BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS OF AMERICA
2014_2015 Information
Business Professionals of America (BPA) is a national organization for students who take
business and career and technology classes.
Why join BPA?
Membership qualifies you to compete at our Regional contest and hopefully qualify for State and
National contests (you may compete in one individual event and also in one team event).
BPA members also have the opportunity to apply for BPA scholarships.
By being an active member of BPA, as a junior or senior member with a 4.0 GPA, you may
qualify to be a member of the CHHS National Technical Honor Society, which also has
scholarship opportunities.
Membership:
BPA at CHHS is $25 per year for the national membership fee which includes the following:
 A BPA membership so that you can compete at the Regional competition January 31, 2015,
and hopefully qualify for the State (March 4 -7, 2015) and National (May 6 – 10, 2015)
competitions.
 A BPA membership Pin
Competitions:
Below is a list of the individual and team membership competitions.
There is $20 (early) registration fee to compete, where at the Regional competition, lunch is
provided with the opportunity to compete in individual and/or team competitions. If you place in
the top three at regionals, you advance to State.
First Meeting of the Year:
Please join us on Tuesday, September 16, at 8:00, in K109 for our first BPA meeting for this
year!
Check below and on the next page for a list of the individual and team competition list:
Finance
100 Fundamental Accounting (S)
105 College Accounting (PS)
110 Advanced Accounting (S)
115 Advanced College Accounting (PS)
125 Payroll Accounting (S)
130 College Payroll Accounting (PS)
135 Managerial Accounting (PS)
140 Federal Income Tax Accounting (PS)
145 Banking & Finance
150 Financial Analyst Team Judged
155 Economic Research Individual (S)
160 Economic Research Team (S)
190 Financial Math & Analysis Concepts — Open Event
192 Personal Financial Management Concepts — Open EventPilot
Business Administration
200 Keyboarding Production
205 Fundamental Word Processing
210 Advanced Word Processing
215 Integrated Office Applications
220 Basic Office Systems & Procedures
225 Advanced Office Systems & Procedures
230 Fundamental Spreadsheet Applications
235 Advanced Spreadsheet Applications
240 Database Applications
245 Legal Office Procedures
250 Medical Office Procedures
255 Administrative Support Team
260 Administrative Support Research Individual (S)
290 Administrative Support Concepts — Open
Management Information Systems
300 Computer Network Technology
305 PC Servicing & Troubleshooting
310 Network Administration Using Microsoft®
315 Systems Administration Using Cisco®
320 Computer Security
325 Network Design Team
330 Visual Basic/C# Programming
335 C++ Programming
340 Java Programming
345 SQL Database Fundamentals – Pilot
390 Computer Programming Concepts – Open
391 Information Technology Concepts – Open
Digital Communication & Design
400 Fundamental Desktop Publishing
405 Fundamentals of Web Design
410 Graphic Design Promotion
415 Digital Publishing – Pilot
420 Digital Media Production
425 Computer Modeling
430 Video Production Team
435 Web Site Design Team
440 Computer Animation Team
445 Broadcast New Production Team (S)
Management, Marketing & Communication
500 Global Marketing Team (S)
505 Entrepreneurship
510 Small Business Management Team
515 Interview Skills
520 Advanced Interview Skills
525 Extemporaneous Speech (S)
530 Contemporary Issues (PS)
535 Human Resource Management
540 Ethics & Professionalism (PS)
545 Prepared Speech
550 Parliamentary Procedure Team (S)
555 Presentation Management Individual
560 Presentation Management Team
590 Business Meeting Management Concepts – Open
591 Management, Marketing and Human Resources Concepts – Open
592 Parliamentary Procedure Concepts – Open
593 Project Management Concepts – Open (PS)