Entrepreneurship

This course is the introductory course in a three-year Marketing, Sales and Service pathway. It is designed for high school sophomores to develop entrepreneurial literacy and an entrepreneurial mindset via projects and assignments aligned with Common Core standards and assessments. Students will use a variety of technological tools and will be grouped in a small-learning-community with many opportunities to network with students, teachers, and entrepreneurs in the community and to enhance communication skills. Students will learn personally how to start and operate a small business, which will also reinforce academic foundation skills in English, Math, and Social Science.

Course Level: CP
Grades: 10
Credits: 10
UC Area: G

Sports and Entertainment Marketing

The Sports and Entertainment Marketing course is the second course in a three-year Marketing, Sales and Service pathway. It is designed for high school juniors to develop marketing literacy and a marketing mindset via projects and assignments aligned with Common Core standards and assessments. Students will use a variety of technological tools and will be grouped in a small-learning-community with many opportunities to network with students, teachers, and entrepreneurs in the community and to enhance communication skills. Students will learn personally how to market a small business, which will also reinforce academic foundation skills in English, Math, and Social Science. Students will apply what they have learned throughout the course and will do a variety of real-life marketing projects the last quarter of the school year.

Course Level: CP
Grades: 11
Credits: 10
UC Area: G

Virtual Enterprise

This course is designed to teach students about microeconomics and macroeconomics while applying these concepts to their own entrepreneurial in the business world, both real and simulated. Students will study supply and demand, The Federal Reserve System, business organizations and market structure, labor and government regulations, taxation, the stock market, and international transactions. Students will apply their knowledge in a hands-on learning environment where they are required to set-up a business and manage its daily operations. This will be done via activities that are real and simulated. Integrated throughout the course are communication, critical thinking, interpersonal, and problem-solving skills. Satisfactory completion of this course will grant five units of the graduation requirement for college-prep economics. Students must complete both semesters of this course in order to receive economic credits.

Course Level: CP
Grades: 12
Credits: 10
UC Area: G