CVTE- Business
CVTE – BUSINESS EDUCATION
It is strongly recommended that students take the following sequence of courses during the recommended grade/year:
Grade 10 Accounting, Law
Grade 11-12 Virtual Enterprise, Marketing/Entrepreneurship, Economics, and Internship
VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE PROGRAM Credit: 2
Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: None
This course allows students to experience, in a simulated business environment, all aspects of
being an employee in a firm. It provides instruction and in-school work experience to develop
school-to-career skills.
Students work in one of the following departments: Fundraising, Human Resources, Accounting,
Web Page Design, and Sales and Marketing. Each person will be assigned to a department based
on their interest and application. Students will be communicating with other companies from
across the country and around the world to buy and sell virtual products with virtual money. A
trip to the New York City trade fair, where all Virtual Enterprises meet to buy and sell virtual
products from each other, is how the class concludes.
ACCOUNTING Credit: 1
Grades 10-12 Prerequisite: None
As owners and employees in the business world, a background in accounting is essential to build
a strong foundation for your career. Topics include payroll, taxes, preparing financial statements, and recording day to day financial information. College preparatory students interested in Business Administration and Finance should take this course to obtain skills/ experience for continuance in business careers.
LAW Credit: .5
Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: None
This course makes use of a case study approach to understanding your legal responsibilities.
Criminal Law, Tort Law, Constitutional Law, and Consumer Law are all investigated. Past field
trips have included trips to the Berkshire County House of Correction and the Southern
Berkshire District Court House.
MARKETING Credit: .5
Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: None
With an emphasis on sports marketing, this course will discuss topics such as advertising, selling,
pricing strategies, store/stadium layout, inventory, and customer relations. This is a
course where students will be involved in fantasy sports, market research, advertising,
and display research of sports franchise that they will create from the beginning. Everything from the franchise name, to the mascot, uniforms, even the stadium in which your franchise will play will be considered.
ECONOMICS Credit: 1
Grades 11-12 Prerequisite: None
This course deals with the topic of Economics on a personal level dealing with such topics as; Checking, Credit and Debit, Consumers Smarts, Buying a Car, Renting an Apartment, Identity Theft, Shopping on-line, Paying for College, Getting a Job. It also deals with economics on a national and international level discussing topics such as Macro Economics dealing with GDP, Unemployment, Growth and Development, Business Cycles, Supply and Demand, and fiscal policy. Also Microeconomics dealing with Business Organizations in the US and Sales Choices made businesses as well as Entrepreneurship. Practical examples and cases studies will also be used.
BUSINESS MANAGEMENT Credit: 1
Grades 10-12 Prerequisite: 2 Business Courses or permission of the instructor
An advanced level business course that focuses on the opportunities and challenges of ethically managing a business in the free enterprise system. Students will attain an understanding of management theories and processes that contribute to the achievement of organizational goals. The management of human and financial resources is emphasized. International business will also be discussed. The class will culminate with the analysis of an actual business.