Policy Document: The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, Business Studies, 2000.

Prerequisite: Information Technology Applications in Business, Grade 11, Open BTA 3O

Course Description

This course provides students with the opportunity to develop essential skills in information technology needed in the workplace. Students will learn about the impact of new technologies on business operations, the place of information technology in the globalization process, and the development of new ways of doing business electronically. Students will use advanced software features and functions, manage information, conduct electronic research for business tasks, and develop project team management skills.

Increasing reliance on computers, telecommunication networks, and information technologies in society and the workplace makes it essential for students to become computer literate and to develop information literacy. Information literacy is the ability to access, select, gather, critically evaluate, create, and communicate information and the ability to use the information to solve problems and make decisions. In preparation for further education, employment, citizenship, and lifelong learning, students must be able to derive meaning from information by using a variety of information literacy skills.

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