Business Career Path

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The business pathway grounds students in the mechanics of business in fields that include accounting, marketing, and management. When you follow this pathway, you could own a business or manage one, become an accountant, analyze numbers to inform financial decisions, run a restaurant or hotel, or promote products, services, and ideas.

  • Business
  • Accounting
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Human Resources
  • Management
  • Hospitality
  • Marketing
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management
  • Finance
  • Digital Marketing and E-Commerce
  • Data Science/Analytics
  • Sales
  • Customer Service

  • Intro to Business (Grade 9)
  • Sports and Entertainment Marketing (Grades 9-12)
  • Web Page Design I (Grades 10-12)
  • Entrepreneurship (Grades 10-12)
  • Business Management & Communications (Grades 10-12)
  • Accounting I (Grades 10-12)
  • Accounting II (Grades 10-12)
  • Advanced Computer Business Applications (Grades 10-12)
  • Business Law (Grades 10-12)
  • Business and Personal Marketing (Grades 11-12)
  • RISE (Grade 12)

Example Four-Year Plan

9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade
Math 2 Math Credits 2 Math Credits 2 Math Credits Finite Math Statistics 
Science 2 Science Credits 2 Science Credits 2 Science Credits
Language Arts 2 Language Arts Credits 2 Language Arts Credits 2 Language Arts Credits 2 Language Arts Credits
Social Studies 2 Social Studies Credits 2 Social Studies Credits 1 Social Studies Credit 1 Social Studies Credit
Electives
 Spanish I /
French I

Intro to Business

Sports and Entertainment  Marketing

 Spanish II /
French II

Entrepreneurship

Web Page Design I

Business Management & Communications

 Accounting I

Business and Personal Marketing

Business Law

 Accounting II

RISE

Advanced Computer Business Applications 
Graduation Requirements:

  • Physical Education (four years)
  • Health – 9th Grade
  • 1 Fine Arts Class
  • 1 Career and Technical Education class
  • Personal Finance
  • Government
  • Economics
Suggested Clubs/Activities:

  • DECA

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