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Course Title: Microsoft Applications for Business Credit 0.5
Value:
Course Number: 107110 Term(s) Semester
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades:
Description: Whether budgeting, organizing client sales lists, or planning an office social gathering, Excel is a powerful
tool that has become entrenched in business processes worldwide. For students who are planning to major in any business
field in college, knowledge of spreadsheets and databases is essential. Using Excel, students learn to manipulate data,
implement functions, calculate numerical data, and present professional results using tables and charts. In addition,
students integrate Excel with the mail merge feature of Microsoft Word to create customized bulk mailings and labels. In
the latter part of the course, Microsoft Access is used as an information management tool allowing users to create databases
to store various kinds of information for reference, reporting and analysis.
Course Title: Business Communications & Presentations Credit 0.5
Value:
Course Number: 107130 Term(s) Semester
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades:
Description: This course includes presentation and professional communications skills needed for academic and
professional environments. Students learn effective techniques for planning, preparing and creating professional-quality
presentations and business documents such as memos, letters, and emails. A variety of presentation and communication
tools including Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Presentations and Prezi are learned and applied within project-based
scenarios. Students will practice teamwork and collaboration as they work together on projects. Additionally, students
gain practice in oral presentations while developing a positive professional image needed for high school and college
projects, college admissions interviews, job interviews and the professional workplace.
Course Title: Photoshop Credit 0.5
Value:
Course Number: 107220 Term(s) Semester
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades:
Description: Photoshop is an image-editing program used by graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and
Webmasters to create and modify digital images. Students use painting and editing tools to create original artwork,
manipulate color images, and retouch photographs as well as manipulating digital images designed for print and Internet
distribution.
Course Title: Web Page Design Credit 0.5
Value:
Course Number: 107310 Term(s) Semester
Offered:
Prerequisite(s): None Open to 9, 10, 11, 12
Grades:
Description: This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the essentials of web design using a variety of
development tools including Google Sites, Adobe Muse, and WordPress. Students will create professional-looking, multi-
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