Business 9/10 (Entrepreneurship & Marketing)
Year after year, business is one of the most popular post-secondary programs chosen by high school graduates. This course will introduce the many topics of business to students launching them into an interesting, prosperous area of study. From consumer wants and needs (entrepreneurship & economics), to the 4 P’s (marketing), and the measurement of financial success (accounting). Students will gain the background knowledge to prepare them for other senior level courses in Business Education.
Computer Studies 9/10 (Info. Tech)
The top jobs for 2025 and beyond have not been created yet, however, with the advent of Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Amazon, these jobs will likely be in the Information Technology field. Course projects include: text based coding with HTML, CSS and Javascript; learning advanced features of MS Office and Google Office Suite; digital creation and manipulation of videos and photos. The skills obtained in this course will benefit students with their immediate studies, as well as their future careers.
Accounting 11
This introductory course aims to teach students personal finance, how to record business transactions, and prepare financial statements. Students also gain practical experience building spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel and working with Quickbooks accounting software. Projects such as the Stock Market simulation game and Accounting Monopoly are always student pleasers. Attention is focused on real world situations and applying it to class discussions and assignments.
Financial Accounting 12
Accounting is the foundation of the business world. Therefore, learning it now in a low-pressure environment is easy and beneficial, especially for those interested in pursuing a Commerce degree. This intermediate course builds off the skills learned in Accounting 11, and focuses on financial analysis, building financial models, and working in depth with Microsoft Excel and Quickbooks. Emphasis is placed on what to expect from both a university course structure and a career in business.
Economic Theory 12
Economic Theory 12 is a course designed to prepare you for any first-year university or college Economics course and will touch on theories and principles at that level. If you plan to study business at post-secondary this course will make your life easier in first year. It will focus on the basic concepts of scarcity, supply and demand, production costs as well as the theories of prominent economists such as Adam Smith, and John Maynard Keynes to name a few. This content is usually academic in nature but the global pandemic of 2020 has made it the ultimate in experiential learning.