Commerce

Skills Pathways

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Skills Pathways

 
Rational
Skills Pathways offers students the opportunity to gain work placement experience and work towards planning their future employment paths. This course encourages students to develop their employee experience and skill base.
 
Content
 
Unit Standards at Level 1
  • Basic employment rights and responsibilities.
  • Produce a curriculum Vitea.

Economics

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Economics

Rationale
Economics is introduced at Year 10 in an innovative Business Enterprise program which South Otago High School started in 2006. Students learn basic business planning and finance. Then, in term three, students design, plan, cost and produce an actual product. This is part of a national competition, and, South Otago High School students won their section of the competition in 2006 and came second in 2008.

Business Awareness

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Business Awareness

 
Rationale
Business Awareness is taught at Year 12 to a group of students who wish to gain some practical office skills and widen their knowledge about business generally.
 
Content
 
Level 1 Unit Standards
  • Examine skills and factors in operating a small business.
Level 2 Unit Standards

Accounting

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Accounting

Rationale
Accounting is taught from Year 11 to Year 13. In this subject students learn how to record, report on, and give advice about the financial affairs of New Zealand based businesses. By the end of Year 13 students can produce and analysis the finances for a manufacturing company listed on the New Zealand stock exchange.

Computing

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Computing

Rationale
At both Year 12 and 13 students work towards (and most achieve) the National Certificate in Computing Levels 2 and 3, a nationally recognised qualification. Units of work include web designing, animating and software programming.
 
Content

Level 1 TIM

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