Business Essentials
This course will introduce students to realistic business and finance principles by examining fundamental economic concepts, the business environment, and primary business activities. Through workplace scenarios and problem-based learning, students will explore business ethics, customer relations, economics, financial analysis, human resources management, information management, marketing, operations, and business technology.  

Unit 1: Understand Ethics

Unit 2: Understand The Business Environment

Unit 3: Understand Business Management 

Unit 4: Understand Business Operations

Unit 5: Understand Business Technology

Unit 6: Understand The Job Search Process

Entrepreneurship I
The course objective of Entrepreneurship I is to provide students with essential knowledge to prepare them for opening a small business that they are passionate about or that addresses a need in their community. Through design thinking, students will be asked to consider a business idea they will use throughout the course.

This is a Project-Driven course with rubrics attached for each project. As proof of learning for this course, students will be required to create a written Lean Canvas Business Model (LCBM) for a business idea of their choice and present/pitch the idea in a formal presentation at the end of the course. Student proof of learning (POL) will be demonstrated through a performance-based measurement (PBM).

Unit 1: Understand entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial discoveries, the entrepreneurial mindset, and business ethics

Unit 2: Understand design thinking, Lean Canvas Business Model, and feasibility of ideas

Unit 3: Understand Marketing strategies, unique value proposition, customer segments

Unit 4: Understand channels of distribution and cost structure

Unit 5: Understand pricing, revenue streams, and key metrics

Honors Entrepreneurship II

In this course, students continue the development of a business idea and develop an understanding of pertinent decisions to be made for business positioning, financing, staffing, and profit planning. Students acquire in-depth understanding of business regulations, risks, management, and marketing and will develop a written business plan. A performance-based measurement (PBM) will be used in this course to assess student learning. English language arts, mathematics, and social studies are reinforced.

Unit 1: Understand business planning, business ethics, resources, and risks

Unit 2: Understand costs of starting up and running a business

Unit 3: Understand the impact of product, place, promotion, and pricing

Unit 4: Understand marketing information to conduct analysis, identify market segments, and plan marketing activities

Unit 5: Implement accounting procedures to track money flow and to determine financial status.