Enroll in Entrepreneurship with Dolphin STEM Academy

Course Overview

This one-semester course is intended to help you explain the concept of accounting, identify
different firm ownership structures, explain the importance of business ethics, and describe the
scope of quality management. The course has 17 lessons organized into 4 units. Each unit has
a Unit Activity and each lesson contains one or more Lesson Activities. This course will cover
the different types of capital that a business needs at different stages, the nature of legally
binding contracts, the different functions of the human resources division of a company, and the
types of risks that entrepreneurs face.

You will submit the Unit Activity documents to your teacher, and you will grade your work in the
Lesson Activities by comparing them with given sample responses. The Unit Activities
(submitted to the teacher) and Lesson Activities (self-checked) are the major components of this
course. There are other assessment components, namely the mastery test questions that
feature along with the lesson; the pre- and post-test questions that come at the beginning and
end of the unit, respectively; and an end-of-semester test. All of these tests are a combination of
simple multiple-choice questions and technology enhanced (TE) questions.

Course Goals

This course will help you meet the following goals:
Describe various sources and types of capital and types of assets and liabilities.
Describe the importance of the accounting function to a firm.
Describe how various accounting statements, ratios, and controls can help monitor a firm’s health.
Describe why personal finance is relevant to the entrepreneur.
Explain how liabilities and taxation vary across business structures.
Describe how legislation affects contracts, intellectual property, and marketing promotion.
Describe the laws that apply to marketing activities and environmental protection.
Describe legislation and norms that shape workplace policy and ethical behavior.
Describe how the human resources function can help a small enterprise grow.
Explain the importance of ethics in business and describe ways to ensure confidentiality of
important business information.
Describe soft skills that can help an entrepreneur run a successful business.
Describe technical skills that can help an entrepreneur run a successful business.
Describe the key elements in creating a roadmap and structure for a business firm and
explain the process of registering the firm.
Explain the nature of global trade and identify strategies for entering global markets.
Explain the importance of quality management and describe quality control concepts and processes.
Explain various metrics and procedures that are used to reduce risks and track enterprise performance.
List and explain requirements for a comprehensive business plan.