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Business Management for High Schoolers

Gain Real-World Leadership and Business Skills to Drive Organizational Success

Business management encompasses logistics and coordination of activities in an organizational enterprise. In this program, high school students develop a practical understanding of policy creation and resource allocation as a means to achieve institutional objectives.

Learning Format:





 
Online | 3 - 9 Months 

Enjoy the flexibility of learning at your own pace while the class is open. Courses are 100 percent online, with no in-person meetings. You will have access to the course materials for about 3-weeks per course during the Summer quarter and about 10-weeks per course during the Fall, Winter and Spring quarters. This program is a cohort. Enrolled students will take all 3 courses together and in order.

What you will learn:





 
  • Explain and practice the influence of personality, values, attitudes and perceptions of organizational behavior through the application of motivational theories to organizational scenarios.
  • Analyze and apply leadership theories, including power bases and influence tactics.
  • Explore the role marketing plays in any organization.
  • Develop a practical understanding of cost-effective marketing strategy and product planning/development.
  • Examine case studies, apply findings and themes to real-world challenges as a means to guide strategic-decision making.
  • Skills critical to professional success and/or success in postsecondary education (creativity, collaboration, communication, presentation, organization and problem solving, resilience and growth mindset, among others) are infused throughout the program.

Average Entry Level Salary





 

$69,000 - $125,000 per year

How to Enroll:





 
Pay as You Go Per Course:

For general enrollments, expand the “courses” tab at the bottom of this page to review the course list and then click a course to see details and enroll. You may pay per course as you work through the program. Courses must be taken in sequence.

Scholarships:





 

No Futures scholarships are available for Fall 2025.

Contact Us

Department
Pre-College

Phone
(858) 534-0804

Email
precollege@ucsd.edu