Business and IT
Business & Information Technology Sequences
Business and Information Technology Education is a broad and diverse discipline that enables students to prepare for entry-level employment and/or post-secondary education in business, marketing, and computer occupations. The course sequences in Business and Information Technology are designed to provide a variety of options for students to meet requirements while developing broad based, transferable skills and specialized competencies. Student leadership development programs such as DECA (an association of marketing students) are an integral part of the Business and Information Technology program.
Introduction to Career & Financial ManagementCredit: 1/2 unit
Year: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course is an overview of business topics, including the economy; entrepreneurship; management; marketing; advertising; human resources; consumer decision-making and protection; business communications and business behavior. The second half of the course deals with personal perspectives of the work world, addressing students' needs/wants/goals, lifestyle aspirations, career-related finances, banking, income tax, credit, insurances, renting and buying a car and/or home and consumer rights. This is a great class for those interested in a business major, as well as those who would just like to know more about business. Course-work includes projects and hands-on activities.
Required for all CTE-approved programs
(see also "Technology") Business/Criminal LawCredit: 1 unit (SUNY College Credit Option)
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This full-year course is encouraged as an elective in a 3-unit sequence. Topics include some criminal law, the individual and the legal environment, contracts, personal and real property, transportation and travel, handling goods and services, agency relationships, negotiable instruments, and Business Ownership. Business Law may be used as the fifth unit for a five-unit Social Studies sequence only if earning a business sequence.
Business Ownership (DECA)Credit: 1 unit
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Principles of Marketing
This is a full-year course designed to provide students with a background in managing business personal and community service projects. The contents of this course will focus on basic marketing functions as applicable to the completion of a project and a business plan. Major DECA projects are completed in this class.
College/Personal Use Keyboarding: Teaching Learning Community
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course is designed for students to develop touch-keyboarding skills they will use in their lives, college studies and as a support skill in their jobs. You will be introduced to computer fundamentals and proper keyboarding methods. A significant portion of the course is devoted to learning proper keyboarding techniques to become a proficient typist. The increase of technology use in the home and industry has made typing a common communicative device. An individual, therefore, needs superior keyboarding skills.
This course also includes a supplemental curriculum, Teaching Learning Community (TLC), designed to facilitate the students' academic and personal transition into high school. Strategies for student achievement such as time management, goal setting, appreciating diversity, and test preparation will be taught and reinforced. Other course components will include information and activities designed to promote emotional literacy. Fulfills the keyboarding requirement for graduation and is required for all Business and Information Technology sequences. The Business of MusicCredit: 1/2 unit
Year: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Do you dream of making it big in the music industry? Students in this course study various aspects of the music industry. The class focuses on careers, trends, legal issues, economics, marketing and business ownership in the music industry.
Principles of MarketingCredit: 1 unit
Year: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This full-year course provides students with the foundation needed for a career in marketing. The contents provide students with a general marketing background, centered on basic marketing functions (buying, selling, research, promotion, management, etc.) Membership in DECA as a co-curricular activity is strongly advised.
Web Design 1Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: College/Personal Use Keyboarding or Computer Applications
This is an introductory course in web design, covering topics such as layout, graphics, content, copyright and more. Students use Dreamweaver, an HTML editor, and are introduced to HTML coding and also create web pages using the HTML language. A unit in Adobe Photoshop covers skills used in preparing graphics for the Internet. Students will leave this course knowing how to create their very own web site.
Web Design 2Credit: 1/2 Unit
Prerequisite: Web Design 1
Year: 10, 11 ,12
This is an intermediate level course for students who satisfy the requirements in Web Design 1. Students continue to enhance their skills using Dreamweaver. Other areas of focus may include timelines; frames; templates; layers; inserting Flash images and Java scripts. An introduction to Flash is also included, with students learning the basics of the drawing tools and creating animated graphics and text.
Networking 1Credit: 1/2
Year 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Previous computer course and permission of the instructor.
This is an introductory class designed to provide students with a basic understanding of networking. The course includes classroom and laboratory experience in current and emerging networking technology, empowering students for employment or further education and training in the computer-networking field.
