11COM
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 Credits
External - 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.

Assessment
Description
Level
Internal or
External
Credits
L1 Literacy Credits
UE Literacy Credits
Numeracy Credits
A.S. 92028 v3
NZQA Info
Commerce 1.1 - Demonstrate understanding of an organisation's financial decision-making
Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: Y
A.S. 92029 v3
NZQA Info
Commerce 1.2 - Demonstrate understanding of price determination for an organisation
Level: 1
Internal or External: Internal
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: 0
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 92030 v2
NZQA Info
Commerce 1.3 - Demonstrate understanding of how interdependent financial relationships are affected by an event
Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
A.S. 92031 v3
NZQA Info
Commerce 1.4 - Demonstrate understanding of the financial viability of an organisation
Level: 1
Internal or External: External
Credits: 5
Level 1 Literacy Credits: Y
University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Numeracy Credits: 0
Credit Summary
Total Credits: 20
Total Level 1 Literacy Credits: 10
Total University Entrance Literacy Credits: 0
Total Numeracy Credits: 5