Business, Marketing, and Finance Courses

Grade: 9-11          Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7220     PEIMS: 13011200

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Students gain knowledge and skills in the different aspects of the business world.  Components of the course include the role of business in a global society, business ethics, economic systems, organized labor, costs and profits in finance, sales process, advertising, personal finance, and career opportunities. This course meets graduation requirements for .5 Technology credit.

Grade: 9-11                Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7222 fall      PEIMS: 13011400

             CT7222D spring – Dual Credit

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Advanced course – Dual Credit ONLY

Business Information Management I prepares students to apply technology skills to personal/workplace business situations focusing on word processing, spreadsheet, database, telecommunications, desktop publishing, presentation management, networking, operating systems, and emerging technologies. Students develop intermediate level skills in this course.

Grade: 10-12  Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7223 fall     PEIMS: 13011500

        CT7223D spring – Dual Credit

Prerequisite: Business Info Management I, or instructor approval

Endorsement: B&I, Multi

Advanced course

Provides advanced technology skills required in the business environment; includes workplace technology standards in applications of word processing, spreadsheets, databases, telecommunications, desktop publishing, presentation management, networking, operating systems, and emerging technologies; and develops advanced level skills. This course meets graduation requirements for the .5 Technology credit.

Grade: 11-12        Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7226       PEIMS: 13012100

           CT7226D

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Advanced Course (Dual Credit ONLY)

QP - 10 (Dual Credit ONLY - spring semester)

In this course, students analyze the primary functions of management and leadership, which are planning, organizing, staffing, directing, or leading and controlling.  Students will also develop a broad base of knowledge that includes the legal, managerial, marketing, financial, ethical, and international dimensions of business to make appropriate managerial decisions.

Grade: 11, 12 Credit: 1 - full year

RISD: CT7223D PEIMS: 13011400 

Prerequisite: BIM I

Endorsement: Business and Industry

In Business Information Management II, students implement personal and interpersonal skills to strengthen individual performance in the workplace and in society and make a successful transition to the workforce or postsecondary education. Students apply technical skills to address business applications of emerging technologies, create complex word-processing documents, develop sophisticated spreadsheets using charts and graphs, and make an electronic presentation using appropriate multimedia software. 

Grade: 11, 12 Credit: 2 - full year

RISD: CT7227D PEIMS: 13012200 

Prerequisite: Recommended Business Management or BIM II

Endorsement: Business and Industry

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 decisions. 

Grade: 10-12          Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7305 PEIMS: 13016600

            CT7305D

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Advanced course – Dual Credit ONLY

QP - 10 (Dual Credit only, spring semester only)

Lake Highlands High School and PTECH ONLY

This course introduces students to accounting concepts, principles, and procedures and helps prepare them for advanced Accounting courses in postsecondary as well as enables them to conduct personal business.  Components include careers in the industry, accounting technology tools, accounting cycle, T accounts, work sheets, trial balances, cash control procedures, journals, taxes, receivable functions, inventory records, cash flow, laws, and regulations.

Grade: 11-12            Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT3404     PEIMS: 13016700

               CT3404D (LHHS and PHS only)

Prerequisite: Accounting I

Endorsement: B&I, Multi

Advanced course

QP - 10 (Dual Credit only)

Lake Highlands High School and PTECH ONLY

This course is a continuation of Accounting I whereby students develop Intermediate Accounting skills in areas as financial statements, bond purchases, managerial accounting concepts, budget details, taxes, compliance, and regulatory issues. This course can count as a math credit for graduation.

Grade: 12         Credit: 1 - full year

RISD: CT3039 PEIMS: 13016900

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

This course can fulfill the graduation requirement for a third or fourth credit of mathematics

 The application of common algebraic functions, including polynomial, exponential, logarithmic, and rational, to problems in business, economics and the social sciences are addressed. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques for business and economic decision making are discussed.

Grade: 9-12             Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7301 PEIMS: 13016200

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Students will determine methods of achieving long-term financial goals through investment, tax planning, asset allocation, risk management, retirement, and estate planning.

Grade: 10-12          Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7303 PEIMS: 13016400

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Lake Highlands High School ONLY

Students will describe and abide by laws and regulations to manage business operations and transactions in the securities industry; access, process, maintain, evaluate, and disseminate information to assist in making decisions common to the securities industry.

Grade: 10-12     Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT3048    PEIMS: 13018000

Prerequisite: Algebra I

Endorsement: B&I, STEM

BHS STEM and Lake Highlands High Schools ONLY

This course is about personal money management.  Students will apply critical-thinking skills to analyze personal financial decisions based on current and projected economic factors.  Students will integrate career and postsecondary education planning into financial decision making. This course meets the requirements for the third mathematics (advanced math) credit on the Foundation High School Program.

