The Business Department aims to provide students with a range of programming options designed to prepare them for all post-secondary pathways. In our business courses, we use real-world scenarios and current events to help students build their critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills.
Grade 9 Open "Introduction to Business" (BBI1O1):
Note: this course is offered every other year and is next offered in 2023-2024
Business is one of the most diverse subjects that you can take; there truly is always something for everyone. The introduction to business course will expose you to the different disciplines in business and let you find the area that you enjoy and excel at: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, management and marketing. If you’re looking to introduce yourself to business, but aren’t sure what it’s all about, then this course is for you. Throughout the course you’ll learn the key fundamentals of how and why businesses operate, for what purposes, while also learning about the different functions that support their success. This course will give you a solid foundational knowledge and understanding of business studies, can help you find business disciplines that compliment you and prepare you for more focused study in your senior years.
Grade 9 Open "Information and Communication Technology in Business" (BTT1O1):
Note: this course is offered every other year and is next offered in 2024-2025
Understanding the connection between business and communication technology are at the forefront of what we need to be successful individuals. If you are looking for a course that can help strengthen your communication skills while learning how to use a variety of tools to do so, then this is the course for you. Focusing heavily on digital literacy and digital citizenship, this course will help you understand and improve your skills and understanding of the internet and productivity software (word processors, spreadsheets, databases & slideshows). Not only are these critical skills helping us with future employability, they’re also going to help us work smarter, not harder, in all of our other high school courses. This course will make you a more effective communicator in the workplace, classroom, social settings and everyday life.
Grade 10 Open "Introduction to Business" (BBI2O1):
Note: this course is offered every other year and is next offered in 2023-2024. There is no prerequisite.
Business is one of the most diverse subjects that you can take; there truly is always something for everyone. The introduction to business course will expose you to the different disciplines in business and let you find the area that you enjoy and excel at: accounting, economics, entrepreneurship, management and marketing. If you’re looking to introduce yourself to business, but aren’t sure what it’s all about, then this course is for you. Throughout the course you’ll learn the key fundamentals of how and why businesses operate, for what purposes, while also learning about the different functions that support their success. This course will give you a solid foundational knowledge and understanding of business studies, can help you find business disciplines that compliment you and prepare you for more focused study in your senior years.
Grade 10 Open "Information and Communication Technology in Business" (BTT2O1):
Note: this course is offered every other year and is next offered in 2024-2025. There is no prerequisite.
Understanding the connection between business and communication technology are at the forefront of what we need to be successful individuals. If you are looking for a course that can help strengthen your communication skills while learning how to use a variety of tools to do so, then this is the course for you. Focusing heavily on digital literacy and digital citizenship, this course will help you understand and improve your skills and understanding of the internet and productivity software (word processors, spreadsheets, databases & slideshows). Not only are these critical skills helping us with future employability, they’re also going to help us work smarter, not harder, in all of our other high school courses. This course will make you a more effective communicator in the workplace, classroom, social settings and everyday life.
Grade 11 University/College "Financial Accounting Fundamentals" (BAF3M1):
Want to know more about money, specifically related to how businesses earn and account for their profits? This course is for you where you can learn how to read financial statements, analyze the progress of companies, and develop skills that will also be useful in managing your own finances. Students will be introduced to the fundamental principles and procedures of accounting as they develop their financial analysis and decision making skills in both a manual and computerized setting. Students will acquire an understanding of the accounting cycle for a sole proprietorship (one owner) for both service and merchandising businesses, starting with recording of transactions and going through the process to prepare financial statements. Ethics, current issues and career opportunities will also be studied
Grade 11 College "Entrepreneurship: The Venture" (BDI3C1):
Interested in running a business one day? Then this course is for you as you will learn the steps involved in preparing a venture plan and have the opportunity to create one of your own. This course focuses on ways in which entrepreneurs recognize opportunities, generate ideas, and organize resources to plan successful ventures that enable them to achieve their goals. Students will create a venture plan for a school-based or student-run business. Through hands-on experiences, students will have opportunities to develop the values, traits, and skills most often associated with successful entrepreneurs.
Grade 12 University/College "Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals" (BOH4M1):
Do you see yourself one day being ‘The Boss’? Do you want to develop a greater understanding of how to create a high performance team and culture? Business Leadership & Management is about helping you to better manage people and help guide them towards the goals of an organization. With an emphasis on collaboration, teamwork and social interaction, this course helps you better understand your employees, your abilities to lead them, and how to align you and your workers towards the goals of an organization. Business leadership will also help expose you to the rigors of workplace management and the expectations of a post-secondary business program. If you are looking for a program that can help you better understand yourself and how you can leverage your own skills to get the most out of a workforce, then this is the program for you.