Prerequisite: Junior or Senior or Department Approval Offered in Spring only. Economics examines how societies choose to allocate scarce resources among competing uses. This course focuses on fundamental economic concepts, prices and markets, and economic institutions and issues. Assessment includes various projects and a final exam. 

721 Computer Applications
This course focuses on the features and functionality of office automation tools such as Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and Microsoft PowerPoint. The course also covers the fundamentals of using the Microsoft Windows operating environment, file manipulation and management, basic concepts of computer hardware/software operations, security, safety, computer ethics, and related topics. Time permitting, students study basic animation concepts. Assessment includes a semester exam and final project.

731 Advanced Computer Applications
Prerequisite: Computer Applications (721). This course focuses on advanced capabilities and features of office automation software: word processing, spreadsheet and presentation packages, and databases. Students also study desktop publishing and graphics manipulation using vector and bitmap image creation and editing software. Assessment includes a final exam.

736 Computer Programming I
Prerequisite: Computer Applications (721) and C or above in Algebra II (321 or
322), or Department Approval. This course is a hands-on introduction to computer programming in a modern, windows-based environment. Students write programs using an industry-standard programming language to learn the fundamentals of data structures, control structures, classes, and objects. In addition, this course includes material on computer architecture, interface design, sound programming practices, and other relevant topics. Assessment includes in-class and out-of-class programming projects, a fall semester exam (in-class programming project), and a spring final project of the student's design. Students will demonstrate their final projects during the scheduled spring semester exam period. Special note: students must have access to a home PC capable of running the programming software; see instructor for hardware requirements.

737 Computer Programming II
Prerequisite: Computer Programming I (736) and Department Approval. This course is an instructor-guided self-study in computer programming and related topics. Students develop and work to a written plan approved by the instructor. Most students use this course to prepare for the Advanced Placement Computer Science exam. There are no exams in this course; assessment includes a minimum of eight programming projects.

745 Business and Personal Finance
Prerequisite: Junior or Senior or Department Approval Offered in Fall only. Students examine how personal financial management affects their daily lives in the areas of banking, investments, credit, budgeting, and income taxes. Assessment includes both an in-class exam and creation of a personal financial management plan.

751 Digital Video Media
Prerequisite: Computer Applications (721) Offered in Fall only. This course, which complements course 752, employs hands-on activities to introduce students to some of the essentials of web design, multimedia, animation, and interactive content. Students learn image creation, manipulation, and animation. Students also learn how to edit film and produce engaging clips and presentations. Applications include Adobe Flash with Action Script and Adode Premier Pro. Assessment includes a final exam.

752 Web Design and Animation
Prerequisite: Computer Applications (721) Offered in Spring only. This course, which complements course 751, employs hands-on activities to introduce students to some of the essentials of web design, multimedia, animation, and interactive content. Students learn how to create and design websites using Adobe Dreamweaver, and animation using Adobe Fireworks. Assessment includes a final exam. 

755 Flash Animation 
Prerequisite: Computer Applications (721). Flash is a very popular software for creating animation for the web. This nine week course introduces the student to learning the interface, tools and basic features of Flash. You will create basic and complex animations, movies with sound and learn how to export your creations to a web site. This course is offered after school or during the summer. If meeting after school, the course will normally meet for two hours a day, two days a week, for nine weeks.