| Faculty |
| Department Philosophy |
| Nerinx Technology |
| EDLINE Nerinx Hall |
| Course Offerings |
Business/Computer Department | |
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| Mrs. Judith Winters | Department Chair, Business / Computer Curriculum |
| Mr. Gary Quinley | Business / Computer Curriculum |
Computer Classes Offered for 2007/08 School Years | |
| Required Computer Applications I (Required for all freshmen) Computer Applications II (required for all sophomores). | |
| Electives Web Page Design (Elective) Adobe InDesign (Elective) Computer Programming - Java (Elective) | |
Business Classes Offered for 2007/08 School Years | |
| All Business Courses Are Electives Introduction to Business Accounting I & II (each a semester class) Marketing Personal Finance | |
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Business / Computer Tech Department Philosophy | |
| We believe that business and computer classes have an important place in the college prep curriculum. Our classes contribute to:
--the development of decision-making, problem-solving and higher-order thinking skills, --the preparation of our students for their roles as citizens, consumers, employees, and employers, --the preparation of our students for an ever-changing work-environment, --the application of academic education to real-life situations, --students' oral and written communication, --students' foundation in entering, manipulating and creating text and data using technology, --students' organization skills. To accomplish these goals, we work to keep our curriculum dynamic. At the end of each school year we evaluate and update each of our classes. Annually we both attend classes / conferences, read pertinent books and periodicals, and question alums and parents to determine the relevancy of everything we teach. While the accounting and marketing classes are good, basic business classes, we also plan to offer an Introduction to Business class. As technology changes we change with it and are now including classes in the iLife Suite (2007/08) and Adobe InDesign. We offer a semester of computer programming using Java. Touch keyboarding remains an important part of our Computer Appliations I class since it still is the foundation for working with text and data on the computer (although Judie Winters has attended conferences on speech recognition software and is continually monitoring the need for that software skill in our curriculum). Our Co mputer Appications II class is currently devoting about half of the class time toward working with Excel since our alums have stressed its importance at the college level and in their careers. The Marketing and Personal Finance classes do not use a textbook -- instead they are taught using current information from internet sites, periodicals and current books. Outside speakers are an important source of knowledge in those classes. We believe that our classes are important and relevant and constantly changing. We also believe that all people need a working knowledge of business to live and work effectively and efficiently. It is our goal to introduce our students to the business world for their life as citizens and consumers and to also introduce them to the many career choices in the business and computer fields. | |
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