Career and Finance

Prerequisite: None

Credits: 1

The College & Careers  one semester course is meant to get students onboard with Lutheran High School and its core values; WISER Worship, Interconnect, Serve, Engage, and Respect.  Onboard with technology and exploring how it enhances life long learning; Onboard with God’s grace and what it means for their lives; Onboard with life by preparing for college and careers.  During the course students will; evaluate personal characteristics to develop goals for life and career, investigate career pathways based on individual interests and goals, analyze college and other post-secondary opportunities after high school, start making decisions and flexible plans to meet education, life, and career goals.  Students will demonstrate personal skills needed for success in personal, family, community, and career aspects of; flexibility and adaptability, initiative and self-direction, social and cross-cultural skills, productivity and accountability, and leadership and responsibility.  Students will also demonstrate knowledge and skills needed to navigate life and work environments in the global economy.

Course Description: Entrepreneurship and New Ventures Capstone introduces entrepreneurship, and develops skills and tools critical for starting and succeeding in a new venture. The entrepreneurial process of opportunity recognition, innovation, value proposition, competitive advantage, venture concept, feasibility analysis, and “go to” market strategies will be explored through mini-case studies of successful and unsuccessful entrepreneurial start-ups. Additionally, topics of government and legal restrictions, intellectual property, franchising location, basic business accounting, raising startup funding, sales and revenue forecasting, and business plan development will be presented through extensive use of word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software.

Class Description: Introduction to Business is a year-long course that introduces students to the world of business, including the concepts, functions, and skills required for meeting the challenges of operating a business in the twenty-first century on a local, national, and international scale. The course covers business management, entrepreneurship, marketing fundamentals, and business ethics and law. The course develops business vocabulary and provides an overview of business and the role that business plays in the economic, social, and political environments. Content will meet Indiana State Standards set for Introduction to Business.

Credits: 2 (1 per semester)

Course Description: Marketing Fundamentals provides a basic introduction to the scope and importance of marketing in the global economy. Emphasis is placed on oral and written communications, mathematical applications, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills as those relate to advertising, promotion, selling, distribution, financing, marketing-information management, pricing, and product/service management. The course establishes the nature of marketing, how it functions in a marketing-oriented economy and marketing’s role in the global economy, applies and adapts the importance of the marketing concept to the competitive market, integrates positive relationships with customers, and establishes a foundational knowledge of product/service management to understand its nature and scope. Content will meet Indiana State Standards set for Marketing Fundamentals.