan to go to college and major in accounting or some other phase of business. This course briefly reviews Accounting I before going into more detailed coverage of partnership and corporate accounting procedures. Materials will need to be purchased each semester. VALEES B315

109(F) or 110(S) KEYBOARDING

Credit: 3



Prerequisite: $5.00 lab fee

Open to students who wish to learn basic keyboarding and formatting skills on a computer using word processing software. The class serves as the prerequisite for document formatting, intro to

computer information systems and computer applications. There is a lab fee charge to cover data disk, folders, and paper required for the class. VALEES B125

111(F) or 112(S) DOCUMENT FORMATTING (formerly known as ADVANCED KEYBOARDING)

3



Prerequisite: Passed Keyboarding & $5.00 lab fee

This class is designed to further develop those keyboarding and formatting skills learned in keyboarding using word processing software leading to competency in processing documents commonly prepared in business. The class provides additional training to meet employment standards. There is a lab fee charge to cover the cost of data disk, folders, and paper required for the class. VALEES B125

113(F) and/or 114(S) OFFICE SIMULATION I

Credit: 3 or 6


Length of Course: 1 semester or 1 year

Prerequisite: Keyboarding & $5.00 lab fee

This is a course designed to introduce students to typical activities of a business office such as typing, filing, word processing, machine transcription, and calculators. Students work on individual units which change approximately every three weeks. Because this is not a sequential course, a student may take this all year or only one semester their junior or senior year. VALEES

B225

115(F) and/or 116(S) OFFICE SIMULATION II

Credit: 3 or 6

Grade Offered: 12

Length of Course: 1 semester or 1 year

Prerequisite: Office Simulation I and $5.00 lab fee

This is a course designed for students who have taken Office Simulation I the preceding year.

Students work intensively on practice sets to improve their skills in word processing, medical/legal typing, payroll, and auditing. They will continue learning new office skills and will not duplicate any work from the previous course. A student may take this course all year or only for one semester. VALEES B225

117(F) or 118(S) INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Credit: 3



Prerequisite: Keyboarding and $5.00 lab fee

This is one of the first of a series of computer courses. Students will study how information is handled in the business world and how the computer operates to produce the desired results.

They will study the vocabulary and the concepts that will help them in future courses and will reinforce this vocabulary and these concepts using the word processing software and the internet.

There will be a brief introduction to spreadsheet, graphic presentations and data base software.

We will be using Office 2000. VALEES B105

119(F) or 120(S) COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (formally known as software applications I)

Credit: 3



Prerequisite: Keyboarding and $5.00 lab fee

This is a one semester course in computer software applications. Various business software applications will be taught using IBM compatible computers. Applications will include an introduction to word processing, spreadsheet, database software, presentation software and

introduction to the internet. VALEES B204

121(F) or 122(S) WORD PROCESSING (formally known as Software Application IIA )

Credit:



Prerequisite: Keyboarding, Computer Applications & $5.00 lab fee

This is a one semester course in advanced Word Processing. This application class will expand on knowledge learned in Computer Applications, focusing extensively on Word 2000 and creating tables, flyers and web sites. Additional internet projects will be pursued. Both the college-bound and the vocational-oriented students will benefit from this course.

VALEES B216

123(F) or 124(S) DATA MANAGEMENT (formally known as Software Application IIB)

Credit: 3



Prerequisite: Keyboarding,Computer Applications & $5.00 lab fee

This is a one semester course in advanced spreadsheet and database applications using business software. This course will teach you to create graphs, charts and manage databases. Both the college-bound and vocational-oriented students will benefit from this course. VALEES B206

125(F) and 126(S) BASIC PROGRAMMING IA & IB

Credit: 6



Prerequisite: A grade of “C” or better in Keyboarding, and Introduction to Computer

Information Systems , a strong math/science background, or permission from instructor. A

$5.00 lab fee is required.

This class will introduce students to the Visual Basic program. Students will use features of the program required to write useful Window programs. Recommend a strong math background.

