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Floral Design
In this course students will take part in learning about the Floral Industry and will also be exposed to the various career opportunities within this field. Students will have the opportunity to work in a local Flower Shop as an intern and will earn credits while receiving hands-on training. Shop training will consist of working directly with fresh flowers and plants as well as helping customers with their purchases. Participants will also "job shadow", learning the proper way to wire-out orders using the store computer system.
Subject matter will consist of:
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Graphic & Web Design / Journalism
Students in this course, design and produce basic-level design projects, become familiar with the Graphic Design profession, job opportunities, requirements, income ranges, talents and skills necessary to be competitive in the field.
Graphic Design is intended to be the first course in computer aided page design.
The skillful combining of images and text become the core of this course. It is a working studio class and through demonstrations and hands on work you will learn to solve visual problems using Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Illustrator. This "hands on" experience is the key to success in this class. By the end of this course, you will work on traditional design problems leading to a portfolio of 10 pieces or more illustrating concepts learned.
From postcards to Posters, graphic design permeates our environment.
Students study graphic design and explore the nature of today's professional environment.
Understanding how to apply basic design concepts to the presentation of informative or persuasive material is crucial to communicating with an audience. Typography, image, space, color, and form will be integrated as the term progresses. The main emphasis of the course will be on you and your work. . By actually working, taking risks, experimenting, making mistakes and creating with the computer, much is to be learned.
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Small Business Ownership
Small Business Ownership is an introductory course intended to provide students with a solid foundation in terms of the vital role played by entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship in the 21st century American economy. During this semester, we will assess, explore, critique, and celebrate the phenomenon of entrepreneurship. Entrepreneurship is approached as a way of thinking and acting, as an attitude and a behavior. Our emphasis is on entrepreneurship as a manageable process that can be applied in virtually any organizational setting. Moreover, our interest is in sustainable entrepreneurship, or entrepreneurship over the life cycles of people's careers, of organizations as they evolve from start-up enterprise to sizeable corporation, and of societies as they move from undeveloped to post-industrial. However, our principal focus will be on the creation of new ventures, the ways that they come into being, and factors associated with their success. This is a course of many ideas and questions, and you will be encouraged to develop and defend your own set of conclusions regarding each of these issues. It is also a course that integrates a number of different disciplines, ranging from sociology and psychology to economics, finance, marketing, and human resource management. Further, it is a course that mixes theory with practice, and you will be challenged to apply principles, concepts and frameworks to real world situations.
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Health Occupations -
(Under Construction)
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Sports / Entertainment Marketing
(Under Construction)
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Retail Occupations
Welcome to Retail Occupations! This course will consist of first semester basics and second semester advanced training. Students will have an opportunity to earn additional credits by working (for credits) in one of our community retail stores as an intern. By successfully completing the Retail Readiness/Customer Service Prep work students will also have an opportunity to become "certified" in customer service.
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Proper work ethics/attitude and behavior/personal development
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Professional selling skills and techniques
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Cash register operations/proper cash counting & handling
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Safety in the industry
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Customer Service and Retail Readiness Training
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Communication skills development
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Advertising and marketing
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Proper completion of employment applications and resumes
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How to succeed in a job interview
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Employment opportunities in the industry
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