Knowing how to use computer applications software is a basic skill for everyone. Students will have the opportunity to gain basic computer skills needed for future education or employment plans. Students in this course will be introduced to word processing (MS Word), desktop publishing (MS Publisher), spreadsheet (MS Excel), database (MS Access), and presentation (MS PowerPoint) applications. Students will receive training on equipment and software that is most commonly used in business today. This course is suggested for all students and is a prerequisite for several Business Information Technology Courses.
Multimedia
The purpose of Multimedia is, in part, to provide the student with a survey of multimedia applications. The course focuses on the hands-on creation of presentations and other applications using multimedia software that meet the standards of business and industry. Students will incorporate sound, clip art and scanned images into multimedia applications.
Web Page Design
This course is offered to expand and enrich the student's education using state-of-the-art technologies. Learning will be collaborative, hands-on and based on producing projects related to other core curriculum areas. Problem solving, creativity and organizational skills are key to the students’ success in this course, along with a positive attitude towards technology. Projects will involve creating web sites that venture far past using your standard WYSIWYG editor. Cutting edge technologies such as Macromedia's Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash will be used extensively.
Computing in the Modern World
The goal of this course is to provide all students with an introduction to the principles of computer science and its place in the modern world. This course should also help students to use computers effectively in their lives, thus providing a foundation for successfully integrating their own interests and careers with the resources of a technological society.
Java Programming
Java is an object-oriented, platform-independent programming language created by Sun Microsystems. The Java platform is a fundamentally new way of distributed computing, based on the power of networks and it is designed to support applications on networks. Java is also a multithreaded language; it provides support for multiple threads of execution that can handle different tasks.
Business Procedures is designed to provide the information and activities that will prepare students for office positions in the workplace and at
Dacula
High School
.
Business Law
Law is an instrument of social control that affects everyone. Business is the medium through which most of the necessities of life are provided. These comprehensive and important fields are combined in the course Law for Personal and Business Use. This course allows students to study the evolving set of rules that form our legal system and examine the essential issues that affect our daily living. Comprehension of legal vocabulary and concept is highly emphasized. Critical thinking skills will be developed and reinforced as legal concepts are applied to problems and case examples.
Accounting
Accounting I offers an introduction to the balance sheet; the general journal; the general ledger; classification and summary of income and expenses; and basic principles, terms and procedures used in entering data into an accounting system. Additional emphasis is placed on journalizing, posting, checking of accounts, reconciling of bank statements, working with adjustments and closing entries.
Risk Management and Insurance
Using project-based instruction, students analyze risk management techniques from the viewpoints of those employed in the industry as well as from that of business owners seeking to meet risk management needs. Insurance products are evaluated in relation to cost and effectiveness. The importance of ethical practices is emphasized. Business partnerships with risk management companies, guest speakers, field trips, and work-based learning activities can be incorporated in this course. All students will be expected to show proficient knowledge and skills in each area of this course as defined by the
Gwinnett
County
Public School
’s Academic Knowledge and Skills Handbook.
Banking
This course provides instruction in banking, credit, and personal finance. It includes the history of banking, budgeting, personal banking accounts, consumer protection laws, banking services, technology in banking, and other related topics. All students will be expected to show proficient knowledge and skills in each area of this course as defined by the
Gwinnett
County
Public School
’s Academic Knowledge and Skills Handbook.
Video Broadcast Journalism
Video Production provides students the opportunity to become more effective communicators while exploring the various aspects of television production. In this introductory level class, students will learn basic theory, as well as the basic skills needed to operate a camera, audio equipment, AV mixers, video recorders, video editors, and graphic generators. Students will produce a daily news program which will include daily announcements and relevant issues at
Dacula
High School
. Each student is a member of the news team and will perform different studio roles on a rotating basis during the term. Students will produce group video projects such as interviews, Public Service Announcements (PSAs), feature stories, and news segments that help promote school activities, events and achievements. Group projects will give students practice with the different stages of video project management, which include planning (treatments and storyboards), script development, talent audition and rehearsal, shot and location selection, direction, taping and non-linear editing.
This course provides an overview of the total Marketing Education program and its components; presents employment opportunities in marketing; prepares students for job interviews; incorporates human relations and communications in business; and explores the role of marketing in our economy. Introductory marketing concepts including the marketing functions, the marketing mix, target marketing, and channels of distribution are taught. Students are expected to complete a portfolio.
Fashion Marketing
This course describes the environment in which fashion thrives; introduces the terminology and basic elements of fashion; identifies the factors that influence fashion behavior; gives an historical perspective of fashion; traces the movement of fashion; identifies fashion leaders and followers; explores each of the fashion industries; presents methods of promotion, selling, and coordination; and explains the development of a fashion image.
Sports & Event Marketing
This course provides an overview of the Sports & Event Marketing Industry; presents employment opportunities in sports marketing; incorporates human relations and communications in sports & event marketing; includes marketing concepts including the marketing functions, the marketing mix, target marketing, and channels of distribution are taught.
Marketing Lab
This course is designed to allow a student to utilize knowledge, skills, and attitudes learned in the marketing classroom in operating the marketing laboratory.
Marketing Internship
Students enrolled in the Marketing Education Program acquire work experience in and training with a businessperson who provides part-time employment in a marketing-related job for which they receive school credit plus pay. A minimum of 10 hours work experience per week for ½ unit of credit or 15 hours work experience per week for 1 unit of credit is required in an APPROVED marketing job.
Architectural Drafting introduces the student to the basic architectural drafting principles and techniques. This course is designed to familiarize the student with the fundamental s of quality design and the construction of residential structures and to provide the basic information necessary for planning various types of dwellings. Students are presented basic instruction in preparing architectural working drawings using traditional, as well as computer-based models. This course is intended to develop the necessary technical skills to communicate architectural ideas in an understandable, efficient, and accurate manner.
Architectual Drafting
This course introduces the student to the universal language of industry. The student will study the principles of drafting using various materials, instruments, and drafting tools. Drafting techniques are developed and applied to the production of working drawings. Emphasis is placed on laboratory processes to develop manual-drafting skills as well as computer-aided drafting (CAD) techniques.
Engineering I
This course is an advanced opportunity to develop and use critical thinking and analytical skills in the area of structural/construction engineering. The student will have the opportunity to be involved in problem solving processes in many different areas of technology. This course also prepares the student to make more meaningful career and educational decisions in choosing to continue his/her training at the secondary level or to pursue postsecondary education in a technical school or college.
