Faculty

Dea Bassetti
Shane Bennett

Courses

The business education program offers many valuable opportunities for the non-business major. For those who plan to major in some field of business in college, a rudimentary background in accounting and data processing would be a valuable asset. For all students, regardless of their career intentions, there are a number of courses that would prove valuable.

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Business Management is a seminar course for the academic student planning a career in business, as well as for career preparatory students planning to enter the business world after high school or continue on in a business/technical school. This multi-faceted course covers various topics, some tailored to individual interests of students. It includes entrepreneurial techniques, oral and written communication, job search and application techniques, and various business management skills. Field experiences and outside speakers are an intergral part of the curriculum, as well as the use of student projects to simulate the business world.

BASIC ACCOUNTING

Basic Accounting is an introduction to the accounting cycle as it pertains to a single proprietorship and partnership for both service and merchandising business. Clerical and analytical skills are developed for recording entries in various journals, keeping ledgers, payroll, preparing worksheets and various financial reports.

ADVANCED ACCOUNTING

This is a one-year course that further develops skills from in Basic Accounting. It teaches students how to keep the records of a partnership and corporation. Topics include departmental accounting, payroll, accounting control systems, updating accounts by adjustment, corporate accounting (stocks, bonds, and dividends) and cost accounting. Advanced computerized accounting is an integral part of this course.

PERSONAL FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning and self-management skills for the future will be the focus of the course. Areas of study will include planning for educational expenses, personal and household budgeting, taxes, banking, investing, insurance, credit procedures, rights and responsibilities of consumers, and long-range financial planning. Students will be exposed to commercial software applications and internet tools to help enhance their management skills.

SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING

The field of sports and entertainment marketing is rapidly growing. The course is designed to apply business and marketing principles to the area of sports, sporting events, and sports products. This will be done by presenting real world business and marketing strategies used in this industry, examining the legal and ethical issues that commonly occur, and how exploring the use of technology has effectively been applied in the sports business/marketing arena.