Business courses will give students an opportunity to explore their career interests and develop their computer skills in various computer and digital media applications.  Students can also learn how to start, manage, and make a profit with the operation of their own teen-run business.  Offerings include the opportunity to earn college credit through Fulton Montgomery Community College.

1 year| 1 credit | 3 possible college credits: Grades 10-12

This course is designed for students who are considering becoming an entrepreneur or working for a small business. The course will emphasize: exploring opportunities, the business plan process, and the challenges of entrepreneurship. It will include an overview of the following business concepts: sales, marketing, building customer relationships, accounting and management.

Prerequisite: None.

1 Year | 1 Credit Grades 10-12 (offered odd years - rotates with Business Law)

This course is an introduction to the basic principles and terminology used in the marketing field. The focus will be on gaining familiarity with a variety of environmental factors that influence marketing decisions and understanding the importance of a customer-oriented business philosophy. Topics covered include marketing research, determining marketing opportunities, environmental analysis, consumer buying behavior, and the 4 P’s of marketing; planning, pricing, placement and promotion.

Prerequisite: none

1 Year | 1 Credit Grades 10-12 (offered even years - rotates with Sports & Entertainment Marketing)

Learn how the law applies in both your personal and work lives.  This course is designed to introduce students to the legal areas of constitutional law, crimes, torts, common law contracts, sales contracts, and commercial paper as it applies to their personal lives and to the business environment.  The interaction of business ethics and the law is also examined.

Prerequisite: none

1 Year | 1 Credit

Career and Financial Management is designed to give you the big picture about where your life might go in the future. You take personality and interest tests to help you make an informed decision about a good field to pursue. You look at colleges and student funding, and you plan a budget for your first shot at living on your own. You explore the basics of employment law, and consider the differences in working in different types of organizations: the military, government agencies, big business, small business, entrepreneurial endeavors and union shops. You consider the management styles you are most likely to encounter in different working environments. Finally, you set personal, professional, and financial goals for your 60 year-old self.

Prerequisite: none

1 Year | 1 Credit

Are you ready for today’s technology-rich world? Taking Computer Applications will give you the hands-on experience and confidence to prove that you are.  Not only will you learn keyboarding skills to type your essays quicker and how to write business letters and reports, you’ll have fun creating flyers, spreadsheets, charts, newsletters, brochures, and Power Point presentations. This course will help you to be successful in high school, college and on the job!  Computer Applications is a required prerequisite to Digital & Social Media Communications.

Prerequisite: none

1 Year | 1 Credit Grade 12

Have a say in how your yearbook looks. Students will be responsible for producing the AHS Yearbook.  Assignments will include creating layouts for pages, taking photographs, managing finances, organizing and assisting on photo days,  fundraising (securing advertisements & collecting school recycling), and distributing forms and yearbooks.

Prerequisite: none

1/2 Year | 1/2 Credit Required for Grade 10 (opposite Health)

The purpose of this course is to help prepare students for “life” after high school. Students will learn how to select college majors based on their interests and abilities, research various college options, and use effective transitioning techniques into college such as development of good study skills, discipline and goal setting, as well as an understanding of academic, social and personal responsibilities. The second portion of this course will focus on workforce readiness skills. These skills include digital citizenship, reading workplace documents, career-ready math skills, and problem–solving and situational judgment.

Prerequisite: none