Introduction to Business CP (CTE)

(Intro to Bus - Course #76019)

OPEN TO GRADES:  9-12

CREDIT: 5 - VAPA credits per sem.

PREREQUISITE:  None

A-G Pathway:  F - VAPA

OTHER INFO: A one-semester course. May be repeated for credit. Meets KHSD graduation requirements.

Meets CSU/UC A-G entrance requirements.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: The major purpose of this year-long course is to provide students with the skills needed to effectively organize, develop, create, and manage a business. Students will learn the significance of math, reading, writing, and communicating to their future within the framework of operating a small business. Emphasis is placed on the functions of business management: organization, management, finance, marketing, information technology, product/service management, distribution, promotion, and selling. Additional topics to be addressed are the government's role in business, the assessment of personal skills, the components of the free enterprise system and its place in our global economy, human relations and interpersonal skills, career planning, the importance of business ethics, and the role quality and service play in business.