BUSINESS
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| Internet Technology and Computers | 1.0 Credit |
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This
course will help students learn essential computer applications and
Internet technology skills for personal, academic, and professional
success. Students will effectively use a current Windows operating
system and appropriate file management resources; develop and refine
keyboarding skills on computers for speed and accuracy; apply word
processing and desktop publishing functions to create, edit, manipulate,
format, cite resources, print, and store common personal and business
documents; apply spreadsheet functions to solve financial, mathematical,
and statistical problems in business; create and edit charts and graphs
to interpret spreadsheet data; design and create databases to extract,
sort, calculate, and report business data; design, create, and execute
an artistic and professional PowerPoint presentation which includes
appropriate text formatting, graphics, animation, and public speaking
skills, and use the Internet in an ethical manner to research,
communicate, collaborate, and efficiently retrieve information. This
course features an employment unit designed to help students explore
their career interests, set career goals, analyze and develop their
workplace skills, complete online employment applications, develop
interviewing techniques, prepare resumes and other employment documents
useful in assembling a career portfolio. Many other hands-on projects
integrating multiple office applications are also highlighted within the
curriculum. Students will experience applications supporting the Florida
Math Standards and the Florida Standards for Language Arts. |
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| Business Management | 1.0 Credit |
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This
course, designed to provide a fundamental understanding of business
management, will cover managing, marketing, financing and communicating
within a business environment. Skills taught will include communication,
problem solving and decision-making, economics, ethics, financials, and
basic marketing principles. Students will experience applications
supporting the Florida Math Standards. Assignments are individual and
project based and will provide a solid foundation for future coursework. |
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| Entrepreneurship | 0.5 Credit Owning Your Own Business |
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This course provides
students opportunities to determine benefits and risks of
self-employment and develop a specific competence in starting a small
business. Students will experience application of the following Florida
Economics Standards: implications of scarcity, analysis of current
events, interdependence of households and firms, comparison of different
economic systems, principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics, the
economic role of government, affects of international trade, and
financial choices. Students will also experience application of the
following Florida Math Standards: number sense data analysis, and
probability, patterns and algebra, discrete math, and logic. |
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| Marketing | 1.0 Credit |
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This course is designed to
prepare students for employment in various sales, customer service,
advertising and promotion, and first line supervisory positions in
wholesale, retail and service areas. Students will prepare to perform
marketing and management functions and tasks as they relate to selling
and retailing, e-commerce, sports and entertainment, and hospitality and
tourism industries. Students will experience application of the
following Florida Math Standards: number sense data analysis and
probability, patterns and algebra, discrete math, and logic. |
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| Business Law | 0.5 Credit |
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This course involves the
study of how our nation's laws were formed, the ethics behind our laws,
our kinds of law, how laws are enforced, and the difference between
crimes and torts. Laws for minors, families, and consumers will also be
studied. However, the main emphasis of this course will be the study of
contracts--different types, how they are formed and ended, and damages. |
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| PC101 | 0.5 Credit |
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This course will prepare
students to use the computer as a tool to assist in personal, business
and educational use at an accelerated pace. Students will learn
fundamentals of computer use in addition to software applications using
Windows and Microsoft Office. Skills taught will include a keyboarding
tutorial, letters, reports, tables, and an employment unit. Students
will also use spreadsheet, database, and presentation software to create
professional documents. The students will experience applications
supporting the Florida Math Standards and the Florida Standards for
Language Arts. |
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| Internet and Web Design | 0.5 Credit |
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This course is designed to
help students create personal, business, or school web pages for the
Internet. It is designed for intermediate Internet users. Topics
covered include: web browser features, Internet research techniques,
multimedia capabilities, and web page creation. Student web pages will
include text, sound video, tables, links, and forms. The student may
experience applications supporting the Florida Math Standards.
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