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BUSINESS & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT

All Business & Technology courses satisfy the Fine and Practical Arts graduation requirement

PROGRAM GOALS:

The Business & Technology department seeks to (1) provide students with the tools necessary for success in
the professional business world (2) keep pace with the rapid technological changes that continually impact on
the business world. Teachers infuse computer skills into the curriculum of most subjects.

BU902: Basic Accounting Grades 10 - 12 BU908: Media Arts 3 Grade 12
This program provides students with a background of basic Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation
accounting principles, skills and concepts. The course This course focuses exclusively on sophisticated video
includes day-to-day accounting tasks such as analyzing production and editing techniques. The students
and recording financial information for a service business demonstrate their skills by creating introductions for the
organized as a sole proprietorship. daily Griffin TV show and designing longer video
projects from inception to actual production. Tasks
BU904: Digital Publishing/Yearbook 1 Grade 11 include but are not limited to: Mentor Media Arts 1 &2
Spring Term with class tasks & projects; Use of advanced editing
Juniors learn how to visually and verbally create and techniques in Final Cut & Sony Vegas Premier
develop a relevant theme, conduct an interview, write
stories and captions, use Adobe InDesign to design, place software; Create 20-30 minute videos such as the
and format copy and photographs for a story. Students Senior Farewell; Use of color correction for artistic
also use Photoshop to create, crop and apply filters to effect; Multi-camera editing and advanced sound
photos. Students will assist the senior editors on one editing and use of sound effects in video. Students will
section of the current year’s book. interface co-curricularly with the Music Technology 2
students in the creation and production of select visual
BU905: Digital Publishing/Yearbook 2 Grade 12 and audio projects.
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation BU913: Personal Law/Career Exploration
Fall Term Grades 10 - 12
Seniors continue to perfect the skills learned junior year, Personal Law
but they also take on the responsibility of publishing the Personal law enables students to recognize their rights
entire yearbook. Editors plan deadlines, assign jobs, and and responsibilities as citizens in the American society.
devise marketing strategies, which include the use of social
media. Editors and staff members work in a real-life work Primary emphasis rests on the American system of law
environment to meet production deadlines. and courts, consumer law, renting/housing contracts,
laws for minors.
BU906: Media Arts Grades 11 - 12 Career Exploration
Prerequisite: Application, This course develops and Career Exploration introduces the student to the process
refines the skills necessary to produce a news-based TV of identifying a possible career path. The students will
show and promotional videos. These skills include attempt to match their skills, abilities and interests to
interviewing, presentation, video-taping, editing, creating choosing college and a rewarding career. Activities
story boards, writing copy, public speaking, feature will include self-evaluation, career research and the job
spotlighting, and news reporting. Students must submit an application process. Students will prepare a resumé,
application and commit to time beyond regular school cover letter and job acceptance letter. They will fill out
hours for taping. a job application and participate in mock job interviews.

BU907: Media Arts 2 Grades 11 – 12 BU912: Personal Financial Management
Prerequisite: Teacher recommendation Grades 9 - 12
This advanced course explores a more complex curriculum Personal Financial Management focuses on the
for the experienced Media Arts student. The student’s consumer of financial services. Students are entering a
creativity is challenged with group projects ranging from world of complex financial activities. This course will
simple advertisements for school activities to interviews build a foundation from which the student can grow in
and co-curricular video projects. Students will learn their understanding of the financial world. Topics will
innovative, more advanced software that will better include financial institutional and banking services,
prepare them for a broadcast career. savings and investment strategies, and risk management.

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