Grade 11-12/ Semester/ Elective
Personal Finance is a business course that focuses on personal financial planning. The content includes financial planning, income and asset protection, income and money management, and spending and credit management. Students will learn the financial concepts and principles that provide a basis for avoiding financial pitfalls. This course prepares students for the roles and responsibilities of consumers, producers, entrepreneurs, and citizens. Instructional strategies should include simulations, guest speakers, tours, Internet research, and business experiences. These standards are aligned with the National Business Education Association (NBEA), Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, and Indiana State University Networks Financial Institute standards and guidelines.

Grade 11-12/ Semester/ Elective
Marketing is a business course that 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 they relate to advertising/promotion/selling, distribution, financing, marketing-information management, pricing, and product/service management. Instructional strategies may include a school-based enterprise, computer/technology applications, real and/or simulated occupational experiences, and projects focused on various marketing functions.

Grade 11-12/ Semester/ Elective
Business and Personal Law is a business course that provides an overview of the legal system. Topics covered include: Basics of the Law, Contract Law, Employment Law, Personal Law, and Property Law. Both criminal and civil trial procedures are presented. Instructional strategies should include mock trials, case studies, professional mentoring, job shadowing, field trips, guest speakers, and Internet projects.

Grade 11-12/ Two Semesters/ Elective
Prerequisite: Algebra I -- and --
PSAT CR 38; W38; or SAT CR 380, W380; or ACT R 17; E 16
Cost: $75.00 for 3 college credits through Vincennes University
Accounting is a business course that introduces the language of business using Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and procedures for proprietorships and partnerships using double-entry accounting. Emphasis is placed on accounting principles as they relate to both manual and automated financial systems. This course involves understanding, analyzing, and recording business transactions and preparing, analyzing, and interpreting financial reports as a basis for decision making. Instructional strategies should include the use of computers, projects, simulations, case studies, and business experiences requiring the application of accounting theories and principles.

Grade 11-12/ Semester/ Elective
Cost: $75.00 for 3 college credits
Prerequisite: PSAT CR 38; W38; or SAT CR 380, W380; or ACT R 17; E 16
Computer Applications is a business course that provides instruction in software concepts using a Windows-based professional suite, which includes word processing, spreadsheet, database, graphics, and presentation applications. Instruction in basic computer hardware and operating systems that support software applications is provided. Additional concepts and applications dealing with software integration, Internet use, and information about future technology trends are included. Instructional strategies should include teacher demonstrations, collaborative instruction, interdisciplinary and/or culminating projects, problem-solving and critical-thinking activities, simulations, and minibaskets/in-basket projects.