Beginning in the 2026-27 school year, Gunn High School is adding Advanced Placement Business with Personal Finance to its catalog of AP courses. The class will be open to 11th- and 12th-grade students who have taken prior business courses at Gunn High, such as Principles of Business or BEAM (Business, Entrepreneurship, and Math).
The course is designed to equip students with the skills they need to build their own businesses and careers, according to its description in the Gunn Course Catalog. The curriculum will cover principles of entrepreneurship, marketing, finance, accounting and management through case studies and projects.
Gunn business teacher Khoa Dao said the idea for the class came when he received a promotional email from College Board’s AP Career Kickstart, a program that designs high school courses in career and technical education fields. The email discussed two potential upcoming courses: AP Business with Personal Finance and AP Cybersecurity…