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BUSINESS COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 1 (425)
Course description: There are two parts:
A. KEYBOARDING. The intention of this part of the course is to develop the student's skills in keyboarding. Units are concerned with the letter keys, the number keys, the symbol keys, learning basic operations, and building typing continuity. Attention is given to the development and improvement of basic techniques. This is an excellent course for students who wish to be better prepared for computer classes. (Note: it is possible to test out of this part of the course. Details are available at registration)
B. MS OFFICE/ INTRODUCTION. This part of the class is designed to introduce the students to Microsoft Office 2007 Professional. Students will learn practical applications to Word (word processing) and PowerPoint presentations. If time permits, Microsoft Publisher 2000 will be introduced.
Prerequisite: Required for freshmen
Length of course: One semester (every day)
Credit: 0.50
ACCOUNTING 1 (410)
Course description: The course has two specific goals in mind: I. to prepare the student to initiate and maintain financial records for a small business: 2. to provide the foundation for college accounting. This includes the accounting cycle in its entirety. Banking activities, petty cash, and payroll activities are also included to help students prepare for employment and help them in their personal financial management.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
Length of course: One year Credit: One
ACCOUNTING 2 (412)
Course description: This course will build on the foundations established in Accounting 1 and show subsystems. The subsystem for cash receipts, cash payments, purchases, sales, personnel and payroll, and general accounting are all treated in depth.
Prerequisite: Accounting 1 with grade of B or better
Length of course: One year Credit: One
CONSUMER EDUCATION (409)
Course description: This course is designed to cover all the major concepts of consumer education. The topics covered will be a basic exposure to elementary economic principles and business organization, tax preparation, buying wisely, consumerism, checking accounts, money management, investments, credit, banking, borrowing costs, insurance, etc.
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior standing
Length of course: One year Credit: 0.50
MICROSOFT WORD FOR WINDOWS (424)
Course description: Microsoft Word is the most popular word processing software used in business. It is beneficial to students who will be writing letters, papers, and reports in and after high school. Course objectives are: a. to work and understand Windows; b. to format documents; c. to create and work with tables; d. to create form letters through a mail merge; e. to create pictures
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 2 (420)
Course description: This course is a continuation of Computer Applications 1. The students will use Microsoft Office 2007 to develop applications in Excel (spreadsheet) and Access (database).
Prerequisite: Computer Applications 1 and instructor approval
Length of course: One semester (every other day) Credit: 0.25
through graphics.
Prerequisite: C or better in Keyboarding
Length of course: One semester (every other day) Credit: 0.25
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 3 (422)
Course description: This course introduces students to the programming language Visual Basic 6.0, a flexible, powerful, visual, event-driven language. VB 6.0 has all the features needed to write a small program; it has the features needed to write an incredibly complex program as well. It is easy to use and understand and is scalable in every way. By the end of the course, students will be writing small programs.
Prerequisite: Computer Applications 2 and instructor approval
Length of course: One semester (every other day) Credit: 0.25
INTERNET (436)
Course description: This course will be offered to computer literate students to expose and explore the world of the Internet. This course will cover areas such as what is the Internet, how to travel the information superhighway, how to use Web Browsers and Search engines to quickly locate electronic resources, basics of HTML, using Microsoft Frontpage 2000,how to design an Internet web page, and how to create a web site. Internet and computer etiquette will be taught and enforced in this class.
Prerequisite: None
Length of course: One semester (every other day) Credit: 0.25
CAREER PLANNING (421)
This course provides Junior and Senior students in-depth coverage of the college and job search process with special emphasis on resume development, letter writing, and interviewing skills. Students will be introduced to a variety of career options.
Prerequisite: Junior /Senior standing 1St semester; Junior status 2nd semester
Length of course: One semester (every other day) Credit: 0.25
MARKETING (435)
Course description: This course will introduce Junior and Senior students to the three important areas fundamental to successful marketing: Economic, Business, and Human Resources. Students will learn how marketing is used successfully in a variety of United States and international businesses. The students will be given issues facing today's marketers and will have to resolve them with the principles learned.
Prerequisite: Junior/Senior standing
Length of course: One year (every other day) Credit: 0.50
MARKETING 2 (440)
Course description: This class is a continuation of Marketing I taken in the junior year and will deal with the actual design and promotion of several Gibault functions: fruit drive, calendar drive, athletics, trivia night and possibly others. Students will also take an in-depth look at retailing, sports marketing, and e-commerce.
Prerequisite: Minimum B average in Marketing 1 and recommendation of Marketing 1 teacher
Length of course: First semester only (every other day) Credit: 0.25
YEARBOOK (430)
Course description: Students will use Josten’s online program to create the Trailblazer yearbook. Students will also be responsible for taking photographs and writing copy.
Prerequisite: None
Length of course: One year (every other day) Credit: 0.50
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