Grade: 9 Credit: .5 - one semester

RISD:  CT7302     PEIMS: 13016300

 Prerequisite: Recommended - Principles of Business Marketing and Finance

Endorsement: Business and Industry

In Banking and Financial Services, students will develop knowledge and skills in the economic, financial, technological, international, social, and ethical aspects of banking to become competent employees and entrepreneurs. Students will incorporate a broad base of knowledge that includes the operations, sales, and management of banking institutions to gain a complete understanding of how banks function within society. 

Grade: 9-12           Credit: .5 – one semester

RISD: CT7613      PEIMS: 13034200

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Lake Highlands High School ONLY

Advertising is designed as a comprehensive introduction to the principles and practices of advertising. Students will gain knowledge of techniques used in current advertising including print, broadcast, and digital media. The course explores the social, cultural, ethical, and legal issues of advertising, historical influences, strategies, media decision processes as well as integrated marketing communications and careers in advertising and sales promotion. The course provides an overview of how communication tools can be used to reach target audiences and increase consumer knowledge.

Grade: 10-12         Credit: .5 – one semester

RISD: CT7602       PEIMS: 13034600

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

In this course students explore the intriguing world of sports and entertainment from the perspective of Marketing.  Sports and entertainment marketing cover topics such as college and amateur sports, professional sports, licensing products, public images, and marketing entertainment.  Students will design marketing strategies, products, and promotional activities for the sports and entertainment industries.

Grade: 11-12         Credit: .5 – one semester

RISD: CT7614 PEIMS: N1303422

Prerequisite: Sports and Entertainment Marketing

Endorsement: B&I

Sports and Entertainment Marketing II will provide students with a thorough understanding of the marketing concepts and theories that apply to sports and entertainment. The areas this course will cover include basic marketing concepts, publicity, sponsorship, endorsements, licensing, branding, event marketing, promotions, and sports and entertainment marketing.

Grade: 10-12     Credit: .5 – one semester

RISD: CT7601 PEIMS: 13034300

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Explore the marketing business world through the eyes of the fashion industry.  Students will get the best of both worlds in this one semester elective course as they learn basic fashion marketing concepts, product selection, branding, pricing strategies, advertising, and promotions.  Through exciting projects based on real world scenarios, students receive and understanding of how fashion marketing has changed over the decades, along with learning interesting facts about their favorite designers and their role in fashion today.

Grade: 10-12         Credit: .5 – one semester

RISD: CT7607 PEIMS: 13034650

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

This class looks at the rise of social media and how marketers are integrating social media tools in their overall marketing strategy.  The course will investigate how the marketing community measures success in the new world of social media.  Students will manage a successful social media presence for an organization, understand techniques for gaining customer and consumer buy-in to achieve marketing goals, and properly select social media platforms to engage consumers and monitor and measure the results of these efforts.

Grade: 10-12       Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7608       PEIMS: 13034400

Prerequisite: None

Endorsement: B&I

Advanced course

Berkner High School STEM Academy, Lake Highlands High School and Richardson High School ONLY

In Entrepreneurship, students will gain the knowledge and skills needed to become an entrepreneur. Students will learn the principles necessary to begin and operate a business. The primary focus of the course is to help students understand the process of analyzing a business opportunity, preparing a business plan, determining feasibility of an idea using research, and developing a plan to organize and promote the business and its products and services. In addition, students will understand the capital required, the return on investment desired, and the potential for profit.

Grade: 11-12         Credit: 1 – full year

RISD: CT7609       PEIMS:

Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship I

Endorsement: B&I

Berkner High School STEM Academy, Lake Highlands High School, and Richardson High School ONLY

The purpose of Entrepreneurship II is to develop the skills required to manage and grow a new business beyond the start-up. Students will apply general business concepts to the wide range of challenges facing entrepreneurs. This course draws on a broad range of business disciplines including management, marketing, finance, and accounting to develop the business plan.

Grade: 12             Credit: 2 – full year

RISD: CT7612       PEIMS: N1303425

Prerequisite: Entrepreneurship II

Endorsement: B&I, Multi

Advanced course

Berkner High School STEM Academy, Lake Highlands High School and Richardson High School ONLY

Practicum in Entrepreneurship instruction is designed to meet the needs of students who desire to improve their knowledge and skills related to starting a business. This course will provide students with a more in-depth knowledge regarding analysis of business opportunities, preparing business plans, business research, and development of marketing plans to promote a business’s products and services.