Overview of Curriculum

Description of each unit

Unit 1: Introduction to business
This unit focuses on important theoretical concepts, vocabulary, and keywords which will be frequently used on later units and in the field of business studies. This unit will span a month as students who are new to business familiarize themselves with important terms and a mindset that will guide them through the entire curriculum later on. For those who are already comfortable with these business concepts, it will still be a good review.

Unit 2: Marketing
This unit focuses on fundamental marketing concepts: it teaches students crucial aspects of marketing and allows students to conduct their own analysis or marketing project to better understand those aspects. This unit will span 2 months and there will be a project each month. Unit 2 is important because it gives students an understanding of how, who, and what to promote given a product that they have, which is the foundation of being able to sell.

Unit 3: Strategy
This unit focuses on useful frameworks and tools which can help entrepreneurs determine the best strategy for their business model. These frameworks, created by experts of the field, will allow students to minimize and avoid risks of a competitive market while making way for future growth. This unit will span 2 months and there will be a project each month. Unit 3 is important because it trains students to critically analyze competition and predict it before it even arise.

Unit 4: Operation
This unit focuses on cost-efficient business operations and the factors which can influence costs. Unit 4 allows students to think about how specific details in the entire chain of production can be improved and minimize costs, increasing profit margin. This unit will span 2 months and there will be a project each month. Unit 4 is important because it eliminates small details which ultimately accumulate to a large cost, an aspect of business which sometimes goes unnoticed.

Unit 5: Finance
This unit focuses on the calculation of financial reports and analyzing them to gain insights about a business. Innovative Infinity partners up with experts in the field of finance to compile a finance course. This unit will span 4 months as there is much to cover in the field of finance, but with monthly projects, mastery can be very achievable. Unit 5 is important because it provides a foundation of finance for students and ways to objectively evaluate a business' health.

Unit 6: Sustainability, ethics, and laws
This unit focuses on the responsibilities of a business and how essential it is for all businesses to serve the community in some ways. Unit 6 aims to nurture the mindset of sustainability of future leaders so that every action is intended to build and help society. This unit will span a month and there will be a project. Unit 6 is important because society is highly shaped by the businesses that make up itself, and each business must think about the well-being of society in its operations.

Unit 7: Data Analytics
This unit introduces softwares that can assist in constructing clean databases and visualizations. It also teaches important data concepts of business, allowing students to optimize and prioritize the business' operations. This unit will span a month and there will be a project. Unit 7 is important because it provides methods to utilize technology to objectively analyze a business' operations.