Instructor: Mr. Barkley
AP Business with Personal Finance is an introductory, college-level business and personal finance course. Students explore the business disciplines of entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, accounting, and management through real-world business application, case studies, and project-based learning. In addition, students learn and apply all the National Standards for Personal Financial Education created by the Council for Economic Education and the Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy.
Through the course, students will apply their learning of business concepts to an entrepreneurial project, the Business Canvas Project*. The project will provide students with the opportunity to engage in work-based learning experiences, performing tasks a business founder performs, such as product development, customer research, marketing, and the preparation of financial documents.
The course will culminate with a Financial Advisor Project, in which students will provide financial recommendations to a fictional household based on their financial profile. The recommendation will help the fictional household develop strategies to manage its budget and meet financial goals related to postsecondary education, home buying, retirement, and charitable giving.