Business & Technology

Grade Offered: 11,12 (Elective)

Prerequisites: None

In this one semester course, students will learn the basics of financial literacy. It is designed to help students navigate the complex financial world in order to make smart decisions on how to handle their personal finances and build their future on a strong, financially sound foundation. Topics include: Savings and checking accounts, Credit Cards, Taxes, Credit score and identity theft, Investments

Grades Offered: 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: None

This course is an introduction to fundamental accounting principles. Students are introduced to a step by step analysis of the record keeping procedures and concepts that take place in the accounting cycle. Students will complete the accounting cycle and prepare financial statements for sole proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations. Students will prepare personal federal income tax forms. Throughout the course students will learn about business ethics and will explore career possibilities.

Grades Offered: 11, 12 (Elective)

This course is an introduction to marketing and business. This course is designed for the student who has an interest in business and marketing. Topics covered include basic marketing and economic concepts, selling, advertising, and promotion. In addition to marketing topics, students will learn about forms of business organizations, finance, human resources management, entrepreneurship, business ethics, and the changing business environment. One major focus in this class will be the daily operations of the Pilot Hangar, our school store. Students will work side by side with our PH managers and vendors to develop promotions, track sales, inventory, etc. The students will be the link between the store and the school community. THe students will interact with students, teachers, and staff to determine the needs of the DLS community. 

Grades Offered: 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: Minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0. Students must have taken or be enrolled in accounting, economics, or computer applications. Students must be pre-approved via an interview process.

This is a yearlong course where students will gain valuable experience both in the classroom and in a hands-on work environment. Students will go through two weeks of training with Christian Financial Credit Union during the summer before beginning work in the branches. During the summer, students will also have the opportunity to work different marketing events and be involved in the local communities. Throughout the school year, students will learn finance and business concepts while working shifts at the De La Salle student-run branch, The Union, while also having the chance to participate in Money Smart Week and Credit Union Week. 

Grades Offered: 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: None
This course covers an in-depth approach in rudimentary engineering skills utilized in industry. Students focus on engineering techniques in measuring, line work, orthographic projection, and lastly section cutting and dimensioning. The students learn manual and computer aided 3D drawing (CAD) skills. The course culminates with the students designing basic three dimensional designs using Inventor and multiple CATIA modules (Part Design, Assembly and Sheet Metal) and transforming the designs into three dimensional objects.

Grade Offered: 9, 10, 11 (Elective)
Prerequisites: None
This course is recommended for students who are interested in a career in the field of Engineering. Students dig deep into the engineering design process, applying math, science, and engineering standards to hands-on projects. They work both individually and in teams to design solutions to a variety of problems using 3D modeling software, and use an engineering notebook to document their work. This is the first course in a series of three, one per year. Freshmen and sophomore students may take this in lieu of physical education, health, and seminar. The course is limited to 20 students as only one can be offered this year. The priority of placement is seniors first, then juniors, followed by sophomore, and finally freshmen.

Grade Offered: 10, 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: Completion of 947 Intro to Engineering Design.
The course exposes students to some of the major concepts that they will encounter in a postsecondary engineering course of study. Students have an opportunity to investigate engineering and high tech career POE gives students the opportunity to develop skills and understanding of course concepts through activity-, project-, and problem-based (APPB) learning. Used in combination with a teaming approach, APPB learning challenges students to continually hone their interpersonal skills, creative abilities, and problem solving skills based upon engineering concepts. It also allows students to develop strategies to enable and direct their own learning, which is the ultimate goal of education. Students will employ engineering and scientific concepts in the solution of engineering design problems. Students will develop problem-solving skills and apply their knowledge of research and design to create solutions to various challenges. Students will also learn how to document their work and communicate their solutions to their peers and members of the professional community. Principles Of Engineering is the second of three foundation courses in the Project Lead The Way high school engineering program. The course applies and concurrently develops secondary level knowledge and skills in mathematics, science, and technology. The course of study includes: Mechanisms, Energy Sources, Energy Applications, Machine Control, Fluid Power, Statics, Material Properties, Material Testing, Statistics, and Kinematics. Sophomore students may take this in lieu of physical education and health. The course is limited to 20 students due to resources.

Grade Offered: 10, 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: None.
From smartphones to appliances, digital circuits are all around us. This course provides a foundation for students who are interested in electrical engineering, electronics, or circuit design. Students study topics such as combinational and sequential logic and are exposed to circuit design tools used in industry, including logic gates, integrated circuits, and programmable logic devices.

Grade Offered: 10, 11, 12 (Elective)
Prerequisites: Algebra I, 3.7 Cumulative GPA
The course introduces students to the essential ideas of computer science and helps students to understand how computing and technology can influence the world around them. As part of this course, students will be exposed to a broad range of computing tools and skills while creatively addressing real-world issues and concerns. Students will conceive and implement digital projects, utilizing some of the same processes that writers, programmers, engineers, designers, and other creators use to bring their ideas to life. This course is a “blended,” self-paced, chiefly online course (web-based) with periodic meetings with the De La Salle teacher/coach. No previous experience with coding is required! This course teaches some programming, but also includes problem-solving, working with data, and understanding the structure of the Internet and how it works while creating digital projects. 10th grade students who take this course will be waived the school’s physical education and health requirements in order to make room in their schedule for this course.