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ACCOUNTING I - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
Accounting I provides coverage of three types of business: proprietorship, partnership, and corporation. A sole proprietorship business is presented in a complete accounting cycle covering analyzing transactions, journalizing, posting, petty cash, financial statements, and adjusting and closing entries. Accounting concepts are introduced using different businesses. Students will learn to plan, record, analyze, and interpret financial information to develop a basic understanding of accounting information and its use in making economic decisions. Students will also use accounting software in solving accounting problems and to provide a comprehensive review of accounting concepts.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
ACCOUNTING II - HONORS (11-12)
Accounting II is an introduction to financial accounting with an emphasis on the interpretation of financial accounting information in making economic decisions. While the primary orientation in this course is the use of accounting information in business, it must be emphasized that government agencies, nonprofit organization, and individuals also use accounting information in much the same manner as it is used by business organizations. This course introduces the student to basic financial statements, the accounting cycle, reporting financial results, accounting for a merchandising business, financial assets, cost of goods sold, plant assets, and liabilities. Computer technology is used to solve problems.
Eligible juniors and seniors can enroll in this course and receive 3 college credits through the College Career Pathways Program at Naugatuck Valley Community College for successful completion.
PREREQUISITE: Accounting I or a senior student with a strong math background
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
PERSONAL FINANCE - COLLEGE PREP (9-12)
Managing personal finances is an essential life skill in today’s competitive job market. This course will emphasize how to save for the future, create a savings and spending plan (budget), maintain a checking and savings account, explore insurance options, and plan for finances after high school. Topics covered in Personal Finance include personal decision making; career planning; budgeting; investing; financing a car; using credit wisely; introduction to financial institutions; and taxes. This course will prepare students for a successful financial future.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit.
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BUSINESS COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY - COLLEGE PREP (9-12)
Business Computer Technology provides mastery activities that are built around a business theme. The projects apply the skills developed in MicroSoft Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint along with other software packages. Students complete practical, realistic applications and create materials suitable for today’s business world and personal/college use. The course is unique because it applies software skills through a project-based, applied learning process. Students will create career-related materials, newsletters, business correspondence, logos, business reports, financial statements, database files, web pages, and will conduct Internet research for a fictitious business. Team-work is stressed and employability skills are developed through the course. Eligible juniors and seniors can enroll in this course and receive 3 college credits through the College Career Pathways Program at Naugatuck Valley Community College for successful completion.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
E-COMMERCE/ENTREPRENEURSHIP (HONORS) 11-12
This course will take students on a step-by-step journey through the entire process of creating an online business. It will introduce students to the work of e-commerce and develop academic skills, creative thinking, and problem solving skills through the completion of a comprehensive e-commerce business project. Students will set up, develop, and maintain a fully-functioning online store. This course is activity driven and promotes critical thinking, ethical decision making and cooperation, while addressing the importance of technology and the global and virtual marketplace.
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COMPUTERS I - DESKTOP PUBLISHING - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
A practical project-oriented approach to desktop publishing. This course will prepare students for careers in the business field with an emphasis on the creation and design of business documents, publications and promotional items.
PREREQUISITE: Basic Computer Knowledge and Keyboarding Skill
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
COMPUTERS II - WEB DESIGN - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
This course introduces students to how the internet works, while exploring basic layout, organization, structure, and publishing of websites. Animation and interactive forms will be incorporated within student created web pages. HTML coding as well as visual web editors will be used to design effective web pages for business and personal use.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
COMPUTER SCIENCE I – INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING (HONORS)
10-12
Programming languages are the methods by which computers are told how to handle situations. In this introductory programming course, students will develop a fundamental understanding of computer programming. Students will write programs and follow through with the de-bugging of these programs in order to solve a problem. The Visual Basic & JAVA programming languages will be used throughout this course. Students will be introduced to this graphical interface programming language and the features of it.
PREREQUISITE: Algebra II or a higher level math
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
COMPUTER SCIENCE II – ADVANCED PROGRAMMING (HONORS)
10-12
This course is a continuation of the programming concepts begun in Computer Science I. Java will be used to gain an understanding of the differences that exist between programming languages. Students will work independently on programming projects within their own areas of special interest. The class introduces the idea of Object Oriented Programming and will cover the Java Development Kit, classes, objects, attributes and behavior, statements and expressions, methods and casting, logic and loops, and creative Java applications. This course will help students prepare for the A.P. Computer Science Class.
PREREQUISITE: Algebra II or a higher level math
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
COMPUTER WEB MASTER (HONORS) 11-12
Computer Web Master is a year-long project-based course designed to familiarize students with evaluating and creating web pages for the Internet. Students will work on designing and updating the school website. Students will learn to create web pages using HTML or web page creation software as well as digital cameras, scanners, and photo-editing equipment. The course helps students master the art and skill of effectively working with clients and designing original websites. Collaborating in teams as project managers, developers, content editors, and technical coordinators, students apply the same tools and methods used by professionals. They acquire skills in all phases of web design, including project planning and production, graphic and user interface design, and developing client relationships. Students in this course will develop personal web pages as well as web pages for various clients.
PREREQUISITE: Computers II or Web Experience
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
A.P. COMPUTER SCIENCE ( 11-12)
Computer Science emphasizes object-oriented programming methodology with an emphasis on problem solving and algorithm development and is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester course in computer science. It also includes the study of data structures and abstraction. Students are required to take the A.P. test.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
GAME CREATION - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
Video Game Programming & Video Game Animation. This course will provide students with real life understanding and application of the process used to program and animate a functioning video game. Courses will be structured like a working video game design team. Students will be exposed to and work in the many different roles within the game creation process. These two courses will run simultaneously, bringing the roles together to create a finished game.
