BUSINESS COURSE CATALOG
Top 10 Most in Demand College Majors
1. Accounting
2. Electrical Engineering
3. Mechanical Engineering
4. Business Administration/Management
5. Economics/Finance
6. Computer Science
7. Computer Engineering
8. Marketing/Marketing Management
9. Chemical Engineering
10. Information Sciences and Systems
**Source: National Association of Colleges and
Employers, November 2005
H. S. Graduates: Where Do They Go?
 63% attend college
 67% who attend, attend four year colleges
 21% become business majors, #1 college major
**Source: Standards for What? The Economic Roots
of K-16 Reform, Anthony Carnevale, ETS
Breakdown of BS Degrees
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Business
22%
Social Science/History
11%
Education
8%
Psychology
6%
Communications
5%
Math, Science, English & Foreign Languages
Combined
12%
Did You Know?
In 2004–05, business degrees made up 16 percent of all degrees awarded at the associate’s degree level,
22 percent of degrees awarded at the bachelor’s degree level, and 25 percent of degrees awarded at the
master’s degree level.
Course Name
Units
Accounting for Investing and Managing
Introduction to Business
Math and Financial Applications
Microsoft Office
Sports and Entertainment Law
Sports & Entertainment Management and Marketing
Virtual Enterprise
Advanced Office Applications (See Teacher)
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
½ or 1
5-Unit Finance Sequence
Introduction to Business
Microsoft Office
plus
Math and Financial Applications
Accounting for Investing and Managing (AIM)
and
Business Elective
1
1
1
1
1
5-Unit Sports and Entertainment Sequence
Introduction to Business
Microsoft Office
plus
Accounting for Investing and Managing
Sports & Entertainment Management and Marketing
Sports and Entertainment Law
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1
1
1
1
1
SPECIAL
NOTES:
COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
LENGTH:
Introduction to Business
1
40 Weeks
GRADE
LEVEL:
9-12
Strongly recommended for all students
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to introduce students to the role of business in their lives as consumers, workers,
and citizens in the rapidly changing 21st Century. Students will examine the their roles and the roles of
entrepreneurs in a global economy. They will examine business management and marketing in a business
climate that includes global competition as well as diversity and social responsibility. Students will also
examine personal finance topics such as consumer decision-making, the use of credit, investing and
managing money, and managing risk though insurance and planning. Multi-media, Internet activities and
simulations, and interactive computer software are tools that the students will utilize in this course.
COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
Microsoft Office
SPECIAL
NOTES:
Strongly recommended for all students
LENGTH:
40 Weeks
GRADE
LEVEL:
9-12
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to help students develop basic skills in word processing, spreadsheets, databases,
and presentations using the Microsoft Office suite. Word processing will be taught using Microsoft
Word. The spreadsheet and database skills will use Excel and Access. The presentation unit will use
PowerPoint presentation software.
Sports and Entertainment Management and
Marketing
SPECIAL
NOTES:
1
40 Wks.
GRADE
LEVEL:
11-12
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course is designed to introduce the fields of Sports Management Sports and Entertainment
Marketing. It will cover the basic functions of management as outlined in national and state standards.
Management topics discussed include leadership, finance, product management, people management,
information management, legal and ethical issues, customer relations, sales management, managing
change, and career development. The course will help prepare students for college level business
programs and introduce them to an area of business that has witnessed tremendous growth in recent years.
Basic marketing concepts will be applied to amateur, college, and professional sports as well as the
entertainment field. Applications and issues unique to the Sports and Entertainment fields will be
examined.
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COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
LENGTH:
Accounting for Investing and Managing
1
40 Wks.
GRADE
LEVEL:
11-12
SPECIAL
NOTES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course takes an in-depth of accounting theory. It examines the generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) and the expanding role of the independent auditor. It addresses the role of accounting
as an informational and communication system and the economic consequences of transactions on the
financial statements of sole proprietorships and corporations. Students will prepare financial statements
and analyze financial statements of public corporations. This course will investigate the treatment of
inventories and depreciation, the issuance of debt and equity, and basic financial statement analysis.
SPECIAL
NOTES:
COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
LENGTH:
Sports and Entertainment Law
1
40 Wks.
GRADE
LEVEL:
11-12
This course can be used as a fifth unit of Social Studies
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Sports Law is a relatively new field beginning in the 1970’s. Lawyers in this growing field hold many
sport manager leadership positions. Though it is not necessary to be a lawyer to hold these positions, it
certainly helps when you deal with legal issues.
Sports Law is the application of a variety of legal doctrines to a range of sporting activities. Areas of the
law included, but not limited to, are: contracts, labor law, collective bargaining, discrimination,
employment, torts, crimes, constitutional, and common law. New issues arise on a daily basis due to
court decisions, new legislation, and regulations.
Entertainment Law is the application of laws that are unique to the entertainment industry. Specifically
these laws focus on copyrights, trademarks, First Amendment issues, responsibility and content liability,
contracts and labor laws through the lens of the entertainment industry. This course traces the
development of laws by our legal system to monitor the rights of all individuals affected by the media.
The various cases reviewed demonstrate the precedent set for many laws in existence today.
The way the First Amendment affects the use of new technology has only been considered in the last 50
years. Since Entertainment Law is a relatively new area the majority of this course looks at recent cases
and how these cases affect the rights of individuals – both those who are participants in the media and
those who are affected by the media.
COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
LENGTH:
Math and Financial Applications
1
40 Wks.
GRADE
LEVEL:
10-12
SPECIAL
NOTES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Math & Financial Applications is a 1-unit specialized interdisciplinary business course related to the
mathematics learning standards. This course is designed to prepare students for both college level
business programs and to understand the complex financial world they will encounter during their lives.
Topics include mathematical concepts related to loans and banking, credit, investments, financial
statements, and foreign currency.
Revised 3/3/2016
COURSE NAME:
UNITS:
LENGTH:
Virtual Enterprise
1
40 Wks.
GRADE
LEVEL:
10-12
SPECIAL
NOTES:
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
A Virtual Enterprise is a simulated business designed and operated by students. The Virtual Enterprises
conduct business with other schools through GCC and the Rochester City School District on a local level,
and also on a national and international level using today’s electronic communication technology.
Students will be involved in all normal business activities, including: sales and marketing, distribution
and invoicing, and maintaining financial records (including payroll and taxes). Students will apply
knowledge gleaned in the classroom to real-world business situations. They will be responsible for
developing goals and objectives, and completing daily and weekly activities to reach those objectives.
Students will develop the skills and characteristics needed to succeed in the ever changing business world
of the 21st Century.
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