NOTE: ALL SEQUENCES MAY BE EXTENDED INTO A FIVE (5) UNIT SEQUENCE BY

COMPLETING TWO (2) ADDITIONAL CREDITS.

* BUSINESS ANALYSIS and BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS must be elements of a five (5) unit sequence used for obtaining a Regents Diploma.

** BUSINESS LAW may be used to complete a five (5) unit sequence in Social Studies

Juniors or Seniors taking Personal Word Processing and/or

Accounting II may earn college credit through Tompkins Cortland

Community College. (Consult description in catalog)

INTRODUCTION TO OCCUPATIONS 6000

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: This course is required for the student pursuing Business/Technology and other Occupational Education sequences. It explores two areas: The Working Citizen and Personal Resource Management. This course explores the topics of careers, employment, banking, insurance, credit, taxes, economics, human relations, and consumerism.

BUSINESS DYNAMICS 6010

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Do you want to explore new things? This course will provide you with a sampling of basic business and personal skills.

(Business Dynamics and Introduction to Occupations form a core course for all Business sequences.)

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KEYBOARDING 6220

Grades 9-12 (1 Year, 1 Unit)

Content: Computers are in!! Keyboarding skills are a must for success in high school and the business world, as well as college. Make your life easier and master the basic skills involved in preparing letters, reports, tables, and other applications. You will also develop and improve your communication skills.

ACCOUNTING 1 6110

Grades 10-12 (1 Year, 1 Unit)

Content: Do you want to make BIG money? Explore the field of Accounting and acquire entry-level job skills by mastering the theory of dual-entry accounting. The accounting cycles for service, as well as merchandising businesses, are explored using journals, ledgers, business papers, and projects, both manually and with the use of computers.

ACCOUNTING 2 6120

Grades 11-12 (1 Year, 1 Unit)

Prerequisite: Accounting 1

Content: This course incorporates the further development of the principles covered in first-year accounting with principles of partnership, departmentalization, corporate and computerized accounting. Accounting 2 is geared for the accounting career minded as well as the college-bound student. Successful completion will earn 4 college credits.

BUSINESS ANALYSIS 6240

Grades 10-12 ( ½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Do you want to go into the field of management or business administration? This is the course for you. This class is designed to prepare you for the responsibility necessary for management. A variety of topics related to business organization and management will be covered.

BUSINESS COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 6245

Grade 10-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Do you plan to use computers in your career? This "hands-on" course is designed to introduce you to word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and graphics as it would be used in the business world.

PERSONAL WORD PROCESSING 6020

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Make your personal and college life easier! This computer course is designed to help you develop your keyboarding skills. Learn how to type outlines, reports, term papers, letters, tables, agendae, minutes of a meeting, and other personal documents. This is an elective and cannot be used as a sequence choice.

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WORKING WITH WINDOWS 6260

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Do you want to be more comfortable with using Windows? This course is designed to expose you to the basics of Windows and other features of the Windows environrment.

WORD PERFECT FOR WINDOWS 6280

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Guarantee your success with computers! This class will prepare you for the demands of computer usage required by employers and colleges. Students will learn to use integrated software--word processing, databases, and spreadsheets.

STUDY & NOTETAKING SKILLS 6430

Grades 9-12 (½ Year, ½ Unit)

Content: Do you want to be a successful student? Make your learning easier by using some of these study methods: test-taking skills, mastering reading assignments, building vocabulary skills, time management, raising reading speed, skimming and scanning, effective notetaking skills, critical thinking skills, and writing essays & papers.

BUSINESS LAW 6610

Grades 11-12 (1 Year, 1 Unit)

Content: A basic knowledge of civil law is critical to one's survival in today's society. Learn "where" and "how" the practices evolved that are used today to conduct much of what goes on in the business world. Become familiar with the law of contracts. Learn the legal principles involved in buying and selling, transfers of ownership, bailments, insurance, commercial paper, agency and principal, renting and owning real property, as well as the different forms of business organizations.