Business & Technology & Film & Photography
Student Handbook 2018-19
Business and Technology Education courses incorporate advanced technology, ethical standards, recognition of our school’s position in an increasingly global economy, cooperative learning, teamwork, and a commitment to lifelong learning. The department emphasizes creative and critical thinking and encourages acceptance of change.
Personal Finance 20S (PRFI20S)
Personal Finance focuses on developing fundamental financial literacy skills, including the value of money, basic economics, budgeting, saving, financial institution services, and investing. This is especially relevant to high school students, since they are entering the workforce and are considering future purchases that require financial planning, such as buying a car, travelling, or pursuing post-secondary education. Since financial literacy is a life skill, this course is a good option for all students.
Retailing Perspectives 30S (REPR30S)
Retailing Perspectives helps students gain an understanding of retailing from both a theoretical and a practical approach. It emphasizes the retailing operations of both a physical and an online environment through making decisions related to product, price, place, and promotion. The course focuses on advertising strategies, direct marketing, personal selling, sales promotions, and public relations. Students will apply these concepts and their creativity to design a variety of promotional and advertising material. Along with course material, students will take ownership of developing, marketing and selling the FRC clothing line. This course is designed for students interested in a variety of business opportunities, as well as those who are looking to further expand their business knowledge.
Venture Development 30S (VNDEV30S)
(*formerly known as Visions and Ventures 30S)
Venture Development is designed for students interested in starting their own business. Students will become entrepreneurs during this course as they focus on planning, creating, implementing, evaluating, and operating their own business ventures within the school. Students will learn many skills necessary for the 21st Century entrepreneur to build their business venture, such as building a website, use social media for marketing, use various forms of online software and apps to organize and form an effective business plan. This is an exciting, one-of-a-kind course that will benefit all students using authentic learning.
Accounting Essentials 30S (ACESS30S)
Accounting is the language of business. Accounting education prepares individuals to meet personal financial needs, provides them with an awareness of a wide variety of accounting, business and technology careers and lays the foundation for continued study and life-long learning. Professional accounting careers are projected to remain in high demand, with accounting designations enjoying high employment rates. Students will be introduced to manual accounting procedures to provide an understanding of the accounting concepts, principles and processes and work through the accounting cycle for a service business. These manual accounting procedures are integrated with a computerized environment using Microsoft Excel and accounting software on an ongoing basis.
Accounting Systems 40S (ACSYS40S)
Students will build and expand upon accounting principles and concepts introduced in Accounting Essentials 30S. Students will learn how businesses plan for and evaluate their operating, financing and investing decisions and then how accounting systems gather and provide data to internal and external decisions makers. The creation and maintenance of computer accounting records utilizing Excel and accounting software are an integral part of this course. Problem solving skills using business-oriented methods, business ethics, communication and technology are incorporated throughout the course. Topics include an introduction to corporate accounting, accounting information systems, accounting for merchandising firms, sales and receivables, fixed assets, debt and equity. Other topics include statement of cash flows, and financial ratios. Students will get an idea of what’s involved in the more senior management roles within a business environment and a good knowledge base for taking accounting courses at the postsecondary level. (Prerequisite Accounting 30S)
Economic Principles 40S (ECOPRI40S)
Economic Principles focuses on the basic concepts of economics and microeconomic and macroeconomic principles. Topics include opportunity cost, supply and demand, public goods and externalities, income and poverty, GDP, unemployment, inflation, economic growth, game theory, market systems and structures, fiscal policy and monetary policy. Hands-on activities, lecture, and interactive internet activities are all used to help students gain an understanding of economic concepts. Students will be encouraged to think critically and develop an understanding about the current economic situations in Canada and around the world. This course provides students with a good knowledge base for taking micro and macroeconomics courses at the postsecondary level.
Law 40S (LAW 40S)
Law focuses on basic legal principles and practices in Canada’s legal system. Using a hands-on, activity based approach to learning, this recognized university entrance course discusses major legislation in Canada such as the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Criminal Code of Canada. Students will be exposed to a variety of different topics such as human rights and the law, criminal investigations and courtroom trial proceedings. Current event issues, mock trials, controversial debate topics and possible career choices in law and law enforcement are explored.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT COURSES:
Career Development helps students to connect school learning to the workplace and labour market. Students will explore potential careers, acquire skills, work experience and develop references. Career Development uses a combination of classroom activities and job placement that allow students to put this knowledge to use in a job setting.
Life/Work Planning 20S (LWP 20S)
LWP20S provides the students with an overview of career development skills designed to help them explore different career paths in both professional and trade industries. All students will be encouraged to explore and assess their strengths, needs, and interests and to investigate a broad range of opportunities as they pursue their educational pathways. Focus will be placed on self-assessment, including unique talents, interests, skills, and building positive self-esteem. Through a variety of learning techniques and experiences including guest speakers and hands-on activities students will learn how to identify, investigate and pursue goals in education, work, and community in order to prepare for the 21st Century workforce.
Life/Work Building 30S (LWB 30S)
LWB30S provides the students with an opportunity to explore different careers. The first portion of the course will be spent in the classroom. Topics include self-assessment, career exploration, job-hunting skills, building a resume, enhancing interview skills and gaining work experience through a volunteer placement. Students will spend a minimum of 40 hours in a work placement that can be added to a resume for future opportunities.
Life/Work Transitioning 40S (LWT 40S)
LWT40S students will spend 80 hours in a work experience placement to help them prepare for post-secondary education and/or the transition from high school to employment. Students who have not taken Life/Work Building 30S will begin the course in the classroom to help prepare them for the work placement. Upon completion of this course students will be able to enhance their resumes with new skills, volunteer experience and work references.