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BUSINESS , FINANCE , AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Accounting I Grades 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : None This course is designed to help students understand the basic principles of the accounting cycle . Emphasis is placed on the analysis and recording of business transactions , preparations and interpretation of financial statements , accounting systems , banking and payroll activities , basic types of business ownership and an accounting career orientation . Mathematics skills and critical thinking are reinforced . Work-based learning strategies appropriate to this course are school-based enterprises , internships , cooperative education and apprenticeships . Projects and teamwork provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies . Any student planning to major in a business-related field in a 4-year university or 2-year college should take Accounting .

College Level Accounting Grades 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : None College Accounting uses an integrated approach to teach accounting . Students first learn how businesses plan for and evaluate their operating , financing and investing decisions , and how accounting systems gather and provide data to internal and external decision makers . This course covers all learning objectives of a traditional college level financial accounting course and those from a managerial accounting course . Topics include an introduction to accounting , accounting information systems , time value of money , accounting for merchandising firms , sales and receivables , fixed assets , debt and equity . Other topics include statement of cash flows , financial ratios , cost-volume profit analysis and variance analysis . Honors credit will be received for this course .

Honors Business Law Grades 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : Principles of Business This course is designed to acquaint students with the basis legal principles common in business and personal activities . Topics include consumer concepts to assist students when evaluating contrast , purchasing with credit , purchasing appropriate insurance as well as renting and owning real estate . Business concepts such as contracting , ethics , starting a business , hiring employees , managing employees and individuals in an agency capacity are included . Skills in critical thinking are reinforced along with oral and written communication skills . Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course are field trips and job shadowing . Honors courses are more challenging than standard level courses in order to foster growth for advanced learners . Honors courses have more depth and scope of work required .

Microsoft ITA : Word & PowerPoint Grades 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : None Students in Microsoft IT Academies benefit from world-class Microsoft curriculum and cutting-edge software tools to tackle real-word-challenges in the classroom environment . The first part of the class is a supplemental section where students will learn to create , edit , organize and share a virtual notebook . In the second part , students will learn to use the newest version of Microsoft Word interface , commands and features to create , enhance , customize and share documents as well as create and publish complex documents . In the third part , students will learn to use the newest version of Microsoft PowerPoint interface , commands and features to create , enhance , customize and deliver presentations . English language arts are reinforced . Simulations , projects and teamwork activities provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain a Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint certification . The Microsoft certifications can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment if students pass both certifications

Microsoft ITA : Word & PowerPoint Honors Grades 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 1 Unit Prerequisite : None Students in Microsoft IT Academies benefit from world-class Microsoft curriculum and cutting-edge software tools to tackle real-word-challenges in the classroom environment . The first part of the class is a supplemental section where students will learn to create , edit , organize and share a virtual notebook . In the second part , students will learn to use the newest version of Microsoft Word interface , commands and features to create , enhance , customize and share documents as well as create and publish complex documents . In the third part , students will learn to use the newest version of Microsoft PowerPoint interface , commands and features to create , enhance , customize and deliver presentations . English language arts are reinforced . Simulations , projects and teamwork activities provide opportunities for application of instructional competencies . Honors courses are more challenging than standard level courses in order to foster growth for advanced learners . Honors courses have more depth and scope of work required . . Students completing this course have the opportunity to obtain a Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint certification . The Microsoft certifications can be used in lieu of the CTE end of course assessment if students pass both certifications .

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