THIS IS A DOUBLE PERIOD CLASS. Return to Top
SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
With the gross national sports product surpassing $200 billion, the Sports & Entertainment Business industry continues to grow rapidly, requiring qualified professionals at every level to accommodate its growth. This course provides an introduction to Sports & Entertainment Business industry career fields with an overview of the history, impact, types, and trends of events and venues, the principles of event planning, the role of venues, and career options in each field.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
International business includes all of the business activities necessary for creating, shipping, and selling goods and services across national borders. International business is frequently referred to as foreign or world trade. Evidence of foreign trade is everywhere. Students will learn the basic foundations of business within the context of the global economy with strong links to history, geography, and cultures around the world. Topics such as cultural influences on business, government and political influences on business, structures of international business organizations, importing, exporting and trade relations, legal agreements around the work, and global marketing will be covered in this course.
Marketing Education is a cooperative program conducted by the school and the business community in Danbury for students interested in entering the business world in the areas of distribution and marketing of goods and services. In the junior year, students begin with Marketing I and study subjects related to the field of merchandising, marketing, and management along with the additional subjects required for graduation. In the senior year, Marketing II is taken. The student receives supervised on-the-job training during afternoons, weekends, and vacation periods. Marketing Education students, who usually spend about 15 hours a week at their part time jobs, work in such places as department stores, food markets, clothing stores, and restaurants. Academic credit is given both for classroom work and for work at the student’s job training station.
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING AND BUSINESS - COLLEGE PREP (9-12)
Introduction to Marketing and Business introduces students to the world of business with a slant toward the marketing field. Students will learn about the trends, regulations, risks, costs, competition, and technology that affect the free enterprise system. From creating an advertisement and designing a business logo to writing a business plan and making a presentation to potential investors, this course contains business challenges that bring the theory of business to life. Students will learn about marketing, business law, economics and personal finance, accounting, international business, management, and owning their own business. Students in this course are eligible to join the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and participate in their program of activities.
Note: This course may be used for computer literacy credit. Return to Top
MARKETING I - COLLEGE PREP (11-12)
Marketing I is the basic course of a two year program that provides an understanding of the business world and development of the student’s knowledge and ability in the marketing field. Marketing I introduces the students to the processes and functions involved in transferring business products or services to a consumer. The course’s main focus is on analyzing the marketing mix, their interrelationships, and how they are used in the marketing process. Students will recognize the customer-oriented nature of marketing and analyze the impact of marketing activities on the individual, business, and society. The students in Marketing I are responsible for operating the school store. The Distribution Clubs of America (DECA) is an integral part of this course.
Marketing II presents an advanced program of study in marketing, merchandising, and management. Marketing research projects involving independent work are conducted in a wide variety of areas by the students in this program. Students serve as managers, buyers, and assistant buyers in the school store, and are placed in training stations within the community. Students receive classroom instruction in the following areas: merchandise information, advertising, visual merchandising, management, and product planning. This is an advanced course for those students wishing to gain further experience in the management phase of the marketing field.
Eligible seniors can enroll in this course and receive 3 college credits through the College Career Pathways Program at Naugatuck Valley Community College for successful completion.
PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of Marketing I, approval of instructor, must be at least sixteen years old.
FASHION MARKETING - COLLEGE PREP (10-12)
Fashion Marketing is designed to provide the serious fashion student knowledge of the various business functions in the fashion industry. Fashion marketing is one of the most exciting businesses in the world, representing billions of dollars in sales. The fashion business continues to grow rapidly in the United States and around the world with new opportunities. This course focuses on the world of fashion by exploring the components of fashion and why fashion has been important throughout history. Students will explore the basics of marketing fashion products and examine the wide variety of fashion businesses and why they play an important role in domestic and global economics. An emphasis will be placed on the real-world business perspective with such topics as: types of fashion and trends, creators of fashion, fashion products and research, fashion distribution, fashion pricing and technology, promoting fashion, and preparing for a career in fashion will be covered. Students taking Fashion Marketing will have the opportunity to participate in the DECA organization.
COLLEGE CAREER PATHWAYS COURSES
Called College Career Pathways, this program will allow high school students to experience college-level courses in certain areas while still completing their high school education. Through this program, Naugatuck Valley Community College, in cooperation with the Danbury Public Schools, will offer high school students the opportunity to earn up to 15 college credits in certain College Career Pathways Courses. Students may select a broad range of business/technology/family and consumer science courses along with certain courses in science, English, and mathematics. Students have the option of earning up to 15 college credits while still in high school. Tuition for these courses will be paid by Naugatuck Valley Community College and all student fees will be waived.
ENROLLING IN THE COLLEGE CAREER PATHWAYS COURSES
Students must enroll in the course or courses that are included in the articulation agreement between Naugatuck Valley Community College and the Danbury Public Schools. The College Career Pathways Program is open only to juniors and seniors.
Students must complete all of the necessary forms indicating participation in this program and the form must be signed by the student, teacher, parent, and guidance counselor.
The following acceptance criteria must be met before enrolling in the program:
The student must have completed two or more years of mathematics, including Algebra I and Geometry.
The student must have completed two or more years of English.
The student must have completed two or more years of Science.
The student must meet attendance requirements as set by Danbury High School.
Students must achieve a grade of at least a “C” on a competency test (Final Exam) and a grade of at least a “C” or better in the high school course to receive college credit for the course. Students may pass the high school course without receiving college credit if all of the criteria for college credit are not met.
Students are allowed to withdraw from the College Career Pathways Program at any time without penalties.
The following College Career Pathway courses are offered for college credit:
Accounting II
Business Computer Technology
Early Childhood Workshop
Marketing II
The Human Body in Health & Disease
For more information about the College Career Pathways Program, please consult your guidance counselor.
