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Business Career Preparatory
Studies
What is Business Career Preparatory Studies?
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An alternative choice to
the traditional 4-year college degree program. It is offered through Luzerne
County Community College (LCCC), Penn State Hazleton, Scranton,
Wilkes-Barre, Keystone College, Lackawanna Junior College, Northampton
Community College, Northeast Pennsylvania Tech Prep Consortium (NEPTPC), and
50 area high schools. |
How Does Business Career Preparatory
Studies Work?
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High School freshman,
sophomores, juniors and seniors may enroll in a
course of study at Pleasant Valley High School. |
What Courses Are Available?
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These high school courses
articulate with the qualified Business Career Preparatory Studies associate
degree programs at the colleges listed above: |
Business Information Systems
What Does Business Career Preparatory
Studies Mean to
Parents and Students?
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It is a cost-effective
way to get a head start on a college career. |
- Gives you advantages over other graduates applying
for jobs.
- Can help you start your college career with advanced
placement. Students can obtain college credits while still in high school.
How Do I Begin A Business Career
Preparatory Studies Associate Degree Program?
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Begin investigating
Business Career Preparatory Studies programs with your
parents and /or counselors in 9th grade. |
- Choose a tentative career path in 10th
grade.
How Can I Get More Business Career
Preparatory Studies Program Information?
- Contact the NEPTPC Office at 570-740-0640
- Contact your high school Guidance Counselor
- Talk to your High School Business/Computer teachers
Print
Application and return to Mrs. Angle, JCM Computer Center (CCJ)
Business Information Systems
Business Career Preparatory Studies Program
(52.599)
There will be three approved Business Education Business Career Preparatory
Studies sequences. Students need to maintain a "B" average in all courses. If a
student falls below a "B" average they must be tutored to maintain their average
for the program.
Students will need to meet the following Academic Requirements:
| 4 . . . . ..
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History Credits |
| 4 . . . . .. |
Math Credits |
| 4 . . . . .. |
Science Credits |
| 4 . . . . .. |
English Credits |
| 6 1/2 . . . |
Elective
Credits |
All Business Career Preparatory Studies students will be required to
successfully complete the following
5 CORE BUSINESS/COMPUTER COURSES regardless of their selected sequence:
Business Applications of Technology
Computer Literacy
Accounting I
Word Processing
Business Management and Personal Finance
ACCOUNTING SEQUENCE
Electives to be taken in Junior or
Senior Year:
Accounting II
Accounting III
Business Law
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT/SECRETARIAL
SCIENCE
Electives to be taken in Junior or Senior Year:
Desktop Publishing
Business Law
Career Apprenticeship (1 Full Credit)
MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEM & BUSINESS DATA PROCESSING-GENERAL
Electives to be taken in Junior or Senior Year:
Desktop Publishing
Programming I & Programming II
Career Apprenticeship (1 Full Credit)
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