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Summer Academic-Global Studies :::

GLOBAL STUDIES

Anticipated course offerings in:

Consumer Economics -  This course focuses on personal money management concerns that face all consumers.  Topics to be studied include the individual consumer in the marketplace, economics, money management, consumer credit, buying goods and services, housing, transportation, health services, insurance, savings and investments, and taxes.  

Keyboarding -  This course is needed by all students who wish to learn the required keyboarding skills used in today’s technical world. Students selecting this course will learn basic keyboarding skills, and proper use of the keyboard.  Students will improve their speed and accuracy as they key, as well as improve their proofreading skills. In addition, proper formatting of term papers, letters, and tables will be learned, along with a variety of other keyboarding applications. Keyboarding skills are required  for further course work in Computer Applications (MOS) and recommended for Programming in Visual Basic and Programming in Java.   

This course meets for approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes each day for the full six-week Summer Academic Program. Students who register for this course must select a session. Upon successful completion of the six-week course, students will receive 1/2 credit. 

U.S. History -  U.S. History attempts to promote student understanding of the numerous factors which have played a part in the development of American society. Areas of concentration and study begin with the colonial period and conclude with the issues of contemporary America.  This course is offered for make-up credit only.  

Web Page Development I -  Are you interested in creating websites and learning all aspects of the Internet including search engines, email, and plug-in? Web Development I concentrates on creating web pages in various ways including coding HTML and using various GUI editors. Software packages will also be introduced like Dreamweaver and Flash. A final project web site will be developed and published on the Internet. 

World History -  World History aims to help students understand the complex world in which they live by developing insights into the thought and feelings of people within their own culture and other cultures, as well as relating the past to the present and future. Students learn that although human needs are basically the same everywhere, differences in environment and history have played a determining role in establishing variety in cultures. This course demonstrates to students that history, geography, economics, political science, and social and cultural life are basic to the study of human development.  

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