Hi! I am Karen Winchester and I teach a variety of Business Classes.

About BCIS…
Students will use Microsoft 2003 to learn business computer skills. Microsoft Word is a versatile, easy to use word processing program that helps you create letters, memos, reports and other types of documents. Microsoft Excel is electronic spreadsheet software. Excel can be used to perform simple business or personal calculations and create charts. Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful but easy to use presentation graphics program you can use to create professional quality slide presentations. Publisher will also be introduced. This program will enable students to create newsletters and brochures. The students create a calendar at the end of the first semester that can be given as a gift or keep for personal use.

About Career Connections...Career Connections is a class designed to teach job and career management tools to enable students to reach their full career potential. Students will learn how to create a resume, land job interviews, and be a successful employee. Students will develop essential career success skills through class activities and instruction. A career portfolio will be created using Microsoft Word and Publisher.

About Marketing Essentials…This course is a series of activities that focus on the customer to generate a profitable exchange. Students gain knowledge in the following areas: distribution, financing, market-information management, pricing, product planning, promotion, purchasing, risk-management and selling skills needed to help customers make satisfying buying decisions. Students will learn the basics of free enterprise and economics and understanding these concepts will allow students to know the interrelationship between business and marketing.


About Sports and Entertainment Marketing…

About Sports and Entertainment Marketing...Sports Marketing looks at the importance of this type of Marketing and how it affects the consumer. It also looks at the economic and social impact of college athletics, Professional sports, teams and ethics in marketing these aspects of marketing. We will also look at the open field of careers in these areas of marketing.