COURSE CODE: 8114

Make It Your Business

SCED Code: 12151
Virginia Extended Description: 18
Suggested Grade Level: 6, 7, 8
Duration: 18 Weeks
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No

This course introduces students to the dynamic world of business ownership and entrepreneurship. Students explore concepts and techniques for planning and navigating the challenges of operating a business using best practices, ethics, and management skills. Course focus includes product/service planning, financial statements, marketing concepts, sales and customer service, and basic economic principles necessary for successful business operation. 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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Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
General Management
  • Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
  • Construction Managers
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Sales Managers
Operations Management
  • Administrative Services Managers
  • Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • Facilities Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Project Management Specialists
  • Purchasing Managers
  • Web and Digital Interface Designers

Pathway Occupation
Lodging
  • Food Service Managers
  • Lodging Managers
  • Residential Advisors
Recreation, Amusements & Attractions
  • Animal Trainers
  • Athletes and Sports Competitors
  • Lodging Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
Restaurants & Food/Beverage Services
  • Food Service Managers
  • Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
Travel & Tourism
  • Food Service Managers
  • Lodging Managers
  • Travel Agents
  • Tour and Travel Guides

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Communications
  • Editors
  • Fundraisers
  • Public Relations Specialists
  • Sales Managers
  • Technical Writers
  • Writers and Authors
Marketing Management
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes
  • Fundraising Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
  • Public Relations Managers
  • Sales Managers
Marketing Research
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
  • Marketing Managers
  • Survey Researchers
Merchandising
  • Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers
  • Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products
  • Retail Salespersons
  • Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
  • Telemarketers
  • Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products
Professional Sales
  • Advertising Sales Agents
  • Appraisers and Assessors of Real Estate
  • Appraisers of Personal and Business Property
  • Computer Programmers
  • Demonstrators and Product Promoters
  • Interior Designers
  • Lodging Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners
  • Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers
  • Real Estate Brokers
  • Real Estate Sales Agents
  • Sales Managers
  • Telemarketers
  • Travel Agents

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