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Business & Computer Science Department Program Review
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Update the program of studies to reflect newly recommended course additions and deletions.
A. Embed concepts of business law and ethics into existing courses.
B. Combine and rename the current semester courses of CHS Java and CHS Advanced Computer Science into a full
year, full-time AP Computer Science course. This combined course will appear in the PRHS Program of Studies
starting in the 2019 - 2020 school year; however, the content is being implemented in 2018 - 2019.
C. Eliminate Desktop Publishing in the current PRHS Program of Studies due to low enrollment beginning with the
2019 - 2020 school year.
D. Restructure the existing Personal Finance course from a full-year course to a one-semester course for the 2019 -
2020 school year.
E. Offer an Honors Finance and Investments semester course for business-minded students to address cybersecurity,
fraud detection, long-term financial planning and investment vehicles at a more in-depth level with Personal Finance
serving as the prerequisite for this course for the 2019 - 2020 school year.
F. Develop a course related to Game Development and App Design for the 2019 - 2020 school year.
G. Create a course to target the growing field of Cybersecurity for the 2020 - 2021 school year.

Recommendation #9
Establish a professional development plan for ongoing training related to computer applications, coding, and career
exploration for business and computer science.

Recommendation #10
Review and evaluate resources to support current trends in business and computer science.

● Identify and evaluate hardware resources to support various applications and learning goals within the curriculum.
● Identify and evaluate software (online) programs that provide students with exposure to various learning platforms,

coding, simulations, digital citizenship, and programming languages.
● Determine potential elements/components of a Makerspace at certain developmental levels to foster computational

thinking, problem-solving, and hands-on discovery learning.
● Identify and evaluate curriculum resources, such as textbooks or ancillary materials, to support the written

curriculum of each business and computer science course (e.g., Accounting 1).

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