PRACTICAL ARTS - BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY

HONORS ACCOUNTING

Credits: 5 Credits (Year)

This course is important for students considering a business administration or accounting major in college or a career in the business environment. This course will cover basic accounting concepts necessary to complete the accounting cycle. Real-world applications include recording of daily business transactions into journals, the posting to ledger accounts, and maintenance of checking accounts, payroll calculations, and tax requirements. An important element of this course is the preparation of various financial statements and their interpretation for use in making important business decisions.  *Accounting will satisfy the Financial Literacy graduation requirement. This course is open to students in Grades 10, 11 and 12.  

ECONOMICS

Credits: 2.5 Credits (Semester)

This course provides students with an understanding of micro and macroeconomic concepts and how our market economy functions in a global setting. Topics include scarcity and the allocation of resources, choice and opportunity costs, competitive market focus including the law of supply and demand and how they relate to changing prices (inflation/deflation) and market equilibrium. Additional subject matter includes government intervention such as price controls, subsidies, and taxation as well as a basic understanding of common economic theories.  *Economics will satisfy the Financial Literacy graduation requirement. This course is open to students in Grades 10, 11 and 12.  

IB ECONOMICS COURSE I AND COURSE II  HL

Credits: 5.0 (Year)

Economics is an exciting, dynamic subject that allows students to develop an understanding of the complexities and interdependence of economic activities in a rapidly changing world. At the heart of economic theory is the problem of scarcity. Owing to scarcity, choices have to be made. The IB Economics course, at both HL, uses economic theories, models and key concepts to examine the ways in which these choices are made: at the level of producers and consumers in individual markets (microeconomics); at the level of the government and the national economy (macroeconomics); and at an international level, where countries are becoming increasingly interdependent (the global economy). The IB Economics course allows students to explore these models, theories and key concepts, and apply them, using empirical data, through the examination of six real-world issues. Through their own inquiry, students will be able to appreciate both the values and limitations of economic models in explaining real-world economic behavior and outcomes. By focusing on the six real-world issues through the nine key concepts (scarcity, choice, efficiency, equity, economic well-being, sustainability, change, interdependence and intervention), students of the economics course will develop the knowledge, skills, values and attitudes that will encourage them to act responsibly as global citizens.  Students enrolled in this course will complete to the best of their ability all of the IB assignments, projects and assessments, regardless of their registration in the IB final course assessment.   *IB Economics will satisfy the Financial Literacy graduation requirement.  These courses may only be taken in Grades 11 and 12. 

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FINANCIAL LITERACY

Credits: 2.5 (Semester)

This course will provide students with the skills and concepts needed to gain personal and financial responsibility related to financial planning, savings, investments, and charitable giving in the global community by exploring the relationship between income and careers, money management, credit and debt management, risk management and investing, protecting assets and insurance, taxes, and becoming a critical consumer. This course is a graduation requirement for all students.  This requirement may also be fulfilled through an approved online summer class offered through the Guidance Office (see below).

FINANCIAL LITERACY (ONLINE OPTION)

Credits:  2.5 (Summer Only)

Students have the option to take their Financial Literacy graduation requirement via a hybrid synchronous and synchronous learning experience in the summer.   Students will complete weekly course reading, writing and analytical assignments and required online discussions, assignments and assessments.   A final exam will be administered in person at the end of the course.  Students selecting this option should be highly motivated, organized and able to independently meet the deadlines associated with a online course.  

MARKETING, MANAGEMENT, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Credits: 2.5 (Semester)

Students will develop marketing, management and entrepreneurship skills, which relate to real-life situations in the business environment. Interpersonal and employability skills are honed while applying decision-making techniques. Case studies will be examined which will stimulate out of the box thinking while exposing students to the full scope of theory and skills through both a theoretical and practical perspective.

EDUCATION, BUSINESS, TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Credits: 2.5 (Semester)

This course will provide all 9th graders with an exploration and application of the many educational technologies available to them. The course is designed to develop in students a sense of wise decision making regarding the use of various technological tools and resources to ensure success for various academic tasks. This course will also focus on career education with an emphasis on how these various technological applications are used or will be used with various professions.  This is a required course for all freshmen and fulfills the 21st Century Life and Careers graduation requirement.