COURSE CODE: 6116

Principles of Business and Marketing

SCED Code: 12051
Virginia Extended Description: 18
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10
Duration: 18 Weeks
Hours: 70
Credits: 0.5
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: FBLA

Students discover the roles of business and marketing in the free enterprise system and the global economy. Students examine basic financial concepts of banking, insurance, credit, taxation, and investments to provide a strong background for making sound decisions as consumers, wage earners, and citizens. The real-world effects of technology, effective communication, and interpersonal skills is evident throughout the course. This course also supports career-development skills and explores career options. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
A/V Technology & Film
  • Audio and Video Technicians

Pathway Occupation
Administrative Support
  • Computer Occupations, All Other
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Receptionists and Information Clerks
  • Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
Business Information Management
  • Receptionists and Information Clerks
General Management
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Bill and Account Collectors
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Human Resources Management
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
Operations Management
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Marketing Managers
  • Procurement Clerks
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Sales Managers

Pathway Occupation
Lodging
  • Concierges
  • Lodging Managers
  • Marketing Managers
Recreation, Amusements & Attractions
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Recreation Workers
  • Retail Salespersons
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
  • Facilities Managers
  • Food Service Managers
  • Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Travel & Tourism
  • Human Resources Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Tour Guides and Escorts
  • Travel Agents

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Communications
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Art Directors
  • Marketing Managers
  • Public Relations Specialists
  • Sales Managers
Marketing Management
  • Chief Executives
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Retail Salespersons
Marketing Research
  • Database Administrators
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Merchandising
  • Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
  • Retail Salespersons
Professional Sales
  • Sales Managers
  • Telemarketers

Pathway Occupation
Health, Safety, & Environmental Management
Sales & Service
  • Billing and Posting Clerks
  • Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other
  • Parts Salespersons
  • Customer Service Representatives

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