Business Courses Available at Huntington High School
February 13, 2024
Many Huntington High School students are familiar with the Virtual Enterprise business course, but they are often surprised to learn there are also Business Law, Business Management & Human Relations, Business Management & Human Relations, Career & Financial Management, Personal Law I, Personal II, Sports Marketing and Fashion Marketing courses available.
Virtual Enterprise is a very popular course, but the other courses offered by the department equally meet the wants and needs of dozens of students each. Some courses are full year while others are half year.
Accounting I and Accounting II courses are also available should there be enough student interest. Overviews of the other courses, which are all currently running include:
BUSINESS LAW - Course #704
(1 Year -1 Credit) 5 periods weekly
Offered to grades: 10, 11, 12
Do you have a plan for your future? No? Well it’s not too late. Few subjects are as dramatic, challenging or relevant as law. Learn how the legal system works and recognize legal problems. This course emphasizes the relationship of law to your personal life. Topics include: white-collar crimes, civil actions, cyber law, bankruptcy, environmental law, ethics and agency law from the sports, entertainment, and employer perspective. Your rights as a consumer, an employee or employer will be explored. How about reading a contract? Do you know how to draw one up? Are you interested in starting a business of your own or working for someone that does? Should it be a sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation? Leases, mortgages, credit, bankruptcy and other forms of financing will be explored. Guest speakers and authentic experiences including a local jail trip and moot court competition, provide the student with a real world view of our legal system. You never know what the future has in store for you, the best thing you can do is prepare. So, whether you are interested in pursuing a career in law, planning to attend college, or preparing to enter the work force, this course has something for you.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND HUMAN RELATIONS - Course #701S
(½ Year - ½ Credit) 5 periods weekly Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course will help you acquire the skills necessary to make informed decisions, as well as provide you with information vital to realistic career choices. We will make you aware of the economics of work and you will develop an understanding of the marketplace. In addition, we will analyze your likes, dislikes, unique characteristics, competencies, and weaknesses with the intention of adding to your self-awareness. Problem solving and decision- making skills will also be taught. The culminating project is a “shark-tank” inspired business competition.
This course is required for a Business sequence.
CAREER AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT - Course #701F
(½ Year - ½ Credit) 5 periods weekly Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
This course will provide students with the opportunity to learn about the features of our economy, explore a variety of careers, learn the skills and competencies needed for success in the workplace and become financially literate.
Among the areas to be studied are: economic systems, stock markets, effect of technology on the labor market, business systems and their organization, career planning and lifelong goals, changing trends and employment opportunities, resumes, job interviews, personal qualities for employment, interpersonal skills, working conditions and benefits, time management, workplace laws and unions, banking, personal budgets, credit, insurance and consumer protection.
This course is required for a Business sequence.
PERSONAL LAW I - Course #709F
(½ Year - ½ Credit) 5 periods weekly Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Are you interested in law? Do you want to be more informed about the laws that will affect you both today and in your immediate future? If so, then this course is for you. The scope of the Personal Law course (formerly known as Street Law I) investigates units in civil rights and liberties, employment law, family law and housing law. Guest speakers and authentic experiences, ie: local jail trip, provide the student with a real world view of our legal system.
PERSONAL LAW II - Course #709S
(½ Year - ½ Credit) 5 periods weekly Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Personal Law II (formerly known as Street Law II) presents contemporary legal issues and provides students with an in depth exploration of juvenile justice, torts against the individual, consumer law, credit for the consumer, insurance, and probate law. This course is highlighted by a Moot Court competition where students prepare and argue civil law and negligence cases heard by guest judges. Guest speakers and authentic experiences, including a local jail trip and moot court completion, provide the student with a real world view of our legal system and a better understanding as to how to protect them legally. Personal Law I is not required as a prerequisite for this course.
SPORTS MARKETING - Course #703
(½ Year - ½ Credit) 5 periods weekly Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Recommended for college-bound business and marketing majors and anyone interested in the field of sports and its impact. This half-year course is designed to provide an insight into the executive level decision-making and analyzing in sports marketing. Case studies and news media will be used to position the student in the role of a sports marketer. Suggested topics that will be explored are: an orientation to marketing as it relates to the sports industry, market analysis, athletes making economic choices, professional sport trades, supply and demand in sports, financial analysis of teams, the sports labor market, discrimination in sports and sports promotion. Classroom instruction will be reinforced through outside use of guest speakers, field trip to a stadium, videos and the Internet.
FASHION MARKETING - Course #710
(1/2 Year – ½ Credit) Offered to grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Prerequisite: None
Students will identify the factors that influence fashion behavior and learn marketing and business principles by studying the fashion merchandising industry. The life cycle of a fashion product will be followed from the design stage to the point of sale at a retail outlet. Topics include: marketing to retailers, fashion and trade shows, promotion to consumers, developing a brand name, global influences and explaining the development of the fashion image. Field trips to a variety of locations may be included as part of the course.