Career and Technical Education Elective Courses BUSINESS & INDUSTRY ENDORSEMENTS Business Management & Administration Principles of Business, Marketing & Finance 8591- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Entry Level Business class where students will gain knowledge and skills to be successful in everyday business situations. Many business topics are covered like global business, marketing of goods and services, advertising, and product pricing strategies. Business English 8608- Grades: 12 Credit Hours: 1 This course satisfies the high school requirement for Advanced Math graduation credit. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning skills and apply them to the business environment. Students are expected to plan, draft, and complete written compositions on a regular basis and produce final, error-free drafts for business reproduction. Prerequisite: English III and Touch Data Entry Business Law 8606- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Introduces law and the origins of the legal system, as well as allowing students to develop a clear understanding of their rights and duties with the business environment. Business Law is designed for students to analyze various aspects of the legal environment including ethics, the judicial system, contract law, personal property, sales, negotiable instruments, agency and employment, business organization, risk management, and real property law. Touch System Data Entry 8602 - Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students will learn basic keyboarding techniques to function in the business world. Students will learn to type the alphabet, numbers, and numeric keypad with speed and accuracy. Touch System Data Entry 8601 - Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 Students will continue to learn basic keyboarding techniques to apply them for the production of business documents. This class teaches and refreshes basic typing skills which allow students to be more efficient in typing papers or completing projects. Students will continue to work on improving speed and accuracy on the keyboard. Virtual Business 8698- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Virtual Business is designed for students to start a virtual (online) business by creating a web presence, conducting online and off-line marketing, examining contracts appropriate for an online business, and demonstrating project-management skills. The student will build a functional website that incorporates the essentials of a virtual business. Business Computer Information Management I 8610- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 An interactive classroom with a view into the world of Microsoft Office 2013. This course teaches concepts and produces projects in Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Access that are essential to everyday life
and business. In BCIM I, students have the opportunity to obtain a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. Business Computer Information Management II 8615- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Advance level applications in Microsoft Office 2013. This course teaches concepts and produces projects in Word/PowerPoint/Excel/Access that develop skills that can be applied in society in order to make a successful transition in to the workforce and postsecondary education. BCIM II, students have the opportunity to obtain a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification and Earn Dual Credit. Business Computer Information Management II Dual Credit 8669- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 3 Students earn College Credit Hours under POFI 1341 Students will apply previously studied knowledge and skills in BCIM I and or Touch Data Entry. Students will gain work based knowledge in entrepreneurship, employability, interpersonal skills, and office management skills to make a successful transition to the workforce or post-secondary education. BCIM II, students have the opportunity to obtain a multiple Microsoft Office Specialist Certification. Business Computer Information Management II Practicum - Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 3 The Practicum is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills in BIM I and II, and or Touch Data Entry. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid employment opportunity at a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience. Students will gain work based knowledge in entrepreneurship, employability, interpersonal skills, and office management skills to make a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education. Principles of Information Technology 8613- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 Entry level class that offers students the opportunity to investigate all aspects of the computer and become proficient with basic computer software. Topics/Projects covered: All of Microsoft Office suite. Units on Architecture, Propulsion, Energy, Technology, Engineering. Digital & Interactive Media 8605- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1.0 Students will learn to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and InDesign to create basic design elements, digital photography, and animation. Students will also learn basic audio and video skills in audacity and moviemaker. Students will analyze and assess current and emerging technologies, while designing and creating multimedia projects. Digital & Interactive Media Dual Credit 8671- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 3.0 Students earn College Credit Hours under POFI 1341- Computer Applications. Students will learn basic MS office computer skills used for presentations and documents as well as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, and InDesign, audacity, and moviemaker. Students will analyze and assess current and emerging technologies, while designing and creating multimedia projects. Accounting I 8604- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1.0 This class teaches fundamental concepts used in keeping up with personal finances as well as business finances. Accounting encompasses careers that record, classify, summarize, analyze, and communicate a business's financial information/business transactions for use in management decision making.
