To be successful in business today requires the development of both technology and employability skills for the workplace. The business and information technology programs are designed to service the entire student body through a relevant curriculum oriented to providing career direction, job skills, employability, knowledge, lifetime skills, and a sound foundation for advanced study.
INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS
Grade level: 10-12
Semester: 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: Business Communications or Junior/Senior Student Status
Description: This course teaches students the foundational skills of business in a project-based environment. Students will work together to create their own business plans, revenue models, and pitches in order to persuade an investor to supply the funding to create their own products. Once funding is secured students will see their plan come to life as they create and sell their own goods.
Dual Credit
Introduction to Business
10-102-124
3.0 NTC Credits
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
Grade level: 9-12
Semester: 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: None
Description: This introductory course teaches students the fundamental communication skills needed to succeed in business.
Including communicating up, down, and across organizations; talking about job performance; and writing in a business setting. Students will complete hands on class projects which focus on developing essential soft skills necessary to succeed in any field.
PERSONAL FINANCE - REQUIRED
Grade level: 11-12
Semester: 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: None
Description: Make sound decisions concerning the use of money. This is a practical, hands on application of personal finance. Students participate in the planning stages of financial success (setting goal, reviewing opportunity costs, examining career choices, initiating money management strategies, and reviewing purchasing strategies.) They also learn about banking and the importance of credit by making comparisons regarding the different types of financial institutional services, examining the cost of consumer credit, and evaluating housing alternatives. This course enables students to become wise earners, spenders and savers.
ONLINE BLENDED PERSONAL FINANCE - CAN COUNT AS PERSONAL FINANCE REQUIREMENT
Grade level: 11-12
Semester: 0.5 credit
Prerequisite: 3.0 Cumulative GPA or Higher
Description: This section is for motivated students looking to free up time in their schedule by taking the class outside of the normal classroom online. The content is available 24/7 instead of being restricted to an hour or classroom during the normal school day or summer school. You will meet with the instructor 3 times throughout the semester during flex or advisory for orientation, midterm check and the final, while completing the rest of the course online.
Make sound decisions concerning the use of money. This is a practical, hands on application of personal finance. Students participate in the planning stages of financial success (setting goal, reviewing opportunity costs, examining career choices, initiating money management strategies, and reviewing purchasing strategies.) They also learn about banking and the importance of credit by making comparisons regarding the different types of financial institutional services, examining the cost of consumer credit, and evaluating housing alternatives. This course enables students to become wise earners, spenders and savers.
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING
Grade level: 10-12, or by instructor consent
Semester: 0.5 Credit
Prerequisite: None
Description: This hands on course will help students develop a thorough understanding of the marketing concepts and practice theories that apply to projects utilizing real-world Bluejay entertainment events including target marketing and segmentation, sponsorship, event marketing, promotions, sponsorship proposals, and marketing plans. Emphasis is placed on the following principles as they apply to the industry: branding, licensing, and naming rights; business foundations; concessions and on-site merchandising; economic foundations; promotion; safety and security; and human relations.
Dual Credit
Marketing Principles
10-104-172
3.0 NTC Credits
BE ENTREPRENEURIAL
Grade level: 10-12, or by instructor consent
Semester: 0.5 Credit
Prerequisite: Business Communications
Description: This hands on course will help students think like an entrepreneur. They will learn rapid business planning and problem solving skills. Students will develop a mindset that enables opportunity identification, innovation, value creation, and problem solving. Students will learn and apply design thinking, an innovative process for problem solving used by entrepreneurs to brainstorm customer-centric ideas.
Students will use these concepts in projects that will take them out into the community working with real people to gain valuable career ready skills.
BLUEJAY DESIGN & MANUFACTURING
Grade level: 11-12
Year: 1 credits
Prerequisite: Any of the following: Advanced Graphics, Metals 2, Woods 2, Accounting 1, Intro to Business, Fab Lab 2, or Counselor recommendation
Description: Make money and earn scholarships during the school day! Bluejay Design and Manufacturing is a student-run business where students can apply their knowledge from a variety of courses to create products for resale and complete customer work requests. Students will work in teams to dictate the projects for the class, as well as being in charge of the marketing and business end of the projects made. The class is currently looking for students to fill the following roles:
Graphics- Design Team: 4-5 students
Graphics Printing/Press Operators: 4-5 students
Metals Fab: 1-2 students
Woodworking Manufacturers: 4-5 students
Marketing Team: 2-3 students
Business Manager/ Accountant- 1 student