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Grade 9
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Introduction to Business - BBI1O
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- The Introduction to Business course, offered in Grade 9, introduces you to each of the major areas of business:
- The basics of business operation
- The role and applications of technology in business
- The role and characteristics of entrepreneurs
- Management
- Accounting
- International Business
- This introductory course aims to ensure that all students acquire a general understanding of the role and nature of business while developing personal management skills relating to financial decisions, planning, and budgeting.
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Grade 11
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Introduction to Financial Accounting-- BAF3M
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- This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and procedures of accounting with emphasis on accounting procedures used in service and merchandising businesses.
- Students will develop an understanding of the connections between financial analysis, control and decision making in the management of a business, as well as the effects of technology and globalization on accounting procedures and the role of the accountant.
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Introduction to Marketing-- BMI3C
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- This course introduces the fundamental concepts of marketing, with an emphasis on in-depth analysis of the influence of changes in the economy and global marketplace, trends and issues, and the impact of technology.
- Students will analyze the buying patterns of various consumers and the effect of marketing strategies, and will engage in marketing research. Students will also develop and present a marketing plan for a specific product.
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Introduction to Entrepreneneurship-- BDI3C
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- 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 personal goals by satisfying the needs of others.
- Students learn about values, traits, and skills most often associated with successful entrepreneurial activity including invention and innovation, how to create a venture plan and how to finance a venture.
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Grade 12
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Principles of Financial Accounting-- BAT4M
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- This course emphasizes study of accounting principles related to financial statements.
- Students learn about ways in which information in these statements is used in making business decisions, and about the effects on financial statements using different methods of inventory valuation and adjusting and reversing entries. Students also study various means of financing a business and ways in which the strength of a corporation can be determined by reading its annual report.
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Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals -- BOH4M
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- 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.
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Analyzing Current Economic Issues-- CIA4U
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- This course explores the choices that individuals and societies make about the use of resources in a competitive global economy.
- Students will use economic concepts and models, as well as methods of economic inquiry to analyze current economic issues and make informed economic choices based on their analysis.
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Introduction to International Business-- BBB4M
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- 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 including making an international business plan.
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Financial Securities -- IDC4U2
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- This interdisciplinary course explores investing and portfolio design. Students will learn about financial investments (mutual funds, stocks) and how to invest. They will develop research skills so that they can assess the economy and spot investment opportunities and so that they can assess risk. They will also learn how to examine the financial performances of companies. The course combines relevant information and skills from Economics, Accounting, Politics, World Issues as well as some math.
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Co-operative Education
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Cooperative Education-- GWL3O
4 Credits
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- The cooperative education course consists of a classroom component and a placement component. Through these two components, the cooperative education course prepares the student for successful participation in a work placement.
- The placements provide sufficient time and opportunities for students to develop skills related to the other business course to which they are attaching their coop credits.
- A wide array of placements are available. Students are placed in work settings that offer experience in an area which interests them.
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