Personal Finance – HTC330
12:30-2:00pm – Fall Semester

During this semester course students will learn the basic understanding of personal financial management.  Students study the fundamentals of economics and money systems.  Students will use textbooks, online resources, simulations and instructional materials to gain an adult perspective on personal financial planning and decision-making.  Students will explore the relationships between earning, budgeting, saving, investing, debt, insurance and retirement as part their own financial life cycle.  During the semester, students will explore in depth financial planning for college in order to establish the value proposition inherent in this common first large personal financial decision. Students may elect for an extended version of this course as a Running Start college credit option in conjunction with LRCC, (FIN 180L).

Enduring Understandings: 
  • The relationship of financial literacy to emotional and physical well-being.
  • Time value of money in relation to saving, investing & debt. 
  • The abstraction of money and wealth in comparison to the tangible coins and bills used daily for payments.
Essential Questions:
  • How would you manage an unexpected 1 million dollar inheritance?
  • You’ve met your soulmate but they’ve mismanaged their finances and are on the verge of bankruptcy. You took the lessons from your high school Personal Finance course to heart and are well along the road to financial stability. What will you do?
  • To which theory of money do you subscribe, the commodity theory of money (money representing a physical commodity) or the credit/quantity theory (money as a social/political construction)?
​​Course Highlights 
  • Fundamental financial planning to include banking, managing assets, paying for college, credit, insurance needs, budgets, retirement, and estate planning.
  • Introduction to the concepts of investment as part of the planning process.
  • Career planning and career decision’s financial significance.
  • Range of careers available in business, accounting and finance.
  • Participate in Student Business Enterprise learning to design and produce custom shirts and stickers with Adobe Illustrator and our line of printers and heat presses.
Course Outcomes 
  • Personal Financial Management  FIN180L (3 credits LRCC), (Optional)
  • LHS math credit possible
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Accounting and Financial Management – HTC430
10:33-12:03pm – Fall Semester
 
This course continues the topics introduced in Business I with a focus on financial management. The student is introduced to the procedures necessary to record, classify and summarize basic business transactions. The course will cover the accounting cycle for service and merchandising sole proprietorships, including preparing worksheets and financial statements. The course will involve using Excel spreadsheets to prepare accounting worksheets in preparation of closing activities and financial report generation.
 
Enduring Understandings: 
  • The relationships between the simple elements of the accounting equation; assets, liabilities and equity.
  • The double entry accounting system, debits and credits and the application of these concepts in the expanded accounting equation and account types.
  • The types of financial reports a business keeps and updates regularly, the relationship and utility of these reports to stakeholders in the business. 
Essential Questions: 
  • Why do businesses rely on accrual accounting and double entry bookkeeping?
  • How can a business owner manage their business’s cash, equipment and debts effectively?
  • Why is accounting called the language of business?
Course Highlights
  • Develop understanding of different types of business structures and why they exist.
  • Introduction to the “Language of Business” and develop basic fluency with accounting principles and the accounting cycle.
  • Explore through guest speakers, field trips and hands on activities involving real-world accounting problems.
  • Participate in Student Business Enterprise learning to design and produce custom shirts and stickers with Adobe Illustrator and our line of printers and heat presses.
Course Outcomes 
  • Accounting I (3 credits LRCC)
  • LHS math credit possible
Principles of Marketing – HTC331
12:30-2:00pm – Spring Semester
 
This course introduces students to marketing in a variety of industries. Students learn how to operate the Huot Business Program's school store, learning to develop, fabricate, and successfully market products. Students will manage the finances for the operation including developing a business plan.
Essential Questions: 
  • What are the different tools businesses use to share information with a live audience.
  • How does consumer behavior influence the marketing mix?
  • How do marketing strategies impact individuals, business, and society?
  • How do businesses acquire new customers and  keep their current  customers?
Course Highlights
  • Learn the fundamentals of marketing practice for different types of businesses
  • Gain experience in product development, fabrication, promotion and sales.
  • Develop understanding and practical use of Office and Design Automation software, including Microsoft Office tools and Adobe Design tools.
  • Participate in real-world student business enterprise learning to design and produce custom shirts and stickers on classroom printers, plotters, and heat presses.

Course Outcomes 
  • Knowledge of Marketing Principles for Business
  • Proficiency with Adobe Illustrator in Applied Design
  • Applied understanding of Microsoft Office Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Marketing and Social Media Management – HTC431
10:33-12:03pm – Spring Semester
 
During this semester-long course, students will develop a basic understanding of Marketing and Social Media Marketing.  Students study the principles of Marketing including the “4P’s”.  Students will use textbooks, online resources, simulations and instructional materials to gain a perspective on Marketing for Manufacturing, Service and Non-profit businesses with emphasis on 21st century marketing strategies and tactics.  During the semester, students will use simulation tools to plan, implement, deploy and measure digital and social media marketing strategies.

Enduring Understandings: 
  • The role of marketing in everyday life and the marketing principles and practices at work in the real world and online.
  • The fundamental difference between being a social media consumer and a social media creator.
  • The power of digital and social media to level the competitive barriers to marketing for small/medium and large product, service or non-profit businesses.
Essential Questions:
  • Identify and break down the rationale behind the Marketing 4P’s for a major national or global brand’s product or service?
  • You’re an entrepreneur launching a new business, what are the essential first steps in your marketing plan?
  • A family friend learns you are taking a course in Social Media Marketing and asks for your help in getting their business to appear as prominently as their local competition, what specifically will you do to help them?
Course Highlights 
  • Explore the history and current practices of marketing for product, service and non-profit businesses.
  • Understand the major social media platforms, their strengths, weaknesses and opportunities as part of a Marketing plan.
  • Using simulation tools plan, deploy, measure and improve a social media marketing campaign
  • Learn Social Media Marketing principles and practices from industry experts through guest speaker, field trip and project based activities.​​
  • Participate in Student Business Enterprise learning to design and produce custom shirts and stickers with Adobe Illustrator and our line of printers and heat presses
Course Outcomes 
  • Understanding of Marketing fundamentals
  • Skill in the application of Social and Digital Marketing for business success