Teacher Mediated Option

Business and Marketing Education

Grade 9 Futures in Business (15G) 1/2 credit (2010)
T1224 15G

This half credit course is an opportunity to learn about the exciting worls of business and how you can become part of it. Business is important to everyday life and students will be able to attain skills that can be used regardless if one plans to work in a business or not.

This course is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Futures in Business
• Module 2: Planning
• Module 3: The World of Work
• Module 4: Business Skills
• Module 5: Job Opportunites
• Module 6: Business Organization
• Module 7: Business Opportunities

Required Resource

• Access to a business person in your community to be involved in an interview.

* A list of required/suggested resources will be available in September to students enrolled in this course.

Top

Grade 10 Retailing (20S) 1 credit (2009)
T1273 20S

This course introduces you to the dynamic field of retailing. You will also review retailing from a management perspective. You will learn about the various activities involved in selling goods or services directly to consumers. In order to complete this course you will be required to visit retail outlets and interview business owners or store managers. The course is divided into eight modules. It is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Introduction to Retailing
• Module 2: Store Policies
• Module 3: Analyzing Target Markets
• Module 4: The Buying Process
• Module 5: Inventory
• Module 6: Pricing
• Module 7: Store Image, Layout, and Displays
• Module 8: The Selling Process

* A list of required/suggested resources will be available in September to students enrolled in this course.

Top

Grade 10 Start Your Own Business (25G) 1/2 credit (2000)
T1225 25G

The aim of this course is to assist students in the further development of knowledge and skills that will help them to plan and start a small business. All modules, lessons, and projects have been developed so that each student will have a step-by-step guide for preparing a well-written business plan. It is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Introduction to Business
• Module 2: Forms of Business Ownership
• Module 3: The Marketing Environment
• Module 4: Develop the Product or Service
• Module 5: Financial Planning or Analysis
• Module 6: Managing and Protecting Your Business

Provided Resources

• Your Business Matters: Starting Out Right
• CD-8136 Z-7000: Trades Work/Planning for Success: Let’s Dance
• CD-8176 Planning for Success: Step by Step/Planning for Success: Charting your Course

Textbook

• Liepner and Magnan. Exploring Business: A Global Perspective (2645) MTBB

Top

Grade 11 Accounting Principles (30S) 1 credit (2008)
T0200 30S

This course introduces students to the standard principles and concepts that govern the practice of accounting.

The course is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Introduction: Accounting Principles
• Module 2: The Income Statement
• Module 3: Journals and Ledgers
• Module 4: The Worksheet
• Module 5: Cash Control
• Module 6: Merchandising Business
• Module 7: Payroll
• Module 8: Income Tax: Uncle Sam?

Required Resources:

• Access to the internet
• Course data files may be downloaded
• Email program
• Spreadsheet program*
• Windows Computer
• Word processor
  *It is recommended that students have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

TMO does not provide technical support for hardware related issues; consult your teacher for software support. If further troubleshooting is required you may have to consult the software manufacturer or a professional computer technician.

Top

Grade 11 Promotions (30S) 1 credit (2010)
T1265 30S

This course you will learn about the many different ways a business can promote a product or service as well as strategies on how to develop effective promotional materials.

The course is structured as follows:

• Module 1: An Introduction to Promotions
• Module 2: Developing Promotional Strategies
• Module 3: Layout and Design
• Module 4: Advertising
• Module 5: Direct Marketing and Personal Selling
• Module 6: Publicity and Public Relations
• Module 7: Sales Promotions

Required Resources

• Access to the Internet. If you do not have access to the Internet you will be able to complete the course, but you will need to use different ways to access information.
• Newspapers, magazines, flyers and other promotional items
• Businesses with window displays (or the ability to go to the mall to view window displays)
• Media to watch commercials (Internet or television access)
• A calculator

Suggested Resource

• Students also have the ability to email their assignments for marking.

Top

Grade 12 Accounting Systems (40S) 1 credit (2007)
T1227 40S
Computer and Internet access required

This course builds and expands on the principles and concepts that you learned in Grade 11 Accounting Principles 30S.

The course is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Accounting Systems
• Module 2: Adjusting Entries and Computerized Accounting
• Module 3: Receivables—Customers and Sales
• Module 4: Payables—Merchandise Purchases and Payments (Vendors)
• Module 5: Conversion Process and Analysis
• Module 6: Completing the Accounting Cycle

Provided Resource

• Student Version of Simply Accounting 2005 Pro

Suggested Resources

• Access to the internet
• Course data files can be downloaded.
• Email program
• RAM and Hard Drive space required by Simply Accounting
• Spreadsheet program*
• Windows computer
• Word processor
  *It is recommended that students have working knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

TMO does not provide technical support for hardware related issues; consult your teacher for software support. If further troubleshooting is required you may have to consult the software manufacturer or a professional computer technician.

Top

Grade 12 Law (40S) 1 credit (2005)
T0580 40S

Law 40S provides students with an introduction to the legal system as well as the principles, of practices, and consequences of law with regards to torts, contracts, crimes, property rights, family, and inheritance. This course also provides an Aboriginal perspective of law.

It is structured as follows:

• Module 1: Fundamentals of Law
• Module 2: Criminal Law
• Module 3: Civil Law
• Module 4: Family Law and Wills

The following resources will be provided with the course:

• Family Law in Canada - 2005
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Some of the content pertaining to Law (40S) may be sensitive for some students and their parents/families and/or communities.

Top