Accounting includes such activities as bookkeeping, systems design, analysis, and interpretation of accounting information. Accounting II 8607- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1.0 Teaches fundamental and advanced concepts used in keeping up with personal finances as well as business finances. Accounting encompasses careers that record, classify, summarize, analyze, and communicate a business's financial information/business transactions for use in management decision making, including how it is impacted by industry standards as well as economic, financial, technological, international, social, legal, and ethical factors. Banking & Finance 8599 Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Introduces students to banking and financial concepts, principles and procedures that will equip students with the skills necessary to make good financial choices in order to achieve desired careers and lifestyles. Students incorporate a broad base of knowledge that includes the operations, sales, and management of banking institutions to gain a complete understanding of how banks function within society. Money Matters 8693- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This course concentrates on personal financial management, budgeting, financial planning, credit cards, loans, insurance, and how to become a financial stable using Dave Ramsey s financial planning lessons. Statistics and Risk Management 8693- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 This course satisfies the high school requirement for Advanced Math graduation credit. Students will use a variety of graphical and numerical techniques to analyze patterns and departures from patterns to identify and manage risk that could impact an organization. Students will use probability as a tool for anticipating and forecasting data within business models to make decisions. Students will determine the appropriateness of methods used to collect data to ensure conclusions are valid. Professional Communications 8687- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 This course satisfies the high school requirement for speech graduation credit. Professional Communications blends written, oral, and graphic communication in a career-based environment. Learn to use different presentation software on the computer to help you while giving speeches on business related or industry topics. MARKETING Advertising and Sales Promotion 8612- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Everybody recognizes the NIKE "Swoosh" and McDonald's "golden arches". In Advertising you will take a walk through the "ad biz" and learn to create advertising campaigns in a project-driven environment. Sports and Entertainment Marketing 8229- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Go behind the glitz and the glamour of sports and entertainment to discover why it is a multi-billion dollar industry. You will learn to appreciate the skills needed to create and execute promotions, sponsorship proposals, and marketing plans in a project-driven environment.
Marketing Dynamics Career Prep I 8216- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 3 Building a career in the booming field of Marketing, Sales & Service starts with selling you, and it starts in high school. If you want to learn how to package yourself for success, sell any type of product or service, or serve all kinds of customers, then Marketing Career Prep I may be right for you. Dual Credit Marketing Dynamics Career Prep I 8673- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 3 Got ACCUPLACER scores? In addition to everything covered in course 8216 Marketing Dynamics Career Prep I, you will create and maintain a college portfolio to earn 3 hours of dual credit. Marketing Dynamics Career Prep II 8226- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 3 This course is designed to build on Marketing Dynamics Career Prep I and allow students to illustrate appropriate management and research skills to create the marketing mix. This course covers technology, communication, and customer-service skills. The practicum is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences can occur in a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience. Social Media Marketing 8231- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Social Media Marketing is designed to look at the rise of social media and how marketers are integrating social media tools in their overall marketing strategy. The students will learn how to manage a successful social media presence for an organization; techniques for gaining customer and consumer buy-in to achieve their marketing goals; and, how to properly select the social media platforms to engage consumers, monitor and measure the results of these efforts. Entrepreneurship 8227 A / 8234 B- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to become an entrepreneur. The primary focus of the course is to help students understand the process of analyzing a business opportunity, preparing a business plan, determining feasibility of an idea using research, and developing a plan to organize and promote the business and its products and services. Fashion Marketing 8230- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Fashion Marketing is designed to provide students with knowledge of the various business functions in the fashion industry. Students in Fashion Marketing will gain a working knowledge of promotion, textiles, merchandising, mathematics, selling, visual merchandising, and career opportunities. MANUFACTURING Principles of Manufacturing 8639- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students learn the basics of a variety of manufacturing. Students explore basic safety, proper use of machines and materials, and construct a variety of projects. Flexible Manufacturing 8648- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 Students to explore different aspects of the manufacturing industry. Students will analyze the properties of different materials, while safely learning to use tools and equipment commonly used in manufacturing settings. These tools include various saws, sanders and grinders, welders, drills, and various hand tools.
Advanced Flexible Manufacturing 8648- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Students create a variety of shop projects. This is a self-paced course. Students must have had Principles of Manufacturing before taking this course. Manufacturing Engineering 8620- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 A hands on course where students learn about flight, power, engineering, computers and many other interesting topics. ARTS, A/V TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATONS Graphic Design and Illustration 8623- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Is a computer course that teaches Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. This course can be taken by 10-11 grades. In 2011-2012 there will be additional course of GDI for 11-12 graders that want to continue a more in depth study of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Advance Graphic Design and Illustration 8694- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 Is a computer course that teaches Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. This course can be taken by 10-11 grades. In 2011-2012 there will be additional course of GDI for 11-12 graders that want to continue a more in depth study of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. Fashion Design 8128- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 The Fashion Design class teaches basic principles of sewing and re-designing garments. It is for the creative students that like to do projects with their hands from start to finish. The student will learn the fundamentals of putting garments together with emphasis on fabric choices, style, garment construction on the small and large scale. Fashion design is a class that will build confidence in the student s ability to create wearable garments. Advance Fashion Design 8130- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 The Fashion Design class teaches basic principles of sewing and re-designing garments. It is for the creative students that like to do projects with their hands from start to finish. The student will learn the fundamentals of putting garments together with emphasis on fabric choices, style, garment construction on the small and large scale. Fashion design is a class that will build confidence in the student s ability to create wearable garments. ARCHITECTURE AND CONSTRUCTION Principles of Architecture and Construction 8688 Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 An overview to the various fields of architecture, interior design, construction science, and construction technology. This course will be some computer, some hands on and classroom work. Architectural Design 8638- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 A technical course in principles of residential design, architectural styles, and construction practices. This course is taught with computerized equipment using AutoCAD software.
