Management and Entrepreneurship

Accounting 1

Prerequisites: Algebra I or equivalent (Foundations in Algebra or Intermediate Algebra). Grade of 70 or better. 

Requirement: Student must met promotion criteria for 10th grade.

Accounting 1 is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices necessary in the preparation and maintenance of financial records concerned with business management and operations. Students are exposed to the accounting cycle, cash control systems, payroll, and careers in accounting.

Advanced Personal Finance

The Advanced Personal Finance course is an in-depth study of the principles of personal finance. Using experiential activities, students will learn tools and techniques to become financially literate living and working within a global marketplace. Tools and techniques include budgeting, managing credit and debt, banking, developing investments, reducing financial risk, computing earnings and taxes, renting or purchasing housing, evaluating post- secondary education and training funding. Also, students will learn to use consumer protection laws, internet safety and cyber security to safeguard their finances. Upon successful completion of this course, students may have the opportunity to demonstrate career-readiness with the attainment of an industry-recognized certification. This course has been vetted and can be used to meet the personal finance graduation requirement.

Advanced Web Page Design and Development

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Web Page Design

This course focuses on scripting, developing searching strategies, publishing skills, and serving information on a web server. Students develop web pages that incorporate text, audio, video, and graphics using web authoring software, JAVA scripting, XHTML, and CSS. Students determine and employ methods to evaluate the design, functionality, and security of online information in various settings. This course teaches students how to use networks, including the Internet, for research and resource sharing.

Digital Publication Design

Certification: iC3 Digital Certification

Do you like to be artistic but also like to use technology? This course is designed to use both artistic skills and computer programs to create a variety of publications projects using professional-grade Adobe design software (Illustrator and InDesign). Some examples are digital drawings, logos, advertisements, magazine layouts, and more.

Entrepreneurship

Prerequisite: Student must be in the 10th, 11th or 12th grade. 

This is an approved course for the state requirement for personal finance. 

This course is suggested for students who are considering opening their own business or having a career in business or marketing. They learn how to setup and operate a profitable business, starting with a business plan. This course helps them understand business operations, and provides them with the techniques, skills, sources of data and detailed information needed to operate a profitable business.

Foundations in Animation

Prerequisite: Keyboarding proficiency and high school Computer Science Course.

Certification: TBD

Foundations of Animation prepares students to use artistic and technological foundations to create animations. The basic principles of digital animation are reviewed, including character development and story conception through production. Students learn the technical language used in the animation industry and basic animation methods. They will also learn techniques about various ways to plan, create, and prepare for animation in pre-production, production and post-production. This course prepares students for the Adobe Certified Associate for Flash/Animate Creative Cloud (CC) certification exam. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

Fundamentals of Computing

Fundamentals of Computing is designed to introduce students to the field of computer science through an exploration of a variety of computing topics. Through creativity and innovation, students will use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to implement projects that are relevant to students’ lives. They will create a variety of computational artifacts through individual and team projects. Students will gain a fundamental understanding of the operation of computers, programming, web design, computational data, physical computing, machine learning, societal and ethical issues of computing. Students will also be introduced to computing careers and how computing is an essential supporting aspect of all other career fields.

Fundamentals of Web Page Design and Development

Did you know there are over 1 billion websites now on the internet? This course is designed to be your first step toward a better understanding of the internet and developing a new set of internet skills using HTML and CSS as a basic programming language for web sites. Successful completion of this course will prepare students for industry certification. This course is an approved computer science course for graduation.

Image Editing I

Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Computing or Digital Multimedia

Taking pictures, whether it’s with a phone or camera, is a practice that is a part of life. But what about editing those pictures to make them better, more colorful, more interesting? This course will use Adobe Photoshop to help master image manipulation and photographic retouching types of media. Successful completion of this course will prepare the student for industry certification. 

Natural Hair Braiding

Prerequisite: Successful completion of Accounting I or Entrepreneurship. Grade Levels – 10th through 12th. 

Certification: Must be 16 prior to 6-hour hair braider registration course and assessment to earn certification.

This course is an elective course for high school students designed to meet SCDE and SCLLR requirements. The natural hair braiding course is taught by Registered Barber or Master Hair Care Instructors. As an extension of the Natural Hair Braiding course, students will attend a one-day six hour course and sit for the hair braiders’ theory examination to earn the SCLLR Hair Braiders Registration.