SETON CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
COURSE GUIDE

Business

The Business Department at SCCHS aims to prepare the students for immediate occupational employment upon graduation from high school and/or entry into post-secondary education in the business areas, and to provide non-business students with supporting skills in their other occupations. The course help to develop a professional attitude toward one's work, to build a sense of personal accomplishment and self-respect, and to inculcate persona qualities of honesty and integrity by stressing Christian values and the need to respect the laws and the rights of others.

Career & Financial Management Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Small Business (2008-2009) Microsoft Office
Accounting (2009-2010) Modern Legal Issues
Mathematical Applications II Statistics AP

613. CAREER & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

Full year course, Grades 9-12
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 1 unit

This course (formerly "Introduction to Occupations") emphasizes both business and economic systems including their characteristics, operations, structure, and evolving role within society. Important management and economic concepts are defined in relation to business transactions and to the individual as an entrepreneur, employee, consumer, and citizen. Topics covered include career planning, career selection, career success, and financial literacy.

Objectives:

  1. To develop transferable skills which can be used later in home and work responsibilities.
  2. To explore occupational interests and abilities prior to taking more specialized occupational courses.

653. ACCOUNTING

Full year course, Grades 10-12
Offered 2009-2010 (NOT Offered 2008-2009)
Prerequisites: none. A workbook is required
Credit: 1 unit

This course is designed to develop occupational competencies in accounting. it is an introduction to the keeping of business and financial records. Course content encompasses the complete accounting cycle and provides opportunities for incorporation of computer utilization into the instruction. Any student planning to major in Accounting or Business Administration in college will find this course very beneficial. Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to keep a simple set of books.

Objectives:

  1. To maintain an accounting system.
  2. To obtain a foundation for college courses.
  3. To observe how the computer is used in the field of accounting.

630. MICROSOFT OFFICE

Full year course, Grades 10-12
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 1 unit

This course is designed to develop skill on the alphabetic, numeric, and symbolic keyboards. Topics include: horizontal and vertical centering, tabulations, typing on ruled links, proofreaders' symbols, business letters and envelopes, reports, both one page and several pages, grammar and punctuation usage, listening skills, and development of typing speed and accuracy.

Objectives:

  1. To develop the touch keyboard skill in the student both on the alphabetic and numeric keyboards.
  2. To teach the student the correct format for typing rough drafts, interoffice memos, tabulations, reports, letters, etc.
  3. To review grammar and punctuation rules in order to produce letters and reports that are free of these types of errors.

673. SMALL BUSINESS & NON-PROFIT MANAGEMENT

Full year course, Grades 10-12
Offered 2008-2009 (Not Offered 2009-2010)
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 1 unit

The students will learn the role of small business in the U.S. economy. They will explore the work life of entrepreneurs and will formulate a business plan. The students will work to develop a marketing plan and understand the basic legal requirements for a small business. They will be introduced to financial and human resource management. The role of non-profits in the economy will be examined as well as the unique funding structure and management issues associated with the non-profit field. Social and ethical responsibility will be a recurrent theme throughout the course.

Objectives:

  1. To inform the student of the opportunities that exist in the area of entrepreneurship and how to get started in the field.
  2. To provide information relative to the development of a marketing plan required to begin a new business.
  3. To develop the skills necessary for obtaining financing for a new business enterprise.
  4. To provide the student with the skills needed to manage a small business enterprise including the development of personnel policies, purchasing, and sales management.

638. SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING

Full year course, Grades 10-12
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 1 unit

Sports and Entertainment Marketing students will learn business marketing principles and processes applied to strategic sports concepts and the entertainment industry. Emphasis in the sports marketing section of the course will be on the marketing mix applied to past and current sports teams, from sports product concepts to promotion and pricing of tickets. Students will also explore careers and issues related to the entertainment industry, including theme parks, movies, and music. Students will learn how sports organizations benefit communities, how corporations use athletes and celebrities to sell products, and the importance of public image for athletes and celebrities. This is a project-oriented course.


663. MODERN LEGAL ISSUES

Full year course, Grades 11-12
Prerequisites: none
Credit: 1 unit

This course emphasizes the relationship of business law to an individual's personal, as well as occupational, life. Applications of the laws as they affect the individual are featured. Credit for this course may be used to meet sequence requirements of Business Marketing Education and/or the fifth until of Social Studies. Modern Legal Issues is highly recommended and serves as an excellent background for anyone who is planning to major in business in college.

Objectives:

  1. To teach, through practical subject matter, some of the basic characteristics of the American free-enterprise system.
  2. To make the student aware of the presence of legal requirements so he/she can avoid legal entanglements.
  3. To teach the purposes and uses of common legal documents.
  4. To develop a respect for and understanding of business law and law enforcement.

Mathematical Applications II

Description under Math Department.

Statistics AP

Description under Math Department.


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