PTHS Curriculum Guide 2017-2018

BUSINESS

ACCOUNTING I (070, 071) Class Level: 10, 11, 12

Credit: 1 Prerequisite: None This course provides the student with the necessary skills and techniques to perform double-entry accounting tasks commonly found in a sole proprietorship and partnership business. Directed practice through problems and a manual and automated simulation allows the student to maintain a set of books covering the entire accounting cycle from analyzing, journalizing, posting to general and subsidiary ledgers, adjusting and closing entries at the end of a fiscal period, and preparing financial statements. Prerequisite: Accounting I Accounting II develops and enhances the accounting knowledge and skills learned in Accounting I. This course details the career opportunities in accounting and provides students with the knowledge for entry-level accounting positions and a foundation for further accounting study. Additional study of corporate accounting and automated accounting for Windows is implemented to take the student through sole-proprietorship, partnership, and corporate accounting procedures. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ CONSUMER EDUCATION (080) Class Level: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: None This course provides students with a better understanding of being a productive and ethical member of society. Students will be introduced and given applications on the following topics: economics in our world today, consumer protection, advertising and its influences on the consumer, comparative shopping, using checking and savings accounts, borrowing and investing money, using charge accounts and installment contracts, buying home, auto and life insurance, providing housing, law and the consumer, and preparing personal income tax forms. COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (092) Class Level: 9, 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: None This is an introductory course utilizing computers and their capabilities, terminology, and functions. Students will be introduced to types of information processing hardware, software, and business applications. Word processing and spreadsheets will be created and edited in this course. ADVANCED COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (095) Class Level: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Computer Applications Advanced Computer Applications is designed as a follow-up course to Computer Applications. This course builds on the students’ knowledge of word processing and spreadsheets. Students will be introduced to creating a database. Students will develop projects that integrate software applications. WEB PAGE AND INTERACTIVE MEDIA DEVELOPMENT I (097) Class Level: 10, 11, 12 Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Computer Apps suggested Web Page and Interactive Media Development I is a skill-level course designed to prepare students to plan, design, create and maintain web pages and sites. Students will learn the fundamentals of web page design using HTML, HTML editors, and graphic editors as well as programming tools such as JavaScript. Students will work in a project-based environment to create a working website. Students will learn to create pages, and hyperlinks, make tables and frames, create forms, integrate images, and set styles. Students will use image-editing programs to manipulate scanned images, computer graphics, and original artwork. Instruction will include creating graphical headers, interactive menus and buttons, and visually appealing backgrounds. Students will use hardware and software to capture, edit, create, and compress audio and video clips. ACCOUNTING II (075) Class Level: 11, 12 Credit: 1/2

COMPUTER SCIENCE (096) Class Level: 9, 10, 11, 12

Credit: 1/2 Prerequisite: Algebra I completion is suggested This is an introductory course in computer programming. Students will explore the knowledge and skills necessary to construct computer programs in one or more basic languages. Initially, students will learn to structure, create, document, and debug computer programs, and as they progress, more emphasis is placed on design, style, clarity, and efficiency. Student may apply the skills they learn to relevant applications such as modeling, data management, graphics, and text-processing.

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