BCIS+TEKS

Chapter 120. Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Business Education **
 * Texas Administrative Code (TAC), Title 19, Part II

§120.23. Business Computer Information Systems I (One-Half to One Credit).  (a) General requirements. The prerequisite for this course is Keyboarding, one-half credit or equivalent, as described in §120.26(a) of this title (relating to Keyboarding (One-Half to One Credit)). This course is recommended for students in Grades 9-10.  (b) Introduction. Students implement personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace and in society and to make a successful transition to the workforce and/or postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging technologies.  (c) Knowledge and skills.  (1) The student develops skills for success in the workplace. The student is expected to:  (A) locate and interpret written information;  (B) incorporate supplementary resources and references;  (C) demonstrate active listening through oral and written feedback;  <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(D) demonstrate productive work habits and attitudes, for example, dependability and punctuality; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(E) organize ideas logically and sequentially. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(2) The student selects appropriate technology to address business needs. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) identify and explain the functions of various types of technology, hardware, and software used in business; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) explore functions of emerging technologies; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) list available hardware and software most appropriate for specific tasks. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(3) The student applies word processing technology. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) identify customary styles of business documents; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) improve the touch-system skill using the keyboard and keypad to input data; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) utilize hardware and software flexibility needed to produce documents to address different computer applications; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(D) demonstrate basic writing techniques; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(E) edit a variety of written documents; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(F) produce business documents, including: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(i) business letters; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ii) business reports, integrating charts, and graphics; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iii) research papers; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iv) statistical data tables; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(v) newsletters; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(vi) resumes. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(4) The student applies spreadsheet technology. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) perform correct mathematical processes, including: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(i) addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ii) percentages and decimals; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iii) order of operations principle; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iv) estimation; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(v) prediction of patterns of data; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) formulate and produce solutions to a variety of business problems, such as: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(i) budget, personal, and business; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ii) payroll; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iii) inventory; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iv) invoices; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(v) balance sheets; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(vi) profit-loss statements; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(vii) income tax preparation; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(viii) charts and graphs; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ix) conversion of foreign currencies. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(5) The student applies database technology. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) differentiate the nature and interrelationships of fields, records, and files in databases; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) perform data management procedures, including: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(i) locate, sort, and organize data; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ii) search and query data; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iii) retrieve data; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iv) export and import data; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) produce and analyze business reports. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(6) The student exchanges information via telecommunications technology with appropriate supervision. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) identify and describe the different components of the telecommunications industry; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) send and receive information using electronic methods, such as mail, image transfer, remote bulletin board access, access of on-line information services, and emerging technologies; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) evaluate telecommunications methods for specific business needs, including: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(i) cost (locally, nationally, and internationally); <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(ii) convenience; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(iii) availability; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(D) model acceptable telecommunications ethics and etiquette and follow guidelines and laws. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(7) The student applies desktop publishing technology. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) identify technologies available for desktop publishing; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) identify customary standards and styles of desktop publishing; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) create desktop publications importing text and graphics; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(D) create an instructional manual. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(8) The student applies presentation management technology. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) identify the guidelines for using graphics, fonts, and special effects in presentations; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) analyze the effectiveness of multimedia presentations; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) determine the appropriate technology to create and deliver an effective presentation. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(9) The student identifies the concepts of a computer network. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) describe the components necessary to establish a network; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) describe the factors influencing the selection of a networking system; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) compare the resources available on various types of networks. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(10) The student analyzes computer operating systems and emerging technologies. The student is expected to: <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(A) describe various types of operating systems, environments, and utilities; <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(B) compare the functions and features of different operating systems, environments, and utilities; and <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">(C) demonstrate operating system commands. <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Source: The provisions of this §120.23 adopted to be effective September 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 4985.