Business+Finance

Business Finance

Orange High School 500 Orange High School Road, Hillsborough North Carolina 27278 Course Title: **Principles of Business Finance** Room Number: **122** Telephone Number: **919-732-6133 ext. 20602** Email Address: **greg.motley@orange.k12.nc.us** Class Website: www.motlocrew.wikispaces.com
 * Greg Motley **


 * Course Description: ** This course introduces students to topics related to business, finance, management, and marketing to cover business in the global economy, functions of business organization and management, marketing basics, and significance of business financial and risk management. English language arts, social studies, and mathematics are reinforced. Work-based learning strategies appropriate for this course include mentorship, school-based enterprise, service learning, and job shadowing. Cooperative education is not available for this course. Apprenticeship is not available for this course. DECA(an association for Marketing Education students) and FBLA(Future Business Leaders of America competitive events, community service and leadership activities provide the opportunity to apply essential standards and workplace readiness skills through authentic experiences.

The grade for each quarter is based on the assignments and test completed during the quarter.
 * Grading Policies **: The VOCATS (Vocational Competency Achievement Tracking System) Is an end of course exam, that each student enrolled in the class must take at the end of the semester. This exam counts 20% of the student total grade.

Test.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50%

Projects and Papers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30%

Notebook Checks and Class Work. . . . . . . . . . .20%

We have a student organization, **FBLA** that we encourage students to participate in. Our goal is the get 100 % of our students involved with this club. Students have to participate in one of the CTE clubs to qualify for ** National Technical Honors Society **<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. Please encourage our child to participate.


 * <span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Supplies **<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. Each student will need a 3 ring binder, pencil, and pen each day for class.

**<span style="color: #042a55; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Thanks and I look forward to working with you and your child throughout the semester. **