It is recommended that students complete:
• Grade 9
Students must complete four out of seven modules, and may select their modules in consultation with the Distance Education School.

Module 1: The World of Business
Section 1: Business and its functions, classification of business; Supply and demand; Economic systems;
forms of business organization, doing business in British Columbia and Canada
Section 2: Employees rights and responsibilities, labour organizations, collective bargaining, essential services; BC employment standards, social insurance number
Section 3: BC business education courses
Section 4: Careers in business education, job search skills; résumé; Career paths; Entry level positions; Job
opportunities
Projects required.

Module 2: Finance
Section 1: Money, Consumer Price Index; Banking system, Bank of Canada; Types of bank accounts, cheques, financial services; Bank reconciliation
Section 2: What is credit? Types of credit; Recording credit
Section 3: The accounting equation, balance sheet; Income statement
Section 4: Spreadsheets, recording transactions; Ledger; Trial balance; Financial statements

Module 2 Test covers the work of Module 2.

Module 3: Marketing
Section 1: Introduction to marketing; The marketing mix; Place in marketing, channels of distribution
Section 2: The customer, prospect lists; Customer buying behaviour, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs; Sales
Section 3: Market research; The entrepreneur, business failure, proprietorships, partnerships, corporations;
Exploring the community
Section 4: Promotion and communication, AIDA formula

Module 3 Test covers the work of Module 3.

Module 4: Communications
Section 1: Importance of communications; Requirements of a good letter; Composing letters
Section 2: Oral and non-verbal communication, listening; presenting yourself; Telephone behaviour;
Messages on answering machines
Section 3: Use of technology in communications

Module 4 Test covers the work of Module 4.
Module 4 requires an audio tape recorder.

Module 5: Risk Management and Insurance
Section 1: What is insurance? Types of insurance
Section 2: Homeowner and tenant insurance
Section 3: Business insurance, lost earnings insurance, liability; Automobile insurance

Module 5 Test covers the work of Module 5.

Module 6: What You Show Is What You Sell
Section 1: Elements of display, AIDA formula and display
Section 2: Window displays
Section 3: Interior displays
Section 4: Point-of-purchase display
Projects required.

Module 7: Pacific Rim Partners
Section 1: Pacific Rim overview
Section 2: Japan and Taiwan
Section 3: North and South Korea
Section 4: Cross cultural communication
Projects required.

Module 7 requires the use of a VCR.
The textbooks and resources for this course are:
The World of Business
(John Wiley & Sons) (BE1002J)
(7540001348) $53.00
Workbook for the above (BE1003J)
(7540001347) 37.00
Audio Tape (JBE10K1) (7540001045) 5.00
Video Tape 1 (JBE10M1) (7540001632) 25.00
Video Tape 2 (JBE10N1) (7540001633) 15.00