Business Courses

Course Description:

EAST is a full year course that is student-centered and provides all learners with a multitude of opportunities to strengthen their communities through service and technology. Students will begin to use teamwork to solve relevant, real world, problems using critical thinking skills to develop various projects that address these issues and help to make their communities better.

Course Description:

EAST is a student-centered course that provides all learners with a multitude of opportunities to strengthen their communities through service and technology. Students will use teamwork to solve relevant, real world, problems by using critical thinking skills to develop individual projects that address these issues and help to make their communities better.

Course Description:

Survey of Business is a two-semester course that helps students build skills and technical proficiency needed to be successful in college and/or a professional career. Students taking this class will complete a comprehensive study of MicroSoft Office applications Word and Excel as well as an overview of PowerPoint. This course will also further educate students on the various career pathways in Business, Marketing and Finance, and the skills necessary to succeed in these careers.

Notes:

This course is the level one course in all three of the Business Programs of Study.  Students who complete all three required courses in any of these programs will be named CTE completers.  For a list of required courses, please visit the CTE Completer Chart. 

Course Description:

This course introduces basic accounting principles for a business. Topics include the complete accounting cycle with end-of-period statements, bank reconciliation, payrolls, and petty cash.  Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate an understanding of accounting principles and apply those skills to a business organization.

Notes:

This course is the level two course in the Accounting Program of Study.  Students who complete all three required courses in any of these programs will be named CTE completers.  For a list of required courses, please visit the CTE Completer Chart. 

Course Description:

This course assists the banking student in understanding the American banking system. Students study the Federal Reserve System, banking and the economy, functions of depository institutions, and daily transactions of depository institutions. This curriculum is adopted from Wisconsin Finance Youth Apprenticeship; Wisconsin Department of Industry, Labor, and Human Relations; Bureau of Apprenticeship Standards; and Office for Workforce Excellence.

Notes:

This course is the level two course in the Banking & Finance Program of Study.  Students who complete all three required courses in this program will be named CTE completers.  For a list of required courses, please visit the CTE Completer Chart.

Course Description:

Management I is a one-year course designed to offer an overview of the American business enterprise system. A study of various forms of ownership, internal organization, management functions, and financing as they relate to business. The course content focuses on the aspects of marketing and managing a small business; risk management; the use of technology; legal, ethical, and social obligations of businesses; savings and investments; taxes and government.

 Notes:

This course is the level two course in the Management Program of Study.  Students who complete all three required courses in this program will be named CTE completers.  For a list of required courses, please visit the CTE Completer Chart.

Course Description:

Master your skills and get career-ready! Refines and masters technical skills through complex projects and real-world scenarios. Develops leadership, collaboration, and critical thinking, preparing students for postsecondary education, careers, or industry certifications.

Notes: 

This course is the level three course in multiple Business Programs of Study.  Students who complete all three required courses in a program will be named CTE completers.  For a list of required courses, please visit the CTE Completer Chart.

This course meets the requirements for a computer science course. 

Course Description:

This introductory course is designed to give the student hands-on computer instruction. Hardware and software basics, mouse and keyboard shortcuts, managing files /folders, running multiple applications concurrently, cut-copy-paste techniques; software applications that learners use on a regular basis, including word-processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentations; use of internet, getting connected; learning to use features of the web browser, searching the web, downloading files and programs, and using e-mail.

Notes:  

 *ONLY OFFERED AS A VIRTUAL COURSE*

 *National Park College Concurrent Credit Class:  Students completing this course with a final grade of “C” or better will be able to earn three credit hours through NPC.

This course meets the requirements for a computer science course.

Course Description:

Financial Literacy is a semester-long course with the purpose to prepare students to make sound financial decisions. It seeks to develop students’ skills and knowledge in money management, spending and credit, saving and investing, becoming a critical consumer, financial responsibility and decision making, and risk management and insurance.