Business Education

Accounting I (Prerequisite: None)
Prepares students for entry-level employment and college-level accounting. Proper procedures for maintaining the financial records of various businesses will be emphasized. Related personal topics such as budgeting college finances, applying for scholarships, establishing credit, preparing income taxes, protecting oneself against fraud and exploring many accounting career paths are a part of the course.

Business Procedures
(Prerequisites: Keyboarding or Computer Applications or Word Processing and Approval by Ms. T. Thomas)
This course is a prerequisite for a student wanting to be an office intern (aide).  Other crucial work and career skills are taught.
 
Legal Environment of Business (Prerequisite: None)
This class will help the student understand rights and obligations under the law and includes the topics of contracts, torts, criminal procedures, ethics, insurance, landlord and tenant, and estate planning.

Business Essentials (Prerequisite: None)
This program is designed to provide basic information on how businesses are organized and managed. Students form management teams and make decisions to solve problems that occur in business.

Examining the Teaching Profession (Prerequisite: Approval by Mrs. Thomas)
The Examining the Teaching Profession course is a yearlong course for students who are interested in pursuing a career in the education field. The course allows students to learn about and explore the field of education through curriculum taught in class, and also gaining valuable “hands-on” experience while working in cluster elementary and middle schools.

Computer Applications I (Prerequisite: None)
Available to all grades. Provides the student with an introduction to commonly used software applications.  Microsoft Office 2003 helps prepare students to be productive in both the classroom and the workplace.  Upon completion of the course, students will be able to produce and format various documents including Excel spreadsheets, Access databases, PowerPoint presentations, and business documents.  Students also learn about the importance of work ethics and proper internet usage.  This course gives the students an overview of possible areas of concentration in a computer field in the future.

Financial Literacy (Prerequisite: None)
Available to all grades. Using project-based instruction, students are introduced to the foundations of finance and the role finance, credit, savings, investments, and estate planning play in business. Various technological tools will be used to assist in modeling financial decisions. Students will also learn how to balance a checkbook, create a budget and understand the do's and don'ts related to credit cards. Business partnerships with financial service institutions, guest speakers, field trips, and work-based learning activities can be incorporated in this course. Students are also introduced to different careers choices and job trends. Students complete a job analysis, listing the positive and negative features of potential career choices.

International Business (Prerequisite: None)
Designed for students interested in learning what it takes to compete in a global business environment. Topics include business/foreign protocol, foreign cultures and how they influence business transactions, foreign travel, exporting, and international banking and finance.

Computer Science Courses

Web Page Design I and II
(Prerequisite: Keyboarding, Computer Applications I or Word Processing)
This course will include an overview of the basic principles of Web page design. Students will utilize the planning process to create Web pages. HTML and JavaScript programming techniques will be taught as well as an introduction to Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks.  Web Design concepts and the Web Design will also be discussed.
 

Family and Consumer Sciences

Food, Nutrition, and Wellness  (Prerequisite: None)
Food, Nutrition, and Wellness is an essential course in understanding nutritional needs and food choices for optimal health of individuals. The student will learn how nutrition choices relate to personal wellness. The student will develop a knowledge base and the skills necessary to select among alternatives in the marketplace, with an emphasis on nutrient content, the development of chronic diseases, and food safety.

Food and Nutrition Through the Lifespan (Prerequisite: Food, Nutrition, and Wellness)
Food and Nutrition through the Lifespan is a foods and nutrition course that addresses the various nutritional needs throughout the human life cycle: pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and the elderly. The course addresses the effects that nutrition has on the overall health and performance of humans. This course directs students toward healthy lifestyle choices that provide the ultimate foundation for a lifetime of success.

Marketing Courses

Fashion Marketing (Prerequisite: None)
Year-long course. This course describes the environment in which fashion thrives, introduces the basic elements of fashion and presents methods of promotion, selling and coordination.

Marketing Internship (Prerequisite: Approval by Ms. Davis)
Students apply their marketing skills while training part-time in a marketing related job. They must work at least 15 hours per week in a marketing business.

Marketing Lab (Prerequisite: Any Marketing Course and Approval by Ms. Davis)
Experience in retail applications by operating the marketing lab, The Jungle Exchange. Responsibilities include sales, customer service, inventory, display, promotion, maintenance and delivery.

Marketing Principles (Prerequisite: Approval by Ms. Davis)
Introduces the marketing concept, the marketing mix, channels of distribution, current marketing trends, and selling as a profession. Provides an overview of the total Marketing program and provides employment opportunities in marketing.

Promotion (Prerequisite: Marketing Principles and Practices)
Emphasizes the various methods used to promote goods and services. Advertising, media selection, display techniques, ad layout, and the basic steps in selling are explored. Students must apply their knowledge to promotion projects.

Engineering & Technology Education Courses

Introduction to Engineering Drawing & Design (Prerequisite: None)
This is a yearlong foundation course that serves as an introduction to the drafting and design field and is a prerequisite to all other courses in the Engineering and Technology Education Program. Emphasis is placed on manual techniques, fundamentals of Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD), and various types of drawings used for Industry.

Survey of Engineering Drawings (Prerequisite: Introduction to Engineering Drawing & Design)
This yearlong course is designed to further the development of student knowledge and skills in engineering drawings. Students learn to illustrate more complex objects using the Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) system and develop skills in a variety of drawings such as dimensioning, pictorials, sections, and auxiliary views. Projects include designing, building, and testing structural problems such as towers, bridges, and VEX Robotic systems.

Solid Modeling & Design (Prerequisite: Introduction to Engineering Drawing & Design & Approval from Mr. Cotton)
This yearlong course is designed to further the development of student knowledge and skills in engineering and related mechanical design drafting areas. This course is required to complete the Engineering Graphic and Design Pathway. Emphasis is placed on 3-D working and assembly drawings including rendering and animation. CAD tools and software are used extensively throughout the course.

Architectural Drawing & Design (Prerequisite: Introduction to Engineering Drawing & Design)
This is a yearlong course that introduces students to the basic terminology, concepts, and principles of architectural design. It presents some basic instruction using traditional methods but places an emphasis on Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) techniques. This course is intended to develop the necessary technical skills to communicate architectural ideas in an understandable, efficient, and accurate manner.

Foundations of Electronics (Prerequisite: Approval of Mr. Cotton)
This yearlong course is designed for beginning students who are interested in devices that are used in electricity and electronics. Individual and class projects promote critical thinking, problem solving, and abstract reasoning. A variety of methods such as class discussions, demonstrations, and class activities are used to teach the basic components of electronics, their characteristics, and their theory of operation.