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Grade 9

BTT1O1 Introduction to Information Technology (Open)
This hands-on course teaches students the use of computers and Information Technology. Students will build a foundation in digital literacy necessary for our technological society. Students will acquire fundamental skills in Word Processing, Spreadsheets, Digital Literacy, Social Meda, and Web Site Design that can be used in all their courses! In ALL subject areas! Students acquire communication skills and knowledge in a variety of topics related to IT including the Internet, Ethics, Careers, and Ergonomics.
Prerequisite: None  

Grade 10

BBI2O Introduction to Business (Open)
​This course introduces students to the world of business, including the concepts, functions, and skills required for meeting the challenges of operating a business in the twenty-first century on a local, national, and/or international scale. Students will also learn concepts and skills related to personal finance, accounting, marketing, entrepreneurship, and international business. 
Prerequisite: None  

Grade 11

BAF3M Introduction to Financial Accounting (University/College)
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and procedures of accounting. Students will develop financial analysis and decision-making skills that will assist them in future studies and/or career opportunities in business. Students will acquire an understanding of accounting for a service and a merchandising business, computerized accounting, financial analysis and current issues and ethics in accounting. 
Prerequisite: None  
BDI3C Entrepreneurship: The Venture (College)
This course focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas, and organize resources to plan successful ventures that enable them to achieve their goals. Students will create a business plan for their own business. Through hands-on experiences, students will have opportunities to develop the values, traits, and skills most often associated with successful entrepreneurs.
Prerequisite: None
BMI3C Marketing: Goods, Services, Events (College) 
This course introduces the fundamental concepts of product marketing, which includes the marketing of goods, services, and events.  Students will examine how trends, issues, global economic changes, and information technology influence consumer buying habits. Students will engage in marketing research, develop marketing strategies, and produce a marketing plan for a product of their choice.  
Prerequisite: None 
​BMX3E Marketing: Retail & Service, Grade 11, (Workplace Preparation)
This course focuses on marketing activities in the retail and service sectors. Students will examine trends and global influences on marketing decisions, and will learn about the importance of customer service in developing a customer base and maintaining customer loyalty. Through hands-on learning, students will develop personal selling and information technology skills that will prepare them for a variety of marketing –related positions in the workplace.
Prerequisite: None
BTA 3O Information and Computer Technology: The Digital Environment (Open)
This course prepares students for the digital environment. Using a hands-on approach, students will further develop information and communication technology skills through the use of common business software applications. The concept and operation of e-business will be explored, and students will design and create an e-business website. The skills developed in this course will prepare students for success in the workplace and/or postsecondary studies. 
Prerequisite: None

Grade 12

​BOH4M Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals, Grade 12 (University/College)
This course focuses on ways in which organizations deal with issues affecting their competitiveness in a changing technological and global business environment. Students will analyze various leadership techniques and study various issues such as ethics in business, social responsibility, management of group dynamics, uses of information technology, workplace stress and conflict, motivation of employees, and globalization. Students will also investigate the management of a diverse workforce within an organization and the importance of strategic planning.
​Prerequisite: None 
BDV4C Entrepreneurial Studies: Venture Planning, Grade 12 (College)
This course focuses on the application of entrepreneurial characteristics and skills. Students will learn how to develop a venture plan. In making the plan, they will consider available resources, analyze the potential market base, identify legal requirements and available financing, evaluate all aspects of the plan, and identify the management skills and technology that would be required in carrying out their plan.
​Prerequisite: None 
BAT4M Financial Accounting Principles, Grade 12 (University/College)
This course emphasizes the study of accounting principles related to financial statements. Students will learn about ways in which information in these statements is used in making business decisions, and about the effects of using different methods of inventory valuation and adjusting and reversing entries on financial statements. Students will also study the various ways of financing a business and ways in which the strength of a corporation can be determined through the reading of its annual report.
Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Fundamentals, grade 11, University/College Preparation 
BBB4M International Business, Grade 12 (University/College)
This course provides an overview of the importance of international business and trade in the global economy and explores the factors that influence success in international markets. Students will learn about the techniques and strategies associated with marketing, distribution, and managing international business effectively. This course prepares students for postsecondary programs in business, including international business, marketing, and management.
​Prerequisite: None
PLF4M Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Grade 12 (Open and University)
This course builds on students’ existing interests in sports and entertainment while making connections to the business and marketing side of the industry. The class will conduct community and school interest surveys in order to initiate projects that will be valued by the target market – our community. Students will focus on the use of technological resources and applications to plan, implement, communicate, and execute activities and various school and community promotions. The course will place a large emphasis on sport management and marketing, event and promotional management and application of business software to assist in the students’ project management strategies. This course will combine the expectations from curriculum within the Business and Physical Education departments (Organizational Studies, Information Technology in Business, and Fitness Leadership).
​Prerequisite: None
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