Business and Information Technology

Course OfferingsEligibility
B14 Computer Applications Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
B17 Web Tools 2.0 Grade 9, 10, 11, 12
B23 Introduction to Business Grade 9, 10, 11
* B24 Entrepreneurship Grade 10, 11, 12
* B25 Web Page Design 1 Grade 10, 11, 12
* B26 Web Page Design 2 Grade 10, 11, 12
* B31 Accounting 1 Grade 10, 11, 12
* B32 Accounting 2 Grade 11, 12
* B33 Personal/Business Law Grade 11, 12
B36 Personal Finance Grade 11, 12
* B41 Marketing Grade 10, 11, 12
* B42 Sports and Entertainment Marketing Grade 11, 12
* B43 Business Management and Leadership Grade 11, 12
* B45 Internship Experience Grade 12
 *B50 College Credit Business Grade 11, 12

* These courses have prerequisites             

                              Suggested Course Sequence
                        SKILLS                        WORLD OF BUSINESS

                   B14         B26                           B23          B24
                   B17         B25                           B31          B32
                   B45                                          B33          B36
                                                                  B41          B42
                                                                  B43          B50

 
B14 - Computer Applications
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Students will learn Microsoft (MS) Office 2007 Suite components - Word, Excel, Publisher and PowerPoint. Today an understanding of word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation programs is a necessity for both students and workers. Thus, students will learn features of MS Office that will prepare them to work more effectively in their future activities, both in the classroom and in the workforce.

Text: Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory.Pasewark & Pasework, Course Technology/Cengage, 2008.

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B17 - Web Tools 2.0
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Web Tools 2.0 - Web 2.0? Wiki? Blog? Social Bookmarking? Screencast? Social networks? Some people might think you are speaking a different language with all of these new digital technology terms! Come learn what "Web 2.0" is all about! Designed to introduce you to emerging 21st century digital technologies, you will learn to navigate and use the Read/Write Web (Web 2.0) to its fullest potential as both a consumer and producer of information. You will explore, analyze, and reflect upon applications for online bookmarking, blogging, podcasting, digital storytelling, wikis, tele/video conferencing, Google tools, screencasts, RSS feeds, and much more. Be prepared to "think outside the box" and to add to your "technology toolbox" that you’ll be able to use in all of your other classes!

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B23 - Introduction to Business
Grades 9, 10, 11
½ credit

This course is a basic introduction to business designed to create excitement for the students in the area of business and to give a brief overview of all aspects of business. Students will get a taste of accounting, marketing, economics, investing, entrepreneurship, business organization and career planning. Students will learn to compete in the world labor market. Using a computerized simulation by Junior Achievement, JA Titan, students will apply their knowledge in investing and business planning. Students will also learn workplace readiness skills through the JA Success Skills program and finish the term with a mock interview with a community business individual. Finally, students will compete in a classroom stock simulation to learn about the stock market in a safe learning environment.

Text: Introduction to Business. Thomson, South-Western Publishing Co., 2006.

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B24 - Entrepreneurship
Grades 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business

This class is designed to help students develop an understanding of how business is researched, organized, operated and finally liquidated. In collaboration with the Junior Achievement (JA) Company Program, students will be given a job description, as either the President of the company or as a specific role in the Human Resource, Finance, Marketing or Production Department. Each department will work together to form a complex business plan. The plan will then be carried out, and after the completion of the business, an annual report will be printed and given to stockholders of the business.

Text: Entrepreneurship: Ideas in Action. 3rd Edition. Swanson, South-Western Publishing Co., 2006.

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B25 - Web Page Design 1
Grades 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Computer Science or Photoshop and InDesign.

Web Page Design I: Web Page Design will give students an understanding of web page layout & design elements, web site/page evaluation, basic HTML, and creating websites using WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors like Google Sites, Weebly, and many others. Students will design and create a personal web site as well as examine business and/or school websites to provide recommendations for updates. 

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B26 - Web Page Design 2 (Independent study)
Grades 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: B25 - Web Page Design I and teacher approval.

This project-based course is designed to be a continuation of the skills learned in Web Page Design 1. This will be an independent study course.