VALEES B227

128(S) BASIC PROGRAMMING IA

Credit:



Prerequisite: Keyboarding and Introduction to Computer Information Systems or strong math/science background, basic computer knowledge or permission from instructor. A

$5.00 lab fee is required.

This is the first semester of the one year Basic Programming course #125. Students will be introduced to the Visual Basic program.

129(F) or 130(S) DESKTOP PUBLISHING WITH GRAPHICS

Credit: 3


Length of Course: 1 semester.

Prerequisite: Computer Applications

Students will use the computer and a popular software programs to develop skills in creating flyers, brochures and web sites. Product layout and design, animated presentations and use and manipulation of graphics will be utilized. The internet will be used to facilitate learning of basic design principles.

133(F) or 134(S) CONSUMER EDUCATION

Credit: 3




This is a one semester course required for graduation. The course is designed to make students conscious of consumer related matters that have a direct affect on their lives, such as budgeting, credit, banking, employment skills, taxation and understanding economic systems. VALEES

H710

136(S) BUSINESS MATH

Credit: 3




This course is recommended for students who wish to improve upon basic mathematical skills or students interested in exploring careers in business and marketing. Topics covered include: fundamental computational skills, fractions, percentage, decimals, banking, interest, payrolls, personal finance, etc. This course should be taken the opposite semester of Introduction to

Marketing. VALEES B110

137(F) or 138(S) BUSINESS LAW

Credit: 3




This is a beginning course where the student is introduced to the basic law of contracts. The six elements of a contract will be studied as well as the operation and discharge of contracts as they apply to real life situations. Students will be asked to participate in "mini" mock trials.

139(F) or 140(S) INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING

Credit: 3




The major objective of the class will be to define marketing and explain how it works in our economic system. The class will focus on how a product gets to the retailer's shelf from the time it is produced until it is purchased by a consumer. If you are planning to join DECA and take

Marketing Education Related & Laboratory, this course is strongly recommended. VALEES

B235

141(F) and 142(S) MARKETING EDUCATION/DECA CO-OP RELATED IA & IB

Credit: 6

Grade Offered: 12


Prerequisite: Consent of instructor and enrollment in Marketing Education Laboratory.

Strongly recommend to have taken Introduction to Marketing

The class is divided into five major areas of study: pre-employment skills, human relations in retailing, communications in retailing, basic marketing principles and concepts, careers in retailing. Each student joins the Marketing Education/DECA Club and is asked to participate in the many club activities throughout the year. Opportunities and involvement are guaranteed if you take this course.

143(F) and 144(S) MARKETING EDUCATION/DECA CO-OP LABORATORY IA & IB

Credit: 6

Grade Offered: 12


Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Marketing Education Related

The student works an average of 10-15 hours a week in the retailing community and receives onthe-job training. The student receives three credits per semester for the lab segment of the class.

Each student must be working a minimum of 14 weeks each semester. VALEES B600

145(F) and 146(S) BUSINESS RELATIONS CO-OP IA & IB

Credit: 6

Grade Offered: 12


Prerequisite: Keyboarding plus 1 semester of any applications class required. and/ or concurrent enrollment. Students enrolling in this course must have the consent of the

Business Relations Coordinator and must also enroll in Business Relations Lab.

This is a one year course for seniors which is directed to develop business/office skills and human relation skills. These attributes are developed through general classroom assignments and individual learning assignments based upon student career objectives. Students also prepare for and participate in competitive events, selecting from a wide range of business related activities.

Students are also involved in club activities. Students become members of the Business

Professionals of America national, state, and local organizations. VALEES B600

147(F) and 148(S) BUSINESS RELATIONS CO-OP LABORATORY IA & IB

Credit: 6

Grade Offered: 12


Prerequisite: Business Relations

Senior students enrolled in Business Relations must also sign up for this course. This is the onthe-job training aspect of the cooperative education program. Community employers train students during the afternoon in actual business procedures and skill development. Students must find business related jobs with the assistance of the coordinator of the program. Each student must work a minimum of 14 weeks each semester. VALEES B600

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