Advance Architectural Design 8624- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 A technical course in principles of residential design, architectural styles, and construction practices. This course is taught with computerized equipment using AutoCAD software. Engineering Design and Presentation Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 A technical course in engineering geometry, multi-view drawings, sections, pictorial representation, dimensioning, detail and 3D assembly drawings. This course is taught with computerized equipment using AutoCAD software. Advanced Engineering Design and Presentation Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 A technical course in engineering geometry, multi-view drawings, sections, pictorial representation, dimensioning, detail and 3D assembly drawings. This course is taught with computerized equipment using AutoCAD software. Interior Design 8155 - Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This is a project-based laboratory course that covers the skills related to successful design in both residential and commercial spaces. Students will also learn the CAD (Computer Aided Design) system. Advance Interior Design 8179 - Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 This is a project-based laboratory course that covers the skills related to successful design in both residential and commercial spaces. Students will also learn the CAD (Computer Aided Design) system. Prerequisite- 8155 Interior Design HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM Principles of Hospitality & Tourism 8115- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students will learn about the hospitality and tourism industry. This includes lodging, recreation, amusements, attractions and resorts, and restaurant and food beverage services. Lifetime Nutrition and Wellness 8160- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This laboratory class allows students to explore lifetime wellness and nutrition through hands on experiences. Food lab experiences will be included in this course. Food Science 8184- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 This course satisfies the high school requirement for Advanced science graduation credit. This technical laboratory course provides foundational training in the area of food science and technology. Laboratory experiments will comprise 40% of the course work. Students will learn the chemistry of cooking and the study of nature of ingredients. PUBLIC SERVICES ENDORSEMENTS HUMAN SERVICES Dollars and Sense 8167- Grade: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This course addresses knowledge and skills related to child growth and development from prenatal through school-age children. This course will also look at careers in the child development area.
Child Development 8165- Grade: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This course addresses knowledge and skills related to child growth and development from prenatal through school-age children. This course will also look at careers in the child development area. Child Development Dual Credit 8168- Grade: 10-12 Credit Hours: 3 This course addresses knowledge and skills related to child growth and development from prenatal through school-age children. This course will also look at careers in the child development area. Human Growth & Development 8182- Grade: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students will study the life span of humans from newborn to 66+. The importance of prenatal care and protection of children will be explored. Interpersonal Studies 8158- Grade: 10-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 The student determines how changes occurring throughout the family life cycle impacts individuals and families. This course examines how personal relationships affect the quality of life. Principles of Human Services 8116- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 Students learn about family and the community, nutrition, early childhood development, counseling and mental health, and personal care services. This is a laboratory course. Principles of Human Services I 8185- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 3 This course is designed to meet the occupational preparation needs and interests of students. Students must be gainfully employed by the beginning of the third week of school to remain in the class. Principles of Human Services II 8186- Grades: 12 Credit Hours: 3 This course is designed to meet the occupational preparation needs and interests of students. Students must be gainfully employed by the beginning of the third week of school to remain in the class. Prerequisite: 8185 Practicum in Human Services I. EDUCATION AND TRAINING Principles of Education & Training 8113- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 0.5 This class will explore all areas of education from becoming a teacher to being a counselor. Students will discover different areas of the education field. Future Teacher Internship I 8146- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 2 This class is an un-paid internship that teams the student up with an elementary teacher. Students go to their elementary schools 3 days a week and complete lessons/activities with their class. Future Teacher Internship II 8147- Grades: 12 Credit Hours: 2 This class is an un-paid internship that teams the student up with an elementary/middle teacher. Students go to their elementary schools 3 days a week and complete lessons/activities with their class. Students will continue the study of the educational field. Prerequisite- 8146 Future Teacher Internship I
