Academy Courses

The Case Accelerator for Student Entrepreneurship provides Punahou students with dynamic learning opportunities through its Academy Courses. These courses foster a deep understanding of business, leadership, and innovation. Going beyond traditional classroom experiences, these courses connect students with real-world insights and challenges to prepare them for meaningful futures in entrepreneurship and beyond.

Founded in 2004 by Punahou Trustee Mark Fukunaga ’74 and businessman Brian Barbata, the class offers students real-world business insights from seasoned professionals. Since its inception, more than 200 students have taken the class, many of whom have ventured off into the business world. BOS is not a typical introductory course that only touches upon business fundamentals. Rather, it’s a big-picture course that teaches strategy and leadership and how businesses operate and compete.

New for Summer 2025, the Case Accelerator for Student Entrepreneurship is offering a new Ke Kilohana course called AI for Social Good. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence while exploring how AI can be used for positive social change. Through a combination of readings, video lectures, interactive simulations, and collaborative projects, students will examine AI’s potential for accelerating social good while considering ethical dimensions like privacy, bias, and transparency.

• Coding for Entrepreneurs
• Coding for Social Change
• Art of Entrepreneurship
• History of Entrepreneurship at Punahou
• Entrepreneurship Seminar: Emergent Technologies

• Applying Philosophy to Global Issues
• Arts Entrepreneurship
• Bioethics
• Business Problem Solving
• Capitalism: Past, Present, and Future
• Climate Action and Sustainability
• Cybersecurity
• Data Visualization
• Entrepreneurship in a Global Context
• Game Theory
• Digital Photography
• Graphic Design 
• Intro to AI
• Intro to Branding and Marketing
• Intro to Legal Thinking
• Investing I
• Personal Finance
• Positive Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Problem Solving with Engineering and Design
• Computer Science I: Computational Thinking
• Computer Science II: Analyzing Data with Python
• Computer Science II: Game Design and Development
• Computer Science II: Java