Business Courses and Descriptions

Leadership:  9-12  One Semester

Prerequisite:  None

Leadership, a project-based course, develops student understanding and skills in such areas as communication skills, emotional intelligence, operations, and professional development. A service-learning project is the medium for course delivery and to encourage immediate implementation of leadership skills. The students will identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a service-learning project based on the needs of their community/school. Throughout the course, students are presented problem-solving situations to which they must apply academic and critical-thinking skills.

Wealth Management:  9-12  One Semester

Prerequisite:  None

This project-based financial literacy and investment course develops student understanding and skills in such areas as personal finance, types of investment, the stock market, and stock valuation. Students acquire an understanding and appreciation of the need for personal financial management and investing. An on-going investment project is used to encourage immediate implementation of financial literacy and investment skills. The students will develop a diversified, balanced investment portfolio based both on their interest in products and companies and on fundamental analysis. Throughout the course, students are presented problem-solving situations to which they must apply academic and critical-thinking skills.

Principles of Business:  9-12  One Semester

Prerequisite:  None

Principles of Business, a project-based business course, will open your eyes to the world of business.  During the course you will be introduced to some of the major areas of business administration (marketing, management, and finance) through the use of fun, real-world projects. Current technology will be used to acquire information and to complete the projects. Speakers and field trips will be utilized.

Business Economics:  9-12  One Semester

Prerequisite:  Principles of Business

Business Economics will help you understand consumer spending, government policies, economic conditions, legal issues, and global competition through practical, current applications to everyday societal and business life. Decision matrices are introduced, and the importance and costs of quality are stressed. Students develop their knowledge and skills in such areas as economics, entrepreneurship, operations, and professional development by working through current economic problems for which they will be challenged to develop solutions.
 

Principles of Marketing:  10-12  One Semester

Prerequisite:  Principles of Business and Principles of Economics

Principles of Marketing is a project-based business course that develops student understanding and skills in the functional areas of marketing: channel management, marketing-information management, market planning, pricing, product/service management, promotion, and selling. Students acquire an understanding and appreciation of each of the marketing functions and their ethical and legal issues. Decision matrices are employed to aid in market planning. Taking of the CLEP Exam is paid by Great Oaks.
 

Principles of Management:  10-12 One Semester

Prerequisite:  Principles of Business and Business Economics

Recommended: Principles of Marketing