College Algebra vs Trig/Pre-Calc in 11th Grade [prospective business major]

Digging through business major web sites, it looks like:

Other schools:

In other words, it is possible that he may be able to avoid calculus as a business major, but that is not assured unless he wants to restrict his choice of colleges significantly and look into whether calculus is required before making his application list. However, even where calculus is not required, other math is likely to be required.