Principles of Business, Marketing, and Finance students gain knowledge and skills in economies and private enterprise systems, the impact of global business, marketing of goods and services, advertising, and product pricing. Students analyze the sales process and financial management principles. This course allows students to reinforce, apply, and transfer academic knowledge and skills to a variety of interesting and relevant activities, problems and settings in business, marketing and finance.
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 9-10
Tier 3 class of 2022; On-Level class of 2023 and beyond.
Financial Mathematics offers students the opportunity to increase their personal finance skills and obtain credit in Mathematics. Students prepare for real world decisions regarding personal money management requiring critical thinking skills. Topics to include: net pay, income taxes, calculations of mortgage payments and insurance, property and interest costs and taxes, closing costs, etc.
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 10-12
Prerequisite: Algebra I, Principles of Business Marketing & Finance
Tier 3 class of 2022; On-Level class of 2023 and beyond.
Accounting I investigates the field of accounting, including how it is impacted by industry standards as well as economic, financial, technological, international, social, legal, and ethical factors. Students reflect on this knowledge as they engage in the process of recording, classifying, summarizing, analyzing, and communicating accounting information. Students formulate and interpret financial information for use in management decision making. A dual credit student who does earn at least a “C” in ACCT 2301 in the fall transfers into Accounting I (non-dual) in the spring. Dual credit students take semester exams and complete additional assessments formulating a portfolio.
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 10-12
Prerequisites: Principles of BMF for Accounting I Dual Credit prerequisites: Principles of BMF, NVC application, and TSI scores
Accounting I Tier 3 class of 2022; On-Level class of 2023 and beyond.; Dual Financial Accounting Tier 1 class of 2022; Advanced class of 2023 and beyond.
Accounting II provides development of accounting principles with extensive use of technology; incorporates complete further accounting cycle in relation to formation and dissolution of partnerships, characteristics of corporate organization and ownership; provides experience in initiating and maintaining an accounting system and in analyzing, interpreting and synthesizing managerial problems using accounting information. Accounting II fulfills a 4th math credit.
Credit: 1
Grade Placement: 11-12
Prerequisites: Accounting I
Tier 3 class of 2022; On-Level class of 2023 and beyond.
BUSINESS FINANCE AND MARKETING PRACTICUM (#5653)
Description: Practicum in Business Marketing and Finance is designed to give students supervised practical application of previously studied knowledge and skills. Practicum experiences occur in a paid or unpaid arrangement and a variety of locations appropriate to the nature and level of experience. 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 or postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging technologies. Students develop a foundation in the economic, financial, technological, international, social, and ethical aspects of business to become competent consumers, employees, and entrepreneurs. Students enhance reading, writing, computing, communication, and reasoning skills and apply them to the business environment. Students incorporate a broad base of knowledge that includes the legal, managerial, marketing, financial, ethical, and international dimensions of business to make appropriate business decision.
Credit: 2
Grade Placement: 12
Prerequisite: Principles of BMF
Tier 2 class of 2022; On-Level class of 2023 and beyond.