Course Information

Accounting 1

This course includes experiences that develop initial and basic skills used in systematically computing, classifying, recording, verifying, and maintaining numerical data involved in financial and product control records including the paying and receiving of money. The course involves keeping financial records, summarizing them for convenient interpretation, and analyzing them to provide assistance to management for decision making and will stress basic fundamentals and terminology of accounting, budget and financial report preparation, payroll, operation of business technology, and career opportunities in the accounting field.  

Most of our assignments are completed in class together.  The primary method of instruction is demonstration followed by guided practice and then independent practice. Students who successfully complete Accounting 1 earn credit for ACC 100 at John A. Logan College.

Accounting 2

This course is designed to help students develop deeper knowledge of the principles of accounting with more emphasis being placed on financial statements and accounting records. It is a study of previously learned principles as they apply to the more complicated types of business organizations, specifically partnerships and corporations. Career exploration will include cost, tax, and payroll accounting. Practice sets will be used to 29 simulate business conditions for accounting as well as developing skills in the entry, retrieval, and statistical analysis of business data using computers for accounting business applications. This course is designed as the initial college-level course in financial accounting and as a foundation for future study in economics or business. The modules of study include but are not limited to the following: financial reporting and decision-making for operating activities; financial planning and reporting for capital investment activities, financial planning, decision-making and reporting for financing activities; and financial reporting for cash flows. 

This course moves at a much faster pace than Accounting 1. Students who successfully complete Accounting 2 earn credit for ACC 200 and ACC 201 at John A. Logan College. This course transfers to four-year universities as the first accounting class required for all business students to take. In addition, it is a 1.0 weight for MHS GPA calculations.

AP Macroeconomics

Advanced Placement Macroeconomics is designed as an initial college level macroeconomics course and as a foundation for possible future study in economics or business. This course is designed to prepare students for the AP Macroeconomics exam, which can lead to college credit. It integrates economic principles including free markets, consumerism, and the role of the U.S. government (fiscal and monetary policy), global trade, and foreign currency exchange as they relate to economic systems and entrepreneurship/business concepts. Advanced Placement Macroeconomics will be offered in alternate years with Advanced Placement Microeconomics so that AP Microeconomics will be offered in school years beginning with an even number and AP Macroeconomics will be offered in school years beginning with an odd number. It is a 1.0 weight for MHS GPA calculations.

AP Microeconomics

Advanced Placement Microeconomics is designed to parallel college-level microeconomics, AP Microeconomics provides students with a thorough understanding of the principles of economics that apply to the functions of individual decision makers (both consumers and producers). Primary emphasis will be placed on the nature and functions of product markets, while also including a study of factor markets and the role of government in the economy. Advanced Placement Microeconomics will be offered in alternate years with Advanced Placement Macroeconomics so that AP Microeconomics will be offered in school years beginning with an even number and AP Macroeconomics will be offered in school years beginning with an odd number. It is a 1.0 weight for MHS GPA calculations.

Investments 1

This course provides students with an overview of financial institutions and the services they offer. Course content will include various checking, savings, and investments vehicles including tax incentive investments, retirement plans, mutual funds, and the stock market. Government regulation, financial institutions and investing will also be covered.  Students will participate in a virtual stock market trading simulation and prepare weekly stock reports.

Investments 2

This course focuses on modeling financial decisions (borrowing, selling equity or stock, lending or investing) typically undertaken by businesses and the investment opportunities they hold. Topics will include raising, distributing and using financial resources while managing risk and will include real estate investments, bond markets and the stock market. 

Marketing

This comprehensive course focuses on the wide range of factors that influence the flow of goods and services from the producer to the consumer. Topics include the function and scope of business, advertising, the marketing mix, market research, sales, promotions, pricing, displays, purchasing, human relations, and economics. The primary method of evaluation for this course is project-based.  Students will participate in individual and group projects that reflect the type of work they would encounter in the marketing career field. Students who successfully complete this course will earn credit for MKT 113 at John A. Logan College.

Social Media Marketing

This course addresses social media as a marketing tool and emphasizes social media tools, social media messages, and search engine optimization. Topics include marketing information management, market planning, channel management, sales, promotion, and product/service management. The students enrolled in this course will serve as the social media interns who manage the MHS social media accounts.  This course requires consent of instructor for enrollment.