We are updating the material in Business Finance for January 2016. We hope you enjoy the changes!
How many employees do I need? What are my profits? How do I do my taxes? Answer the basic questions that each small business owner needs to know. Create businesses and sell products.
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Unit 1 Choose a Company |
This unit will introduce the course material. You will take personality surveys and fill out job applications. You will determine which companies you want to work for. |
Week 2 Week 3 |
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Unit 2 Create and Sell Product |
This lesson teaches you how to calculate and estimate weekly payments for specific products your company is selling. |
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Unit 3 Advertise |
This lesson teaches you how to calculate area, balance spatial design, and consider the effects of color on your design as you calculate the price of an advertisement. |
Week 5 Week 6 |
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Unit 4 Where is Tax Money Spent |
You will learn the importance the government places on taxes, learn about very large numbers, and will learn where tax money is spent. |
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Unit 5 Federal Taxes |
You will understand different tax structures and will calculate taxes from the tax brackets. |
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Unit 6 Tax Returns |
You will complete a simple personal tax return form for Federal Taxes using form 1040EZ. |
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Unit 7 Calculating Staffing Requirements |
This lesson teaches how to calculate costs and staffing requirements in a company. |
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Unit 8 Calculating Selling Price |
This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching you how to create a pricing model for a popcorn company. |
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Unit 9 Product Design and Sales |
This lesson expands the concepts of unit sales and percents by teaching students how to design and sell a Marshmallow Shooter. |
Week 12 Week 13 |
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Unit 10 Travel Agent – Design a Trip |
This lesson teaches students how to plan for a road trip. they will calculate travel costs, hotel costs, and time zones. |
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Unit 11 Restaurant Owner – Menu Design |
You will use fractions, unit conversion, markup, and unit sales as you create a menu and associated recipes for a restaurant. |
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Unit 12 Shipping |
This lesson will teach students the basics of calculating shipping costs. |
Week 16 | Unit 13 Experimental Probability |
This unit teaches about probability, both calculated and experimental. | |
Week 17 Week 18 |
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Unit 14 Projecting Profits |
This unit teaches how to graph company profits, and create equations for projecting profits based on future sales. |
Week 19 Week 20 |
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Unit 15 Business Finance Final Review |
During this lesson, you will review some of the most fundamental topics that are needed to survive in life. These items will be on the final exam. |