Types of Curricula and Description:

I.        Career Planning ½ Credit –Year ONE—Freshman

a.  Each freshman AOF student will take a half semester of career planning.

b.  This course is designed to introduce students to the process of career exploration and research. Students will consider what characteristics (abilities, interests, values, and personality) help make them the unique people that they are and begin thinking about how this self-knowledge relates to their choice of a major and a career. Students will identify the relationship between career planning and lifelong goals. All assignments and projects are designed to develop the technological knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to succeed in future academic and professional pursuits. *Required for CTE endorsement for CAS, Accounting and Computer Graphics 

II.     Financial Management ½ Credit—Year TWO—Sophomore

a.  Each sophomore AOF student will take a half semester of financial management.

b.  This course stresses such items as use of banking facilities, credit usage, insurance usage to manage personal risk, and completing of Federal and State Tax forms. This course will examine and give students ideas and ways that they can begin to work on the building of their personal wealth. Various investment options will be examined and the students will complete an investment portfolio as part of the course requirements. Upon completion of the course the students should understand aspects of financial literacy. *Required for CTE endorsement for CAS, Accounting and Computer Graphics

III.   Entrepreneurship 1 Credit—Year TWO—Sophomore

a.  Each sophomore AOF student will take an entire school year of Entrepreneurship.

b.  If you are someday hoping to open up your own business, this course is for you. The course is designed to help students be successful in creating and running a small business. The focus will be on selecting a business and preparing a business plan. Topics will include: types of business ownership, management principles, Internet organization, and human resource management, with marketing, finance and risk management. Students will also be utilizing the Virtual Business Retailing Simulation. *Required for CTE endorsement for Accounting

IV.     Personal Finance ½ Credit—Year THREE---Junior

a.  Each junior will take a half year in Personal Finance.

b.  PERSONAL FINANCE (BUS 1610 - JCC 3 credits) Banking and Finance will be designed for students to gain a hands-on working environment with respect to the banking industry of today. Students will be responsible for actually running a full service bank with respect to customer service, opening bank accounts, running teller transactions, scheduling, auditing all while learning about banking regulations as well as problem solving skills. Students will gain practical knowledge of balancing the ATM as well as dual control. Students will gain knowledge in respect to security, fraud, and computer software applications. Students will be prepared to actually work for a bank once this course is completed. SUNY JCC college credit will also be an option for students who take and pass the JCC College Placement Test and then pass the course. (3 SUNY credits) Accuplacer score of 80+/250+; students not pursuing college credit for this class do not have to take the Accuplacer test.

V.       Sports and Entertainment Marketing ½ Credit—Year THREE—Junior

a.  Each junior will take a half year in Sports and Entertainment Marketing.

b.  Get ready for two of the most exciting and most competitive businesses in the world. The sports and entertainment industries are two of the most profitable industries in the United States. Sports and entertainment marketing is a subject to which all students can relate. Sports and entertainment marketing are everywhere-not just ballparks and theatres, but at schools, on television and radio, in stores and on the Internet. Students will learn about the key functions of marketing and how those functions are applied to the sports and entertainment industry.

VI.     College Accounting 1 Credit—Year FOUR---Senior

a.  Each senior will take an entire year of College Accounting.

b.  The first half of the course will be the JCC BUS 1410 Accounting course. This is a college level introductory accounting class. Topics that are covered include: journalizing business transactions that affect a service business, posting of transactions to a general ledger, and the preparation of financial statements. Students will also journalize business transactions for a merchandising business into special journals, posting to various ledger accounts, and preparation of financial statements. Most of the work will be done using accounting software. The second half of the course will be examining various aspects of the accounting principles and their effects on management decisions. Students will examine notes receivable, notes payable, adjusting and closing entries, inventory calculations, bad debt expense calculations, tax liabilities, employment payroll requirements and necessary filing requirements. *Required for CTE endorsement for Accounting

VII.  Internship 1 Credit—Year FOUR—Senior

a.  Each senior will take an entire year of Internship.

An innovative learning experience where students participate in a non-paid, part-time community based learning experience. Students are paired with local organizations to learn about work that goes on in a particular field. Students are generally scheduled for Work Study in the afternoon and are released early from the HS so they can work with their internship host at a local business or government agency. Students involved in Work Study may earn up to one credit (awarded in half credit units) by fulfilling between 80-100 hours of on-site experience and participating in seminars. The in-school seminars focus on safety, job skills, human relations skills and career-making decisions. A supervisor will coordinate all Internships and determine an academic grade Students accepted and enrolled in Work Study must be in good academic standing and maintain that standing during their enrollment. Students need to provide their own transportation.