Finance
SC Career Cluster: |
Finance |
Pathway: |
Business Finance (CIP CODE: 520804) |
Description: |
Conduct quantitative analyses of information affecting investment programs of public or private institutions. |
COURSE 1 |
Fundamentals of Business, Finance, & Marketing; and/or Integrated Business Applications 1 |
COURSE 2 |
Business Finance* or Accounting 2* required |
COURSE 3 |
Accounting 1* required |
COURSE 4 |
Entrepreneurship; Business Law; Accounting 2; and/or Personal Finance |
Industry Certification: |
WISE Certification; QuickBooks; Microsoft Office Specialist (Advanced Excel) |
Business Finance Pathway
Title: Accounting 1
Course Code: 500100CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: Accounting 1 is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the concepts, principles, and practices necessary in the preparation and maintenance of financial records concerned with business management and operations. Students are exposed to the accounting cycle, cash control systems, payroll, and careers in accounting.
Schools: BCHS; BHS; BLHS; HHIHS; MRHS; WBECHS
Prerequisites: Completion of Algebra I or equivalent with a grade of C or better and/or accounting instructor approval.
Title: Accounting 2
Course Code: 500500CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: Accounting 2 provides advanced skills that build upon those acquired in Accounting 1. Students continue applying accounting concepts related to business entities. Additional accounting skills will be developed, including preparing and journalizing payroll records, calculating and recording adjusting entries, and interpreting financial information. The student will demonstrate knowledge of accounting principles through the use of computer software and simulated activities.
Schools: MRHS
Prerequisites: Accounting 1 with minimum grade of C or better and/or instructor approval.
Title: Business Finance
Course Code: 527300CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: This course is designed to provide students with a foundation in corporate business finance concepts and applications including fundamentals, financial environment, management planning, maintenance and analysis of financial records, long and short term financial activities, financial business activities, financial institutions and banking services, consumer credit, business insurance, technology and financial management, and international finance.
Schools: BCHS; BHS; BLHS; HHIHS; MRHS
Prerequisites: None
Title: Personal Finance
Course Code: 513100CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: This course is designed to introduce the student to basic financial literacy skills which includes budgeting, obtaining credit, maintaining checking accounts, analyzing the basic elements of finance, computing payroll, recording business transactions, and applying computer operations to financial management.
Schools: All
Prerequisites: None
Title: Entrepreneurship
Course Code: 540000CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: This course is designed to provide a general overview of the American Enterprise system with special emphasis being placed on small business ownership. An important part of the course will be development of business and managerial leadership skills as they relate to the functions of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling a small business.
Schools: BCHS; BHS; BLHS; HHIHS; MRHS; WBECHS
Prerequisites: None
Business Law
Course Code: 504400CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the legal environment in which a consumer operates and the knowledge of legal principles. Students can participate in mock trials.
Schools: BCHS; HHIHS; MRHS
Prerequisites: None
Title: Marketing
Course Code: 542100CW
Unit: 1 unit
Description: This course introduces marketing concepts and examines the economic, marketing, and business fundamentals, in addition to the marketing functions of selling, promotion, and distribution. The standards listed are core standards and those standards reflect that the needs of the local business community. This is the basic course in the marketing curriculum and should be taken before the specialized courses
Schools: BHS; BLHS; HHIHS; MRHS
Prerequisites: None