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B31 - Accounting 1
Grades 10, 11, 12
1 credit

Prerequisites: "C" or above average in Math.

Accounting is a course that should be taken by students who will be majoring in business in college. The aim of this course is to develop in the student the ability to keep and interpret business records and to develop an interest in, and a foundation for, the future study of accounting. Accounting enables the student to intelligently handle his/her personal and business financial affairs as a citizen, consumer, manager, owner and/or investor. Students will learn manual and automated accounting systems.

Text: Century 21 Accounting. Seventh Edition. Automated Business Simulations. Ross, Hanson, Gilbertson, Lehman and Swanson, Lehman, Swanson, South-Western Publishing Co. 2003.

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B32 - Accounting 2
Grade 11, 12
1/2 credit

Prerequisite: "B" or above in Accounting I.

Accounting II emphasizes corporate accounting and integrates accounting practices and related computer skills to prepare advanced students for future employment.

Text: Century 21 Accounting, Advanced Course. Seventh Edition. Automated Business Simulations. Ross, Hanson, Gilbertson, Lehman, Swanson, South-Western Publishing Co. 2003.

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B33 - Personal/Business Law
Grades 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Intro to Business

In this course, students will get an understanding of the fundamental principles of the laws that affect their personal and business lives.

Text: Law for Business and Personal Use. Sixteenth Edition. Adamson, Thomson/South-Western Publishing Co. 2004.

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B36 - Personal Finance
Grades 11, 12
½ credit

This course is designed to help students develop an understanding of money management techniques, finances, risk and diversity of investments, and educate students to become better consumers and achieve personal lifestyle objectives. Topics may include: budgeting, banking services, investing, credit, consumer rights and responsibilities, identity theft, taxes, insurance and housing. This course is taught in a blended learning environment, a combination of on-line and face-to-face instruction. Blackboard is used as the instructional tool to deliver the on-line course material.

Resource: NEFE High School Financial Planning Program.

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B41 - Marketing
Grades 10, 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Intro to Business

This course is designed to make students aware of the marketing efforts that companies use to get consumers and businesses to buy their product. Students will analyze efforts of companies that do marketing, and also do their own marketing of different products. The students will be conducting market research, deciding on product features and benefits, planning distribution, determining price and carrying out many different types of promotion.
Text: TBA

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B42 - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Grades 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Marketing

This course will provide an understanding of and expand on the key functions of marketing, but applied in the world of sports, hospitality and entertainment. Students will create and promote their own sports team.

Text: Sports and Entertainment Marketing. Second Edition. Kaser and Oelkers, South-Western Publishing Co., 2005.

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B43 - Business Management & Leadership
Grades 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite: Intro to Business

Students will learn about the major functions of management and leadership and the skills that lead to managerial success. Students will learn about the benefits of teamwork, role of technology, reports using spreadsheets, and the values of ethics and social responsibility in business relationships.
Text: TBA

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B45 - Internship Experience
Grade 12
.5 or 1 credit

Prerequisites: Teacher approval.

Set yourself apart from the rest of the crowd in the competitive job market. With an Internship, the student will gain invaluable job experience, have credible work experience to put on a job application or college application, possibly qualify for college scholarships, earn money for college, and by having a high school internship could help the student get a college internship. It provides an opportunity for employment in an area consistent with the student's career objective. This instructional program is planned, coordinated, and supervised by both the teacher-coordinator and employer.

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B50 - College Credit Business
Grades 11, 12
½ credit

Prerequisite :  Entrepreneurship, Accounting I, and/or Teacher approval

As part of the Cooperative Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) this university level course is offered for one term in order to potentially earn 3 college credits in the Business Department at UW-Oshkosh or as an elective. Students will be responsible for CAPP tuition through UW-O.

This course will provide students with an introduction to the management of businesses and prepare students for additional college courses in business.  Topics to be covered are economic theory, competitive strategies, business ownership, organizational design, professional development, operations management, cost accounting, financial accounting, human resources, and marketing. In addition to the course material, an important element will be a Business Plan Project.  The class format will be structured and typically include lecture, discussion, and group cooperative learning.

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