| Grade 9-12 Business Studies |
| Choose a Grade: | [Grade 9] [Grade 10] [Grade 11] [Grade 12] |
| Grade 9 |
| Business |
| Introduction to Information Technology in Business (Type: Open) |
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Code: BTT 1O0 Year: 1 Prerequisite: None Costs: $5 for computer supplies This course introduces students to the use of information technology in a business environment. Students will learn how to use information technology in a work environment, perform electronic research, communicate electronically, and use common business software. They will also explore possible future occupations in information technology. |
| Grade 10 |
| Business |
| Introduction to Business (Type: Open) |
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Code: BBI 2O0 Year: 2 Prerequisite: None Costs: none This course introduces students to the world of business, including the concepts, functions, and skills required for meeting the challenges of operating a business in the twenty-first century on a local, national, and/or international scale. Students will also learn concepts and skills related to personal finance, entrepreneurship, and international business. |
| Introduction to Information Technology in Business (Type: Open) |
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Code: BTT 2O0 Year: 2 Prerequisite: None Costs: $5 for computer supplies This course introduces students to the use of information technology in a business environment. Students will learn how to use information technology in a work environment, perform electronic research, communication electronically, and use common business software. They will also explore possible future occupations in information technology. Through a variety of activities students will have opportunities to develop interpersonal skills, to interact with people from the business community and organizations within the school and to develop a personal portfolio of information technology skills and competencies. |
| Grade 11 |
| Accounting |
| Intro to Financial Accounting (Type: University/College Prep.) |
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Code: BAF 3M0 Year: 3 Prerequisite: None Costs: $18 for workbook This course introduces students to the fundamental principals and procedures of accounting, with emphasis on accounting procedures used in service and merchandising businesses. Students will develop an understanding of the connections between financial analysis, control, and decision making in the management of business, as well as the effects of technology and globalization on accounting procedures and the role of the accountant. |
| Introduction to Accounting (Type: Workplace Preparation) |
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Code: BAI 3E0 Year: 3 Prerequisite: None Costs: $18 for workbook This course introduces students to the use of accounting in business. Students will study various types of businesses and business ownership, and ways in which accounting procedures are applied in the different types of businesses with regard to recording transactions, preparing financial statements, and analyzing the process of cash management. They will learn about risks related to credit sales and about the collection of debts, and will use accounting software. |
| Entrepreneurial Studies |
| Introduction to Entrepreneurial Studies (Type: College Preparation) |
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Code: BDI 3C0 Year: 3 Prerequisite: None Costs: none This course focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas, and organize resources to plan successful ventures that enable them to achieve their personal goals by satisfying the needs of others. Students will learn about values, traits, and skills most often associated with successful entrepreneurial activity. |
| Information Technology |
| Information Technology Applications in Business (Type: Open) |
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Code: BTA 3O0 Year: 3 Prerequisite: None Costs: $5 for computer supplies This course provides students with the opportunity to develop the information technology skills and knowledge required in business. Students will learn about the information technology work environment, use industry-standard software, conduct electronic research, investigate electronic business, and explore occupations and post-secondary programs that require information technology skills. |
| Marketing |
| Introduction to Marketing (Type: College Preparation) |
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Code: BMI 3C0 Year: 3 Prerequisite: None Costs: $5 for supplies This course introduces the fundamental concepts of marketing, with an emphasis on in-depth analysis of the influence of changes in the economy and global marketplace, trends and issues, and the impact of technology. Students will analyze the buying patterns of various consumers and the effect of marketing strategies, and will engage in marketing research. Students will also develop and present a marketing plan for a specific product. |
| Grade 12 |
| Business |
| Organizational Studies: Organizational Behaviour and Human Resources (Type: University/College Prep.) |
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Code: BOH 4M0 Year: 4 Prerequisite: Any university, university/college, or college preparation course in Business Studies or Canadian and World Studies Costs: $8 for materials This course focuses on ways in which organizations deal with issues affecting their competitiveness in a changing technological and global business environment. Students will analyze various leadership techniques and study various issues such as ethics in business, social responsibility, management of group dynamics, uses of information technology, workplace stress and conflict, motivation of employees, and globalization. Students will also investigate the management of diverse workplace within an organization and the importance of strategic planning. |
| Accounting |
| Principles of Financial Accounting (Type: University/College Prep.) |
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Code: BAT 4M0 Year: 4 Prerequisite: BAF 3M0 Costs: $5 for materials This course emphasizes study of accounting principles related to financial statements. Students will learn about ways in which information in these statements is used in making business decisions, and about the effects on financial statements using different methods of inventory valuation and adjusting and reversing entries. Students will also study various means of financing a business and ways in which the strength of a corporation can be determined through the reading of it's annual report. |
| Accounting for a Small Business (Type: Workplace Preparation) |
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Code: BAN 4E0 Year: 4 Prerequisite: BAI 3E0 Costs: $5 for computer supplies This course expands upon the fundamentals of accounting introduced in the Grade 11 course by examining each component of the accounting cycle, with emphasis on practical applications. Students will learn how accounting is practiced in the workplace by acquiring an understanding of payroll systems, inventory, specialized journals, subsidiary ledgers, sales taxes and cash management, and will use accounting software programs. This course is dedicated to computer use. |
| PROSPECTS 2002-03 |