Principles of AccountingCredit: 1 unit
Prerequisite: None
Year: 10, 11, 12
This course is an introduction to accounting as a means of recording business activities. It includes classifying and recording original business transactions, adjusting erroneous accounts or entries; compiling accounting data into meaningful financial statement; and discussing the vital role ethics plays in the accounting field. Students complete an in-depth, independent project, applying accounting to real-life business situation using Quickbooks software.
Advanced AccountingCredit: 1 unit (SUNY College Credit option)
Prerequisite: Principles of Accounting 1
Year: 11, 12
This course is highly recommended for students planning to study business in college. The class covers advanced accounting applications, including building and reading financial statements; internal controls; and cash management. Students also have the option of earning three (3) SUNY credits.
Student Activity Accounting 1Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Accounting 1 or permission of the instructor
This independent study course provides hands-on practical learning in the accounting field for students interested in business and finance. Assisting the school's Central Treasurer, students learn cash control, policy and procedures, safeguarding student activity funds, record keeping, and cash receipts and disbursements by updating and maintaining the Student Activity Club fund.
Student Activity Accounting 2Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Student Activity Accounting 1
This independent study course is a continuation of Student Activity Accounting 1 with emphasis on troubleshooting, reconciling accounts, year-end procedures and reporting.
Retail Management 1
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Business Ownership
This course provides students with practical work experience, where they can develop and apply skills such as customer service and related-selling. Students also learn: how to keep inventory; cash-out drawers; calculate profit/loss; food preparation; and product placement and display. Experience in real-life business situations teaches students such skills as dealing with customers, following store procedures and managing time efficiently.
Retail Management 2
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 11, 12
Prerequisite: Retail Management 1
This course is a continuation of Retail Management 1, with students take a management role in running an actual store. Students are responsible for tracking inventory, financial statements, shift management, scheduling, ordering merchandise and dealing with employee problems. Students also prepare business documents such as purchase orders and daily inventory and cash register logs.
Sport Management
Credit: 1/2 unit (SUNY College Credit Option)
Year: 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: Principles of Marketing or Principles of Accounting 1
This course is for students interested in exploring Sport Management as a possible career while earning three (3) college credits from SUNY Cortland. Students learn about sports marketing, facilities planning, sport financing and governing bodies and the ethics of sport.
Computer Applications
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: None
Students learn a variety of business and computer applications in this hands-on course, including the Internet; graphics; word processing; spreadsheets; databases and presentations through the use of computers, printers, scanners and digital cameras. They also develop practical skills by creating letters, memos, reports and budgets and using the Internet for research.
Fulfills the keyboarding requirement for graduation
Money & Banking
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 10,11,12
Prerequisite: None
Students in this class are eligible for employment at the school's branch of the ESM-NS Federal Credit Union! Topics include buying vs. leasing a car, proper use of credit, budgeting and consumer protection information. Students also learn basic investing concepts and participate in an online stock market game.
Business Communications
Credit: 1/2 unit
Year: 9,10,11,12
Prerequisite: Keyboarding or Computer Applications
Experience in MS Word greatly enhances the students' practical computer skills for use in high school, post-secondary education, and the business world. This course also prepares students for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) Certification, which is a globally recognized certification. Students will learn career skills while manipulating features in MS Word as well as learn to write business letters, create charts, create links and formatting, manipulate clip art, record their voice in MS Word, and develop a brochure!
This past 2008-2009 school year, 85 % of students passed the Word MOS Exam!!!
Spreadsheet Management
Credit: 1/2 Unit
Year: 10, 11,12
Prerequisite: Keyboarding or Computer Applications
This course provides an extensive study of Microsoft Excel's program and its applications. Course of study will include creating, modifying, and managing common worksheets leading to MS Office Specialist (MOS) Certification that is globally recognized (add to your college applications and resume). Students will learn to control and manipulate budgets, create movie and musical favorite listings, administer and graph surveys, develop a budget for your future vacation, and more!Microsoft Excel: A program you will USE to simplify and organize your life. Employers look for people with skills in Excel…
This past 2008-2009 school year, 100 % of students passed the Excel MOS Exam!!!
Jhad Mozeb earned a perfect score on the Excel exam. Of 372,719 candidates who took the exam, only 310,008 passed it. Only 9,358 people worldwide received a perfect score (613 in the U.S. and 4 in New York). That placed Jhad Mozeb in the top 2% of those who took the Excel exam worldwide!
Last updated on 1/15/10
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