BUSINESS STUDIES DEPARTMENT

Business Trips

Canada's Wonderland

Chapters

Costco  

Nebs Fun World

Toronto Marlies

The Roxy

Vaughan Mills

Business activities have a tremendous impact on the standard of living and quality of life experienced by Canadians. They affect most aspects of our daily lives: earning, saving, spending, investing, etc. All students encounter the world of business, whether they live/work in urban or rural areas. Many high school students nowadays hold part-time jobs and earn money, even pay some of their expenses. Therefore, Business Studies courses are meant to prepare our students to face the business world and engage in business activity with confidence. In order to succeed in their lives, students need to understand not only what opportunities business creates, but also how it functions and what skills it requires.

Business studies draws upon facts, concepts, and processes from many other fields of study. For example, close links exist between marketing and communications, accounting and mathematics, entrepreneurial studies and technology, international business and world studies, and management and studies of society and human nature. Furthermore, knowledge and skills related to information and communication technology are relevant across all disciplines. Students will be able to apply what they learn in other subject areas to their study of business, as well as to transfer the knowledge and skills they acquire in business studies to their work in other areas. 

(Ministry of Education, The Ontario Curriculum, Business Studies, 2006)

Mission Statement

Business Studies teachers at U.S.S. strive to provide students with a relevant knowledge of the business world and to help students develop skills and attitudes necessary to succeed in secondary school, the workplace, postsecondary education or training, and daily life.

Vision Statement

The Business Studies Department at U.S.S. works together as a team to ensure that our students are ready to meet the challenges that they will face after graduation. Whether it be the workplace, university, college or an apprenticeship, we encourage and enable students to pursue their post secondary goals.

Teaching Staff:

Ms. E. Borzecka
Mr. R. Clark
Miss H. Creelman
Mr. R. Southern
 

Business, Computer and Law Courses:

 Introduction to Business

BB1 201         Introduction to Business

Accounting & Finance

BAF 3M1        Financial Accounting Fundamentals

BAT 4M1        Financial Accounting Principles

IDC 4U1         Building Financial Security

Entrepreneurial Studies

BDI 3C1         Entrepreneurship: The Venture

BDV 4C1        Entrepreneurship: Venture Planning in an Electronic Age

International Business

BBB 4M1         International Business Fundamentals

Marketing

BMI 3C1         Marketing: Goods, Services, Events

Organizational Studies

BOG 4E1         Business Leadership: Becoming a Manager

BOH 4M1        Business Leadership: Management Fundamentals

Canadian and World Studies

CIA 4U1          Analyzing Current Economic Issues

Computer Studies

BTT 101          Information and Communication Technology in Business

BTA 3O1         Information and Communication Technology: The Digital Environment

ICS 3U1          Introduction to Computer Science

ICS 4U1          Computer Science

Law

CLU 3M1 - Understanding Canadian Law

This course introduces students to the Canadian law, its purpose and history, individuals’ rights and freedoms and corresponding legal documents. Students also get acquainted with the Canadian legal system, sentencing options, courtroom organization, and the Youth Criminal Justice Act. Any student considering legal studies at the university or college level (e.g. Police Foundations) should take this grade 11 course. It is also recommended that the students interested in taking grade 12 Canadian and International Law (CLN 4U1) first take grade 11 Understanding Canadian Law (CLU 3M1).

CLN 4U1          Canadian and International Law

Business Certificate

Students who graduate with the Ontario Secondary School Diploma and who have at least six credits in Business Studies will have this concentration of subjects on the Ontario Student Transcript. In addition, the Durham District School Board will provide students who have taken at least six Business subjects, and who qualify, with a special Business Certificate.