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FACULTY/STAFF
Mike Lynch '77
TEACHES: Consumer Education, Honors Economics, Economics, Marketing Management,
Intro to Computers
EXTRAS: Business & Technology Department Chair,
Head Intramural Moderator, Coaching—Head Varsity
Boys Volleyball
YEARS AT ST. FRANCIS: 12
YEARS IN EDUCATION: 12
DEGREE(S) EARNED:
1981, Bachelor of Science in Business/Finance,
University of Illinois Champaign
Business & Social Studies
Departments
630-668-5800, x1193
mlynch@sfhsnet.org
Classes:
Consumer Education - This course is designed
to give students a better understanding of the role of consumers, industry,
and government in our economic system.
Improving the students' decision making skills by developing their ability
to judge consumer situations and make educated decisions that best fit their
needs is one of the major goals of the course. The students will learn how
to budget money wisely, balance a checkbook, apply for credit, and shop for
housing and furniture. Projects on careers, personal budgeting, decision
making, the stock market, and credit provide in-depth study opportunities.
Students
will also be introduced to some of the frauds and other problems that can
arise when purchasing a product, and what options are open to obtain
redress.
Marketing Managment - This course introduces students to three different aspects of business: marketing, management, and finance. This course is designed to show students how businesses market their products or services; how businesses manage their day-to-day operations; and how businesses finance their operations and manage their cash flow. Students will be exposed to the stock market, simulation projects and software, and the Internet.
Economics - This course is designed to explain the role that economics plays in the decision-making process. First, the students will learn about microeconomics--how individual choices affect supply and demand, organization of individual business firms and markets, and how individual incomes are determined. Next, the students will learn about macroeconomics--choices made by the whole economy, gross domestic product, unemployment, inflation, and money supply and banking systems. Last, the student will learn about the world economy--how choices affect the global economy, international trade, and problems of less-developed countries.
Honors Economics - This course is similar to the Economics course (see course description, above) but with in-depth coverage of microeconomics concepts in order to prepare students to write the Advanced Placement examination in microeconomics. In this challenging course, students will read more than twice as much as regular economics students.