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11-12 5
628 Marketing Grade Credits

Marketing is a course designed to provide students with the fundamental concepts, principles, skills and attitudes
common to the field of marketing. It is a project-based course that develops student understanding and skills in
the functional areas of marketing: channel management, marketing-information management, market planning,
pricing, product/service management, promotion, consumer behavior, and selling. Students acquire an
understanding and appreciation of each of the marketing functions and their ethical and legal issues.

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Course Name
631 International Business Grade Credits
10-12 2.5

This course will help students develop an understanding regarding the global marketplace and how businesses
throughout the world interact with each other. Cultural customs and traditions, trade, currency, business travel,
geography, current events, international marketing, global issues, and career opportunities will be major topics
of discussion. Areas to be covered include the awareness of the impact of International Business, communication
strategies, environmental factors, ethics, finance, management practices, and import/export and balance of trade
issues. Students will gain awareness of the growing need for becoming active in a global business economy and
provides a solid foundation for college courses in business and international studies. Students will learn the
fundamentals of international business with a “hands-on” approach. There is a focus on current events and
travel. Case studies and research on multinational businesses will be studied.

Course #
Course Name
10-12 2.5
630 Entrepreneurship Grade Credits

In this course, students will learn what is involved to start and operate a successful business. Students will
discuss current events as they relate to the ideas and concepts of starting their own business. This is a hands-
on, activity-based course in which students formulate a business plan and learn how new businesses are
created. Exploration will take place on various entrepreneurs. Throughout this course we will study and analyze
what leads to the success and failure of various business ventures. Course will be aligned with the DECA
curriculum and support the SPHS Chapter of DECA.

Course #
Course Name
11-12 5
643 Business Law Grade Credits

This course emphasizes an individual’s legal rights in everyday personal and business relations. Through
discussion, lectures and cases, students will learn about our social and economic systems and the importance
of law within their frameworks. The primary objective is to prepare individuals for recognizing their rights in
contractual relationships, as well as the rights of others.

Course #
Course Name
10-12 2.5
644 Intro to Web Design Grade Credits

This course provides students with an extensive collection of creative learning materials that span a thorough
scope of web design topics to provide meaningful, real-world learning experiences. The course will focus on the
evolution of the Web, the development of the Internet, evaluation of websites, beginning HTML, and the planning
and development of a website. The project-based activities throughout the course will encourage creativity and
teamwork strategies that reflect real world workings skills.

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