High School Academy

101 - 105 Accounting, Intro to | 3 credits This is an introductory course designed to introduce the learner to the basic accounting language and concepts of business entities. Skills such as, analyzing business transactions, applying fundamental accounting concepts, identifying accounting control procedures, and evaluating financial statements will be developed. This course is intended for the non - accounting major.

101 - 111 Accounting | 4 credits This course prepares the learner to understand and apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles to analyze, record, summarize, and interpret accounting information. The course focuses on completing the accounting cycle, including business transactions and preparing financial statements for service and merchandising businesses.

101 - 172 Business Finance | 3 credits In this course aspects of organizational finance will be explored. Students will learn how to interpret financial statements as well as learning the process of budget analysis. It is imperative that leaders understand how to control and analyze the budgets they are responsible for.

102 - 109 Business Analytics | 3 credits Students will utilize common business software to analyze datasets present in typical business management situations, translate the analysis into business recommendations that will improve business performance, and effectively create and present analysis recommendations to decision - makers.

102 - 112 Principles of Management | 3 credits This course provides an introduction to the four fundamental functions of management: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Learners explore how each function operates within business and industry and develop an understanding of how managers apply them in practice. Through applied learning experiences, learners examine real - world applications of management practices and gain insight into how management functions support organizational success.

102 - 113 Business Ethics | 3 credits The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to ethical decision - making in business. Topics covered include common myths about business ethics, motivations for being ethical, common ethical problems facing employees, managers, and organizations, prescriptive and psychological approaches to deciding what is right, managing for ethical conduct and managerial approaches to an ethical culture.

102 - 114 Managing Operations | 3 credits Designed for mid - management careers, this course emphasizes practice of management skills. Topics covered include: strategic process management, manufacturing systems, operations strategy, product design, process technology selection, capacity planning, resource planning and scheduling, inventory control, project management and quality/productivity improvement tools and strategies.

102 - 115 Business Mgmt Internship | 1 credit Provides the student with 64 hours of on - site experience completing managerial - type tasks in a professional office. Students may prepare training sessions, analyze budgets and prepare recommendations, draft reports, develop interview questions, screen resumes, complete project management tasks, plan events, or perform other responsibilities typical of business managers. Students coordinate with the instructor to locate an appropriate internship site. Course to be taken during the final semester.

102 - 116 Strategic Management | 3 credits This course provides an overview of what managers face when formulating and implementing strategic decisions. We will analyze strategic management techniques focusing on the use of corporate planning and budgeting to create value for organizations.

102 - 117 Business Mgmt Career Planning | 2 credits Students study about and produce all documentation related to the job - seeking process and participate in interviews to prepare themselves for the business management internship and a long - term business management career.

102 - 130 Innovative Business Mindset | 3 credits In this course, students will explore the traits and mindset of entrepreneurs, examine innovative companies, and distinguish between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. They will evaluate business plans, create a business framework, and understand the role of innovation in business. This course equips students with essential skills for entrepreneurial/intrapreneurial success, developing an innovative mindset and leadership in dynamic business environments.

102 - 133 Leadership for Bus Excellence | 3 credits This course fosters self - awareness and personal enhancement, emphasizing core communication and interpersonal skills for professional success. Through self - assessments and reflection, learners identify their strengths and areas for development, interpersonal effectiveness, and personal accountability.

102 - 160 Business Law | 3 credits Business Law is designed to help the student develop an understanding of the law and the relationship of the legal system to the business world. After consideration of the legal system, the course reviews contracts, sales and lease contracts, warranties, product liability, consumer law, bailments, creditors' rights, and bankruptcy.

102 - 188 Project Management | 3 credits This course provides an integrated introduction to Project Management. The student will learn all of the fundamental aspects of modern Project Management, both managerial and technical. Students will also become familiar with the Project Management software tools. In discussions and cases students will learn how to apply the skills required of a project manager.

103 - 102 Microsoft Office Suite | 2 credits The goal of this course is to provide an introduction to Microsoft Office Suite and how it is used in academic, personal, and business environments. The students will become familiar with the Office user interface and use it as they work with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook. Navigate the Office interface by using tabs, ribbons, and groups.

103 - 170 Microsoft Excel | 1 credit This course incorporates Microsoft Office Excel skills and how it is used in academic and business environments. Students will apply software features to the successful completion of business - related projects and scenarios.

104 - 102 Marketing Principles | 3 credits Marketing of products and services. Concentrates on product, price, place, promotion, market segmentation, target marketing, pricing, market research, physical distribution and distribution channels.

116 - 193 Human Resources, Intro | 3 credits In this course, students will examine the role of human resources and goals of human resource management in today's organizations. Students will learn and apply skills related to the various functions within human resources management including equal employment opportunity and diversity, recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, performance management, and labor relations. Students will explore the importance and impact of these human resource functions on the overall strategy of organizations.

138 - 150 Global Business | 3 credits Provides students with a basic understanding of the global economy and how companies do business in it. Areas of study include trends in world trade and investment, economic relationships among nations, international finance and currency exchange, government regulations and tariffs, communications and language barriers, and national customs.

801 - 136 English Composition 1 | 3 credits Learners develop and apply skills in all aspects of the writing process. Through a variety of learning activities and written documents, learners employ rhetorical strategies, plan, organize and revise content, apply critical reading strategies, locate and evaluate information, integrate and document sources, and apply standardized English language conventions.

801 - 198 Speech | 3 credits Explores the fundamentals of effective oral presentation to small and large groups. Topic selection, audience analysis, methods of organization, research, structuring evidence and support, delivery techniques, and other essential elements of speaking successfully, including the listening process, form the basis of the course.

801 - 219 English Composition 1 | 3 credits English Composition 1 develops critical thinking, reading, writing, listening, and speaking for both exposition and argumentation. The course emphasizes college - level writing skills supported by reasoning, organization, and language conventions for research, presentations, and other discourse.

804 - 189 Introductory Statistics | 3 credits Students taking this course will learn to display data with graphs, describe distributions with numbers, perform correlation and regression analyses, and design experiments. They will use probability and distributions to make predictions, estimate parameters, and test hypotheses. They will learn to draw inferences about relationships including ANOVA.

809 - 195 Economics | 3 credits Designed to give an overview of how a market - oriented economic system operates, and it surveys the factors which influence national economic policy. Basic concepts and analyses are illustrated by reference to a variety of contemporary problems and public policy issues. Concepts include scarcity, resources, alternative economic systems, growth, supply and demand, monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, unemployment and global economic issues.

809 - 198 Intro to Psychology | 3 credits This introductory course in psychology is a survey of the multiple aspects of human behavior. It involves a survey of the theoretical foundations of human functioning in such areas as learning, motivation, emotions, personality, deviance and pathology, physiological factors, and social influences. Additional topics include research methods, biological and environmental impacts, development, sensation and perception, consciousness, intelligence and stress. This course directs the student to an insightful understanding of the complexities of human relationships in personal, social, and vocational settings.