Students develop proficiency in using desktop publishing to create a variety of business publications. They will also work with sophisticated hardware and produce software presentations. Students will create web pages and become proficient in navigating the internet. The first year of accounting provides students a thorough background in the basic accounting procedures used to operate a business. The accounting procedures presented will also serve as a sound background for employment in office jobs and preparation for business and accounting courses in college.
Strong emphasis is placed on using computerized accounting packages.
The second year of accounting helps to qualify students for jobs and careers at higher levels than one year of study would allow. It also provides excellent background and preparation for college accounting courses and for business majors. Students who have completed two years of high school accounting generally are more successful in their first year of college accounting than students without that background. Students have the opportunity to develop word processing applications and computerized office procedure skills. Additional units of instruction include operation of various office equipment, oral and written communication, records management, human relations, information processing, and office career orientation.