HEALTH SCIENCES Principles of Health Science 8145 Grades: 10-11 Credit Hours: 1 Program designed to give students who are interested in the health care industry an opportunity to explore a variety of career options, develop a medical terminology base, and learn medical skills such as CPR and vital signs. This is a required course for application to HST II (Health Science/Clinical Rotation I). Health Science Clinical I 8150 Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 2 Program for juniors and seniors who are interested in the health care profession and will have the opportunity to experience hands-on rotations at a hospital. This is an unpaid position with classroom instruction prior to the hospital experience in areas of the hospital such as the emergency room, nursery, radiology, and surgery. Practicum Health Science LAB II 8151 Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 2 Program that offers seniors an opportunity to specialize in their area of interest in the clinical setting to earn a certification such as Community Emergency Response Team as well as experience an unpaid internship setting. HST I & II are prerequisites for this class. World Health Research Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 Student will explore, learn, understand and discuss information related to global healthcare issues. Counseling and Mental Health Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 Student will model the knowledge and skills that are necessary to pursue a mental health and counseling career through simulated environments. TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS Web Design 1830- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 This course focuses on the casual web author. The purpose of this class is to teach the understanding and development of Web sites. The student will learn the HTML necessary to create a web page and Cascading Style Sheets to format the content of the Web page. Software applications will be used to develop graphics, animations, audio and video components to include in the Web sites. Students will learn to publish Web sites using a GISD provided server. Students will also learn to analyze the design, functionality and validity of existing Web sites. Software used in this course includes Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Textpad. Web Programming 1832- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Computer Science I or Web Design. This hands-on course uses in-depth skills in programming, database design and web security. Students will work independently and collaboratively to design and develop sites using current technologies, interactive Web pages will be created with a variety of different authoring tools such as JavaScript, PHP, Flash ActionScript, and advanced features of Dreamweaver. Students will have an opportunity to participate in the maintenance of their school website.
Digital Video and Audio Design 1835- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 In Digital Video & Audio Design, students will fuse creative and intellectual skills with technological innovations to create interactive and participatory media products. It connects traditional journalism skills and ethics with expertise in social networks, blogging, podcasting, vodcasting, and convergent media packages for the web. Students will develop a strong foundation in planning, reporting, and editing stories. Students will learn to present these stories over the Internet using current technology. In addition, students learn video production, web development, and graphics. This course incorporates project-based and cooperative learning to develop the next generation of writers and news media entrepreneurs. Game Programming and Design 1836- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Algebra I. This course will present students with opportunities to design, implement, and present video games. Students will collaborate with one another and their instructor to solve gaming problems. Using the GameMaker and Unity game engines, students will develop increasingly complex video games throughout the year. The students will learn 2D and 3D gaming concepts. Students will use programs such as Fireworks and Photoshop to develop graphics for their games and Audacity to record and edit audio files needed for game development. Computer Science I (H) Pre-AP 1820- Grades: 9-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Algebra I. This course involves learning to understand programming language concepts and how these are applied to problem solving. This knowledge helps students understand how software is written. Students will learn the Java programming language the 1 st semester. The 2 nd semester, students will learn to develop Mobile Apps for the Android platform, using the Java programming language. There are no computing requisites for this course This course can serve both as an introductory course for potential computer science majors and as a foundation course for students planning to study in other fields which significantly involve computing. Computer Science II AP 1821- Grades: 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Computer Science I - PreAP. Computer Science II reinforces and increases the depth of understanding of the basic concepts of computer science and covers advanced programming concepts which are useful in preparation for the Computer Science Advanced Placement tests. Computer Science II emphasizes object-oriented programming methodology with a concentration on problem solving and algorithm development and is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester college-level course (3 hours credit) in Computer Science. The Java programming language is currently taught in this course. This course is part of the Tech Prep coherent sequence in Computer Information Technology and Electronic Commerce with DCCCD. Computer Science III Honors 1824- Grades: 11-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Completion of two high school technology applications courses. Students will use technology applications skills acquired in previous technology application courses to develop a plan for advanced study. Students must propose a technology-related project and receive prior instructor approval before registering for this course. Projects may involve advanced programming, video game development, video and audio development or web development/programming.
Independent Study in Evolving/Emerging Technologies 1837- Grades 10-12 Credit Hours: 1 Prerequisite: Digital Video & Audio Design Description: Through the study of evolving/emerging technology, students learn to make informed decisions and develop original work. All original work will be published using multiple formats including text, image, video and audio files. By understanding evolving/emerging technology, students will learn to select the technology appropriate for the task. Advanced creativity, innovation and collaboration will be used throughout the course. Critical thinking skills will be engaged to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions on the appropriate digital tools and resources. This independent study allows students who have completed one year in Digital Video & Audio Design to continue this course content for an additional year.