This course focuses on the development of leadership skills used in managing a successful
business. Students will analyse the role of a leader in business, with a focus on decision making,
management of group dynamics, workplace stress and conflict, motivation of employees, and
planning. Effective business communication skills, ethics, and social responsibility are also
emphasized.
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and procedures of accounting.
Students will develop financial analysis and decision-making skills that will assist them in future
studies and/or career opportunities in business. Students will acquire an understanding of
accounting for a service and a merchandising business, computerized accounting, financial
analysis, and ethics and current issues in accounting
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to advanced accounting principles that will prepare them for
postsecondary studies in business. Students will learn about financial statements for various
forms of business ownership and how those statements are interpreted in making business
decisions.This course expands students’ knowledge of sources of financing, further develops
accounting methods for assets, and introduces accounting for partnerships and corporations
Prerequisite: Financial Accounting Fundamentals,
Grade 11, University/College
This course provides an overview of the importance of international business and trade in the
global economy and explores the factors that influence success in international markets.
Students will learn about the techniques and strategies associated with marketing, distribution,
and managing international business effectively.This course prepares students for postsecondary
programs in business, including international business, marketing, and management.
Prerequisite: None
This course introduces students to the world of business. Students will develop an understanding
of the functions of business, including accounting, marketing, information and communication
technology, human resources, and production, and of the importance of ethics and social
responsibility.This course builds a foundation for further studies in business and helps students
develop the business knowledge and skills they will need in their everyday lives.
Prerequisite: None
This course explores issues and challenges facing the Canadian economy as well as the
implications of various responses to them. Students will explore the economic role of
firms, workers, and government as well as their own role as individual consumers and
contributors, and how all of these roles contribute to stability and change in the Canadian
economy. Students will apply the concepts of economic thinking and the economic inquiry
process, including economic models, to investigate the impact of economic issues and
decisions at the individual, regional, and national level.
Prerequisite: Canadian History since World War I, Grade 10, Academic or Applied
