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Required 10th Grade Course for this Pathway:
Intro to Business
Course Number(s): B406101
Course Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 10-12
Students will explore the world of business through topics that include finance, management, ethics, legal forms of business and operations as well as marketing. Through an introduction to business foundations in our free-market system students will develop a comprehensive view of business trends, the role of government, society, and our global economy that all contribute to successful business operations. Current industry issues will provide insights for case studies and entrepreneurial analytics. Students will gain insights on consumer buying decisions, human resources, and financial management.
Note: Required 10th Grade class for the Business Pathway.
Other Courses for this Pathway:
Marketing
Course Number(s): B403111
Course Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: Intro to Business (can be taken concurrently) or instructor approval
Grade: 10-12
This course explores careers in marketing, sales, or small business operation, including opportunities in retail, wholesale, advertising, and other occupational fields using marketing principles. The central focus of the course is how the flow of goods and services from the producer to the consumer is impacted by marketing functions. Topics may include market research, the purchasing process, distribution systems, merchandising and promotion/display, sales, sales promotions, store security and theft control, store operation, business management, and entrepreneurship. Human relations and interpersonal skills, use of the internet and social media as marketing tools, and economics may be included. Job search and employability skills are an integral part of the course.
Entrepreneurship
Course Number(s): B40121
Course Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: Intro to Business (can be taken concurrently) or instructor approval
Grade: 10-12
In this course, students will develop an entrepreneurial mindset; a mindset capable of critical thinking and problem solving in a fast-paced professional environment. Students interested in starting their own business venture or creating a non-profit to help others will develop the core skills they need to be successful. Students will investigate the impact entrepreneurs have on the economy while exploring diverse pathways to entrepreneurship. They will engage in the discovery process to generate and validate new business ideas and develop a plan to market their business. The class examines entrepreneurial theory as well as real world situations.
Supplemental Courses for Business and Communications:
Drawing Beginning
Course Number(s): V401111
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 9-12
Students will explore basic drawing techniques through the study of a variety of subject matter, media and materials. Learning how to draw will involve learning how to see the world in terms of the elements of art: line, shape, value, form, texture, color, and space. Students will also be exposed to the principles of design, balance, movement, and contrast which are the framework for creative composition. All students will be involved in the critique of their own art as well as that of others.
Ceramics Beginning
Course Number(s): V402111
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 9-12
This course introduces the student to the skills, vocabulary, and techniques necessary to create pottery and clay sculpture. Students will learn basic clay techniques and processes including hand building and the use of the potter’s wheel. Some projects include pinch pot, coil, slab and cups. Aprons provided. They will explore how art, specifically ceramics, is made expressive and meaningful. Throughout the course students will participate in discussions regarding their work in process and as completed product.
Digital Photography, Beginning
Course Number(s): V408271
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 10-12
Students will use digital equipment and computer software to study the formal components of visual communication with a strong emphasis on Elements Art and Principles of Design. This course will include the study of the photographic image, image production, computer software, and the use of digital cameras.
Intro To Computer Programming
Course Number(s): T405301
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 9-12
This 1 semester course teaches students how to make computer programs. The first quarter uses the Scratch block programming language to learn basic programming concepts and methods to create video games and interactive stories.. The second quarter uses MIT AppInventor to create programs that can run on tablets and phones.
Note: One of three required choices for required for Johnson Freshmen.
Personal Finance
Course Number(s):
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 11-12
This course is designed to prepare students to live on their own. Topics include renting, buying, and furnishing an apartment or a home, managing money, budgeting, banking services, credit, insurance, and making wise consumer decisions. Lifestyle and career investigation may also be included. This course addresses the identification and management of personal financial resources to meet the financial needs and wants of individuals and families, considering a broad range of economic, social, cultural, technological, environmental, and maintenance factors. This course helps students build skills in financial responsibility and decision making; analyze personal standards, needs, wants, and goals; identify sources of income, saving and investing; understand banking, budgeting, record-keeping and managing risk, insurance and credit card debt. A project based approach and applications through authentic settings using real life applications/simulations through financial programs such as FEFE, H&R Budget Challenge, Stock Market games, Jump$tart Coalition, and iPad applications that provide learning experiences. Direct, concrete applications of mathematics proficiencies will be incorporated into daily learning activities.
Psychology AP (Honors)
Course Number(s): H457301
Length: 2 Semesters (4 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 10-12
AP Psychology introduces students to study of behavior and mental processes. It introduces the psychological facts, principles and phenomena associated with each of the major subfields. Topics covered include research methods, sensation and perception, states of consciousness, learning and memory, motivation and emotion, developmental psychology, theories of personality, and abnormal psychology. Students will use observation and theory to study human interaction, learning, or development, methods and techniques of primary research, and legal and ethical procedures related to research. Students will refine a topic into a research problem and will create a plan for data collection and for gathering and analyzing data. They will compare the findings to theories of human interaction, develop conclusions based on the findings, and identify implications for further study.
Students learn to study efficiently but critically, read a large amount of written material, practice rigorous methods for understanding and learning facts, creating and testing hypotheses, organizing, debating, and evaluating concepts and theories and explaining and using statistical data. Students will be expected to take the AP Test in Psychology.
Sociology
Course Number(s): H407101
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 9-12
Sociology stresses the social contexts in which people live, who influences us, which social institutions shape us the most, how society is structured, what roles people play in society, how inequalities shape our world, and how gender issues impact society. Students will have opportunities to discuss current events with high relevance in their lives. This course will emphasize empowering individuals through increased awareness and understanding of how society works and how it can be improved upon. Social movements/social change will be the focus of the final summative project.
Public Speaking
Course Number(s): L406411
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 10-12
This class is designed for anybody who wants to learn to become a better speaker in front of groups. The class will become a tight-knit group as students speak and listen to each other on a daily basis. A variety of speeches will be learned and performed, including informative speeches, demonstration speeches, persuasive speeches, and debate. This skill of knowing what you want to say and saying it well will help you to get what you want throughout your entire life!
Introduction to Journalism
Course Number(s): L405311
Length: 1 Semester (2 Credits)
Prerequisites: None
Grade: 9-12
Students learn to research and narrow topics for writing articles and using iPads to produce media. They will practice the skills necessary for an accurate, responsible and thoughtful publication and news video segments with their iPads. Students will be taught the essential skills related to gathering news, presenting the facts, and respecting the integrity of responsible journalism. The changes in journalism throughout history will be covered as well as objective and subjective writing. Students will analyze journalistic publications such as the New York Times, the Pioneer Press, and the Star Tribune. The students will learn to evaluate different forms of media.
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