Making Cents Curriculum Overview
Making Cents' Entrepreneurship and Business Management curricula are extremely effective tools for creating, strengthening and supporting current and future entrepreneurs. The effectiveness is rooted in the experiential-learning methodologies that the curricula use. Through simulations, structured discussions, participatory exercises and peer-learning techniques, experiential-learning methodology brings real-life experience and opportunity into the training room and creates learning that is relevant, immediately applicable and long-lasting. Curricula include practical application such as writing a business plan and setting-up and running a mini-business during the training course.

Making Cents' curricula are used around the world in training rooms and classrooms with thousands of entrepreneurs ranging in age and background from youth to adult and beginner to seasoned entrepreneur. This curricula was originated by the South African Institute for Entrepreneurship.

Making Cents offers different curricula specifically designed for:
   1. Adults
   2. Youth
   3. Loan Officer Training

For a quick overview of all of these curriculum see below:

Curriculum for Adults

	MasterPlan	•	Literate Adults who require advanced small business skills training.
	MicroPlan	•	Literate Adults and young adults who require introductory business skills training.
	Simulation	•	Literate and Semi-Literate Participants (adults and young adults) who require basic business skills training in a limited timeframe or in coordination with other training programs.
	Business Idea Generator	•	Literate Adults who want to come up with potential business ideas.

Curriculum for High School Youth & Young Adults

	MicroPlan	•	Literate Adults and young adults who require introductory business skills training.
	Shake Out!	•	Advanced high school curriculum   11th - 12th grade
	Work Out!	•	Introductory high school curriculum   10th grade
	Break Out!	•	Alternative high school curriculum   9th grade
	Simulation	•	Highly interactive and fun basic business skills training curriculum. Great complement for any business class and in short time periods.

Curriculum for Middle School Youth & Young Adults

	Start Out!	•	Advanced middle school curriculum   7th - 8th grade
	Try Out!	•	Introductory middle school curriculum   6th grade
	Simulation	•	Highly interactive and fun basic business skills training curriculum. Great complement for any business class and in short time periods.

Curriculum for Elementary School Youth

	Look Out!	•	Advanced elementary school curriculum   5th grade
	Help Out!	•	Intermediate elementary school curriculum   4th grade
	Pop Up!	•	Introductory elementary school curriculum   2nd - 3rd grade