Business & Technology Department
The Business and Technology Department is dedicated to the education of the complete individual. A core of electives provides students with opportunities to pursue college preparation, career interests and life-long living skills. This department creates an environment in which students develop abilities to analyze, compare, evaluate, problem solve, and respect the opinion of others. In accordance with the National Business Education Association Standards and through specialized instruction in preparing students for careers, fundamental instruction to help students as consumers, workers and citizens, preparation of students for college, and continually updating technology standards, the Business Department students continue to meet or exceed the NBEA standards.
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Credit: 1 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course is a must for business and non-business majors alike. The first-year course covers the complete accounting cycle theory for proprietorships. This is put into practice by the use of application to business situations. Corporate accounting is introduced to the students.
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Credit: 1 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: 85% in Accounting I and consent of Department Chair
This course is a continuation of Accounting I and takes a more intensified and in-depth study of corporation accounting for the college business major. Inventory control, cost accounting, and managerial accounting are also introduced in this course. Emphasis is placed on learning problem solving strategies and testing business applications using simulation techniques. Students gain hands-on experience with computerized accounting methods.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to help students improve their verbal, nonverbal and written communication skills. Areas of study include the following: developing business presentations; conducting interviews; writing business letters, memos and reports; effective listening skills; preparing visual aides; meeting facilitation; and career selection and networking. Students will use Microsoft PowerPoint, presentation software, and prepare and present 5 major projects.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course in business and personal law helps students to study the evolving set of rules that form our legal structure. The student’s attention is focused on both the substance and the process of our legal system and understanding legal issues in the core topics of business law, integrated with the most relevant personal law topics.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Sophomore Prerequisite: Enrolled in Geometry and have a 2.5 GPA
Junior/Senior Prerequisite: None
This course is designed to give students a better understanding of the role of consumers, industry, and government in our economic system. Improving the students’ decision making skills by developing their ability to judge consumer situations and make educated decisions that best fit their needs is one of the major goals of the course. The students learn how to budget money wisely, balance a checkbook, apply for credit, and shop for housing, automobiles and furniture. Projects on careers, personal budgeting, decision making, the stock market, and credit provide in-depth study opportunities.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 9
Prerequisite: None
Digital Literacy is a semester long course, broken into four four-week-long units, with two weeks dedicated solely to working on an independent final project. The course covers a wide array of topics, including computer knowledge, digital citizenship, fluency in Microsoft Word and Excel, block coding, and various Web 2.0 programs. Basic keyboarding techniques will also be covered. This is a required course for all freshmen.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to three different aspects of business: marketing, management, and finance. This course is designed to show students how businesses market their products or services; how businesses manage their day-to-day operations; and how businesses finance their operations and manage their cash flow. Students are exposed to simulation projects and software, and the Internet. The course includes a yearlong marketing campaign project.
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Credit: .5 units
Eligible Grade Levels: 9 (by the results of the Mathematics Proficiency Exam), 10, 11, 12
Prerequisites: A cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above with consent of instructor
This course introduces students to structured programming languages. Students will learn the basics of the computer programming language, such as variables, loops, conditions, functions, method, array etc. This course is a hands-on, lab environment that allows students to see their progress in skill development from week to week.
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Credit: .5 Unit
Eligible Grade Level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Consent of Instructor
Using PCs in hands-on labs, students learn to install and maintain Windows and common PC hardware. Hardware topics include motherboards, hard drives, video, sound, memory, laptops, and printers. Software topics include installation and maintenance of Windows, anti-virus, spyware, MS Office, and utilities. Basics of home networking are discussed and demonstrated. Upon completion, students can perform more than 30 PC maintenance procedures and guide others about important issues when purchasing a new PC.
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Credit: .5 unit
Eligible Grade Level: 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to three different aspects of business: marketing, management, and finance. This course is designed to show students how businesses market their products or services; how businesses manage their day-to-day operations; and how businesses finance their operations and manage their cash flow. Students are exposed to simulation projects and software, and the Internet. The course includes a yearlong marketing campaign project.
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Credit: .5 units
Eligible Grade Level: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
In this self-directed course, students will explore computer skills and applications needed on a personal, school/college, and career level. The focus of this course is to develop current knowledge and introduce advance features associated with Microsoft Office 2019 applications including: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and OneNote. Students will use practical computer skills combined with problem-solving, critical thinking and creative thinking skills.
