This course requires 2 options.
11 Commerce (11COM)
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Nadene Brouwer, Nerida Britten.
11 Commerce
This course will explore accounting, economic, and business concepts and models to make sense of society and solve problems.
Ākonga will:
- build the knowledge, skills, and values they need to navigate, and participate in, the economic world.
- learn how participants in the economic world make decisions, and they will analyse how these decisions impact on sustainability.
- learn that decision-making is necessitated by scarcity and that decisions are informed by a variety of cultural perspectives and lenses.
Course Overview
Term 1
AS 91028, 1.1 Demonstrate an understanding of an organisation's financial decision making , 5 credits Internal.
12 April
Students will look at different ways of making a financial decision, and then use a local business as a case study to advise them on a financial decision.
Term 2
AS 92029, 1.2 Demonstrate and understanding of price determination for an organisation, 5 credits internal
5 July
In groups, students will learn how to run a business by making a product and selling it at a school Market Day. They will be assessed on how they set and review the price of their product.
Term 3
AS 92031, 1.4, Demonstrate understanding of the financial viability of an organisation 5 credits, External
12-23 August
Students will use their own business from Term 2 as the case study for a report that shows how an event could affect the financial viability of their business.
Term 4
AS 92030, 1.3 Demonstrate understanding of how financial relationships are effected by an event, 5 credits, External
Students will be given a case study to demonstrate their understanding of how interdependent financial relationships are affected by an event.
Recommended Prior Learning
Open Entry
Contributions and Equipment/Stationery
Fee Registration - Optional
Assessment Information
Possible CreditsExternal - 10 credits
Internal - 10 credits
Credit Information
You will be assessed in this course through all or a selection of the standards listed below.
Total Credits Available: 20 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 10 credits.
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