Accounting & Finance Pathway

5101: Introduction to Business (0.5 credit PAR, Gr. 9- 12)

This introductory course is designed to give students an understanding of business practices.  It serves as a background of information for those students who plan to continue with other business courses and as a general information course for personal use. It includes a study of such areas as the free enterprise system, economics, exploring business careers, consumerism, and the computer's role in business.

5117: Business Law & Economics (1 credit PAR, Gr. 10-12)

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business

Learn how the laws that govern business are relevant to a high school student’s everyday life.  Specific areas include kinds of laws, crimes, laws for minors, laws for families, law for consumers, contracts, bankruptcy, repossessions, employment contracts, discrimination, landlords, and cyber law.  This course will also discuss entrepreneurship law, family law, and criminal law. Additional this course combines practical opportunities as well as expertise of a business organization. Students will work with the local community in order to apply practical applications of economics. Entrepreneurial possibilities are available within this course. Students will learn to make economical decisions, keep business records and documents, as well as market products involving local economical issues and business careers.

5121: Business Finance (1 credit PAR, Gr. 11-12)

Prerequisite: Business Law & Economics

This is an introductory course for Banking and Financial Support Services which also operates a student bank as the implementation practicum.  It is designed to familiarize the student with all aspects of a typical bank including savings, loans, operations, and audit functions. It also covers the history of banking, the organizational structure, and the operations and marketing of a student bank.  This course will also cover marketing and advertising, insurance, and the stock market.

5109: Accounting I (1 credit PAR, Gr. 10-12)

Prerequisite: Introduction to Business

Accounting I is a course designed to meet the needs of three types of students: (1) those interested in accounting or business as a major in college (2) those interested in learning about keeping the financial records for their own businesses in the future, and (3) those interested in doing general office work. The course provides training in bookkeeping principles, payroll, and financial reports. Students get practical experience in accounting through the use of spreadsheets and accounting programs on computers and through practice sets prepared both manually and on a computer.

5301: Accounting II - Dual Credit (1 credit PAR, Gr. 11-12, weighted)

Prerequisite: Accounting I

Accounting II is a continuation of the first year course with an emphasis on cost, managerial, and corporate accounting. There will be additional study in automated accounting and spreadsheet applications on computers. After completing this course, students planning to major in accounting or business in college will be better prepared for university-level accounting and students seeking employment immediately after high school will be better qualified for entry-level accounting positions. Three (3) hours college credit available through Metropolitan Community College as Accounting Principles BSAD 101.

XXXX: College Business - Dual Credit (1 credit PAR, Gr. 11-12, weighted)

Prerequisite: Accounting II, Marketing, Youth Entrepreneurs, or Microsoft Office II

Overview of all phases of business, including ownershiop, marketing, personnel, finance, managerial controls, and the relationship of business to the social and economic environment in which it operates.