Business & Marketing

Finance

This dynamic and challenging program prepares students for the changes taking place in the competitive business world. Upon graduation, students are prepared for postsecondary education, apprenticeship programs, employment; as well as individual, family, employer, and community success. 

This program provides students with classroom and hands on experiences using computers, and other technology along with the latest software used in the business world.

Personal & Business Finance

Personal and Business Finance is a one-credit course designed to focus on personal financial planning, financial services, budgeting, investments, insurance protection, credit management, consumer purchases, and consumer rights and responsibilities. Personal & Business Finance provides students with decisions-making skills for solving real-world problems and enables students to become more responsible consumers, producers, or business entrepreneurs.

Accounting I

 Accounting I is a one-credit course designed to help students understand the basic principles of the accounting cycle. Emphasis is placed on analyzing and recording business transactions; preparing and interpreting financial statements, accounting systems, banking, and payroll activities; and identifying basic types of business ownership. Students are provided with instructional activities that reinforce mathematical and critical thinking skills. Students will also research various careers in accounting. In order to be a completer in the Finance career major, students must take Accounting I as their required course.

Accounting II

Advanced Accounting is a one-credit course designed to provide students with an increased emphasis on accounting procedures and techniques for solving business problems and making financial decisions. Students use accounting and/or spreadsheet software to record, analyze, and interpret financial records. The course provides students with entry-level skills for the accounting profession and/or a foundation for postsecondary study. Accounting I is a pre-requisite for this course.

Business Technology Essentials

Business Technology Essentials is a one-credit course designed to help students’ master basic skills in the areas of word processing, database management, spreadsheet, presentation, Internet, and E-mail. Students are also offered opportunities to identify ethical issues pertaining to information systems and to gather information about careers in technology. Communication and critical thinking skills are reinforced through the use of software applications. In order to be a completer within the Computer Technology and Information Systems career major, students must take Business Technology Essentials as their required course.

Integrated Computer Technology

Integrated Computer Technology is a one-credit course that provides students with project-based applications of concepts learned in Business Technology Essentials. A major emphasis is placed on guiding students trough real-world experiences to ease the school-to-career transition. The prerequisite for this course is Business Technology Essentials.

Interactive Multimedia

Interactive Multimedia Design is a one-credit course designed to provide students with skills involving presentations, desktop publishing, web publishing, and digital graphics. Students use various hardware peripherals as well as the Internet for integrating skills to create a variety of publications. The prerequisite for this course is Business Technology Essentials.