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BUSINESS EDUCATION

The Business Education Department offers students the opportunity to learn about all aspects of the �business world'. Subjects currently offered:

Year 8

• Commerce
• Computer Literacy

Year 9 & 10

• Business Computing Skills
• Business and Enterprise Education

Year 11 and 12

• Accounting
• Business Communication and Technologies
• Business Organisation and Management
• Economics
• Legal Studies

Topics covered in the junior school include: Publisher, PowerPoint, Word Processing, Financial Records, Business Environments, Business Ventures, Introduction to Law, Spreadsheeting and Web Page Design.

Topics covered in the senior school include: Organisational Skills, Computer Operations, Workteam Communication, Workplace Safety, Financial Management, Operations Management, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Economics of Labour, Stock Market, Circular Flow, Price Mechanism, Cash Budgets, E-Business, Managerial Decision Making, Crime and Society, Contract Law and Accounting Package.

Students who study subjects in the Business Education Department gain the skills required for interpretation, analysis, organization, research, teamwork and general business operations.

Business Education students also have the opportunity to participate in many other activities related to their studies including:

• Australian Business Week Online Competition
• Business Educators' Association of Queensland Accounting Competition
• Business Educators' Association of Queensland Business Communication Competition
• Business Educators' Association of Queensland Speed and Accuracy Competition
• Australian Stock Exchange's Stock Market Game
• QUT's Accounting Student Forum
• Integrated University Studies
• Business Ventures
• Australia Zoo Workplace Health and Safety Observation

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