Business In School CURRICULUM OF ECONOMIC SUBJECTS CURRICULUM OF ECONOMIC SUBJECTS February, 2013.

Secondary Vocational School = 4 years in school  Final exams  Study for a profession = 2 years in school + practice in the summer ( hours) Vocational School = 3 years in school + practice during the years  Study for a profession = 2 years in school + practice in the summer (160 hours)  Final exams Grammar School (4 years in school)  Final exams  Study for a profession = 2 years in school + practice in the summer ( hours) February, 2013.

Secondary Vocational School = 4 years in school + practice from 1st grade (total 50 hours)  Vocational final exams = entitles for employment  Study for a profession = 1 year in school Vocational School (3 years)  Study for a profession (2 years)  Final exams Grammar School (4 years in school)  Final exams  Study for a profession (2 years in school + practice in the summer) February, 2013.

Students’ possibilities after 12th grade, with General final exams o Study for a profession (2 years) o Study at higher education (3+2 years) o Work ? February, 2013.

Students get –General education (non-economical subjects). –Basic vocational education in 3 professional groups. Professional groups are: – Trade, marketing and business administration – General administration – Economics ( Future: Informatics) February, 2013.

PROFESSIONSC L A S S E S T RADE, M ARKETING AND B USINESS ADMINISTRATION / TMBA/ 9.A10.A11.A12.A G ENERAL ADMINISTRATION /GA/ 9.B10.B11.B12.B E CONOMICS /ECS/ 9.C10.C11.C12.C February, 2013.

Grade of 9 (37 week, total : 185 hours) Economic EnvironmentLessons per week: 2 (Lessons per year: 74) Curriculum: -Basic Economics: Needs. Production, service and their relations. Management. Economy. Infrastructure. Division of labour. National economy’s divisional structure. Factors of production. Market. Demand, supply. -Organizational frameworks of management. -The role and duty of state: The role of budget and its structure. The role of state in providing conditions of market economy. The role of taxes and subsidies in state’s management. -Economy of Household: Income and costs of households. Savings of households. The role of credit in household’s financial economy. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Separate work using sources. Repetition. Presentations. Reading newspapers. Teamwork. Modeling. Tests February, 2013.

Grade of 9 (37 week, total : 185 hours) Information ManagementLessons per week: 2 (Lessons per year: 74), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Use of the basic functions of a modern word processor software for entering and form words. -Blind typing with ten fingers. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Tests. EtiquetteLessons per week: 1 (Lessons per year: 37), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Culture of appearance. Relations in everyday life. Special opportunities of social life. Table manners. Behaviorial forms in family. Social climat at work place. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Presentations. Competitions. Tests. Modeling. Activitiy game February, 2013.

Grade of 10 (37 week, total : 185 hours) Economic EnvironmentLessons per week: 2 (Lessons per year: 74) Curriculum: -Enterprises: Classification. Basic issues of foundation, operation and closing. Issues of a private enterprise's operation. -Finance: The exchange of goods and money. Bank account and complementary currencies. Price. Income. Financial institutions. -Personal requirements to Financial management: Labor relations. Employment contracts. Rights and obligations of the employee and the employer. Unions. -Review of the income from operations on the enterpise’s level: Investment. Cost. Income. Margins. -External economy: Foreign trade. Export, import. Integration. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Separate work using sources. Repetition. Presentations. Reading newspapers. Teamwork. Modeling. Tests February, 2013.

Grade of 10 (37 week, Total : 185 hours) Information ManagementLessons per week: 2 (Lessons per year: 74), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Development of writing techniques, basement consolidation of copying skills. -Form of business letters. -Basic knowledge of office techniques. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Tests. CommunicationLessons per week: 1 (Lessons per year: 37), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Basic concepts of human communication. Codes of communication through practical examples. Definitions of culture of interactions, communicational training. Developing the self- and associate knowledge, learning options for self- expressions. Connections between the trade and communication, the different channels of communication. Method: Teamwork. Presentations. Communication practices, games, tests February, 2013.

Grade of ( week, Total : hours) Trade, Marketing and EconomicsLessons per week: 5+5 (Lessons per year: ) Curriculum: -Consumer’s attitude and demand. Company and supplier attitude. Company's supply and the nature of the market. The market of the factors of production. -Macroeconomics. Imbalances on the labor market. Inflation, inflation processes. Open macro economy. -Analysis of the market environment. The market. Consumer attitude. Market research. Product policy. Price policy. Communicational policy. -Advertising. Public relations. Sales promotion. Personal sales. Image. -Forms of companies. Material and non-material factors of a commercial company. -Balance sheet and Loss Statement of a commercial company. Financing, profitability, efficiency in a commercial company. Business Plan. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Tests. Lots of exercises February, 2013.

Grade of ( week, Total : hours) Training Firms Lessons per week: 3+3 (Lessons per year: ), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Characteristics of commercial enterprises. -Working processes, tesponsibilities in Secretary, Purchase, Sales &Marketing, Human Resources, Finance Department. -Modelling the operation of a commercial company through a Training Firms Agency. Method: Demonstrating. Filling out documents. Wearing business clothes. „Working”. Self-evaluation by team-members February, 2013.

Grade of (37+32 week, Total : hours) Information Technology applications Lessons per week: 3+3 (Lessons per year: ), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Use of Internet. File management. Network communication. -Word processing. -Database management. Method: Explaining. Demonstrating. Exercises. Word Processing Lessons per week: 3+3 (Lessons per year: ), in 2 groups Curriculum: -Error-free typing. Typing from dictation. -Special formal, contextual and linguistic requirements of official letters. Method: Dictation. Exercises.

Grade of ( week, Total : hours) Economics (theoretical)Lessons per week: 3+3 (Lessons per year: ) Curriculum: -Basic knowledge of Microeconomics. Consumer’s attitude and demand. Comany’s productional attitude and supply. Market of capital goods. Efficiency of market and market insufficiencies. -Basic Macroeconomic connections. Balance of Macroeconomics. Economic policy of the state. External relations and their connections with national economy. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Separate work using sources. Repetition. Presentations. Reading newspapers. Teamwork. Modeling. Tests. Competitions February, 2013.

Grade of ( week, Total : hours) Business Economics Lessons per week: 5+5 (Lessons per year: ) 50% of the lessons in 2 groups Curriculum: -Basic knowledge of Statistics, Marketing, Finances, Accounting. -Cost of activity and sales. Marketingmix. Business plan. Systems of financial and credit transactions. Closing – annual report. Method: Explaining. Questioning. Repetition. Tests. Exercises February, 2013.

Grade of 11 (37 week) PROJECT- Business Presentation Lessons per week: 1 (Lessons per year: 10), in 2 groups Curriculum: - Foundation of a fictious company. Preparing the Business Plan of the company in details. Business presentation infront of an independent professional jury. Method: Mentoring. Teamwork. Self-evaluation. Evaluation by jury February, 2013.

Grade of 12 (32 week) PROJECT- International Trade Fair Lessons per week: 0 (Lessons per year: 0) Curriculum: - Set up and decorate the stand. To have a marketing plan in details. To have all sort of marketing materials. To communicate and behave in the Fair. To make the administration on the stand. Method: Mentoring. Teamwork. Self-evaluation. Evaluation by jury February, 2013.

Thank you for your attention! February, 2013.