Business

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Business Law is intended to provide an understanding of our legal rights and responsibilities. It includes the laws covering business crimes, torts, and contracts. Students study laws involving credit, employment, insurance, checks and other types of commercial paper, rental and ownership of real estate and personal property, as well as wills and estates.
1 high school credit

This is a dual credit course offered to juniors and seniors through MVCC and taught at Clinton. This course is designed for basic keyboarding and computer application. In this class, students will be using the Microsoft Office programs of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Publisher. Other software and apps include and are not limited to: PhotoStory, Google Apps. Students will learn to produce professional-looking letters, envelopes, memos, tables, desktop publishing and how to format an MLA report, which is the standard format used for classes at CCS, using Word. This course will also provide practice with more advanced features of desktop publishing on Word and Publisher, applications of the Excel spreadsheet, professional presentation design skills using PowerPoint and video presentations using PhotoStory. Students must be in 11th or 12th grade to enroll.
1 high school credit, 6 MVCC credits

This course is especially suitable for anyone exploring business as a career but is also helpful for personal use. Accounting is considered the language of business and is a broad preparation for many career options. This course will introduce students to the financial accounting concepts that give support to entrepreneurs, managers, investors and creditors in planning, operating and analyzing a business. Emphasis in this course is on the interpretation of financial statements and the accounting cycle. Upon successful completion of the course, students may earn four (4) college credits from Syracuse University. Students must be in 11th or 12th grade to enroll.
1 high school credit, 4 Syracuse University credits
Cost: $115 per credit

This is a dual credit course offered to juniors and seniors through MVCC and taught at Clinton. This course would give the students an insight into Principles of Marketing and the world of Business. Any student that is thinking of majoring in the Business field in college could benefit from taking this class and getting a leg up on one of their required courses for their major. This course emphasizes the basic practices, concepts, and activities involved in developing a successful marketing program. Topics include buyer behavior, market identification, product development, distribution, promotion, pricing, and the uncontrollable factors (economic, social, political, legal and technological) involved in the changing marketing environment of today. Students must be in 11th or 12th grade to enroll.
1 high school credit, 3 MVCC credits

Students (sophomores, juniors, and seniors) will learn how to make informed decisions and take charge of their financial lives. Besides shopping for banking services and learning how to maintain savings and checking accounts, students will become informed consumers in a wide variety of topics using real-life experiences accessed from the media and internet. These include buying an automobile, insurance, using a credit card, investing for retirement, renting an apartment and setting up a household. Students will learn how to become informed consumers. They will explore advertising psychology and how it influences them in their everyday lives, including the possibility of consumer fraud. Students will also learn how to avoid financial difficulties and what to do if this should happen.
1/2 high school credit

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