4600 Accounting/Computer Accounting
This instructional program prepares individuals to perform any combination of the following and similar tasks: apply the accounting cycle for both a service and merchandising business through closing the books for a sole proprietorship, partnership, and corporation; select and use appropriate computer hardware and software to develop, process, and maintain accounting records and create reports; create and maintain subsidiary ledgers; prepare, analyze, and interpret financial statements; apply procedures for asset acquisition and disposition and analyze and calculate depreciation methods; create budgets, design flexible budgets, and make capital budgeting decisions.
4609 Administrative Support
This instructional program prepares individuals to supervise employees; budget, analyze, and coordinate clerical and other office activities; evaluate, organize, and/or revise office operations and procedures to establish uniformity in handling correspondence, records, and other materials; design various office layouts to facilitate maximum production and efficiency; evaluate employee records; coordinate activities of the clerical department and workers; and classify, store, retrieve, and purge paper, film, and computer-based records.
4650 Business Career Exploration (grades 6-9)
This instructional program provides individuals with exploratory experiences related to career opportunities in business at entry, technical, and professional levels. These experiences explore careers in computer science and information processing, accounting and finance, business management, marketing, and entrepreneurship. The program provides information about employment and the education requirements for various business occupations, interest and aptitude assessment, and career and educational planning. The program also provides exploration in the following areas: business and consumer concepts, business computations, computer literacy, economic concepts, and scientific and technological developments.
4630 Business Economics
This instructional program integrates economic principles with entrepreneurship/business concepts. Such programs provide functional economic literacy through an experienced-based entrepreneurship/business curriculum.
4602 Business Fundamentals
This instructional program introduces major principles and concepts that are the foundation for future study of business and management. Program content includes such topics as basic business principles, personal finance concepts, management concepts, systems thinking, quality management, and the current environment for business in a multinational marketplace. Communication skills and basic mathematical concepts are reinforced in this course. Simulations, projects, work-based learning opportunities, teamwork, and career technical student organization (CTSO) leadership activities, meetings, conferences, and competitions provide opportunities for application of instructional content.
4637 Business Management
This instructional program describes management functions and processes in contributing to organizational goals. Program content addresses organizational theory; human resource development; management principles and styles; policy and strategy formation; production and operations management, planning and development; and economic theory and practice.
4623 Business Technology
This instructional program provides individuals with a foundation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes common to a variety of business occupations. The program may address one or more of the following content areas: Business Communications; Business Environment; Career Preparation and Job Acquisition; Financial Concepts, Business Functions; Human Resource Development; Leadership; Technology; Business Mathematics; and Business Law.
4601 Computer Operations/Computer Science
This instructional program prepares individuals to understand and apply systems and programming concepts to business, including any combination of the following and similar tasks: design algorithm solutions; coordinate the preparation and operations of peripheral equipment systems; design programs with defined user interface, code, execute, test and debug components; develop programs using abstract data types and object-oriented programs; create structured programs in various languages using control structures, procedures, functions, parameters, variables, error recovery and recursion; develop programs that access and modify databases using various file access methods; design hardware and software systems for electronic communication.
4613 General Office Occupations
This instructional program prepares individuals to perform any combination of the following and similar tasks: copy information from one record to another; sort, file, and retrieve records or other documents; tabulate and post data in record books; address and stuff envelopes; sort and distribute mail; and proofread records and reports. The student will also duplicate records, using a copying machine and answer the telephone and record or relay messages. He or she operates an electronic calculator, microcomputer, and/or electronic typewriter.
4615 Information Processing
This instructional program prepares individuals to create business correspondence, reports, publications, and forms by using computer operating systems; word processing; database, spreadsheet, and desktop publishing software; hardware and peripherals; and/or electronic typewriters. The student will use appropriate electronic information resources to research and transmit information and operate industry-standard equipment.
4633 Information Systems Management
This instructional program prepares individuals to develop and evaluate hardware and software applications to improve computerized information system productivity by evaluating, selecting, installing, and configuring computer components, peripherals, and operating systems; previewing, selecting, and installing software; evaluating, operating, and managing systems for electronic communication and data transmission; and providing information and instruction to users to enable them to operate computer systems.
4610 Keyboarding (typing)
This instructional program prepares individuals to operate an electronic typewriter or computer keyboard by using the touch system; set tabs and margins; adjust spacing; center text; and format simple letters and reports.
4621 Legal Office Occupations
This instructional program prepares individuals to perform clerical or secretarial duties related to the preparation of legal papers and correspondence, such as summonses, complaints, motions, subpoenas, and so forth. It includes instruction in legal terminology, procedures, and documents. Students take dictation in shorthand or use transcribing machine to transcribe notes on an electronic typewriter and/or microcomputer; prepare and send bills to clients and record appointments; prepare and maintain client files, and operate an electronic calculator.
4608 Secretarial
This instructional program prepares individuals to perform any combination of the following and similar tasks: read and route incoming mail; locate and attach appropriate files to correspondence to be answered by the employer; take dictation in shorthand or by machine and transcribe notes on an electronic typewriter and/or microcomputer; or transcribe from voice recordings; compose and type routine correspondence; file correspondence and other records; answer the telephone and give information to callers; schedule appointments for the employer; keep personnel records; and record minutes of staff meetings.
4618 Telecommunications
This instructional program prepares individuals to communicate electronically by using bulletin boards, online information services, electronic mail systems, voice mail, and facsimile machines. Students may identify, evaluate, select, and configure various hardware and software applications across various platforms; analyze, manage, and maintain various types of electronic networks; identify, evaluate, create, and process audio and visual transmissions; and apply work group applications to electronic mail, calendaring, scheduling, and video conferencing.
4614 Word Processing Occupations
This instructional program prepares individuals to operate word processing and computer system hardware and software to design, originate, record, edit, store, and revise business correspondence, reports, and publications.
4698 Other Office/Computer Course
This designation is for any office/computer course not identified in the series of courses outlined on the CBEDS assignment code list.
