Secondary Education Certification in Business

Requirements

66 credit hours

In addition to the education courses required for a minor in secondary education (9-12) or minor in education (K-12), students seeking secondary certification in business must complete a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration.

The following business courses are required for the Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration:

General Education Courses for Business

ECON 23020Principles of Microeconomics

3

MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3

One of the following MTH courses:

MTH 14200Quantitative Methods for Business

3

MTH 15100College Algebra

3

MTH 15200Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions

3

MTH 17300Survey of Calculus

4

MTH 27100Calculus I

5

MTH 27200Calculus II

5

Core Business Courses

39 credit hours

MGMT 16022Introduction to Business and Free Enterprise

3

ACCT 21010Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 21011Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

ECON 23030Principles of Macroeconomics

3

MIS 24000Introduction to Information Systems

3

MGMT 26032Principles of Management

3

MGMT 26061Business Law I

3

FIN 32000Principles of Finance

3

MRKT 35010Principles of Marketing

3

MGMT 36033Introduction to Management Decision Science

3

INTL 38000Global Business and Society

3

MGMT 46082Management Policy

3

Notes: (1) Introduction to Business and Free Enterprise is waived if the student has nine or more credit hours in business coursework when entering the program.

(2) 46082 is the capstone course, which is to be taken during the student’s last semester of the business program.

Plus one of the HRM courses below

HRM 36510Human Resource Management

3

MGMT 36050Organizational Behavior

3

HRM 36540Employment Law

3

Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Human Resource Management will take all three of these courses.

Elective Business Courses

Student must complete the following elective courses:

COM 30300Written Communication for Business

3

MGMT 36043Principles of Operations Management

3

In addition, students must select six more business elective courses at the 30000 or 4000 level. (For students seeking a marketing add-on, four of these six business electives must be selected from within the marketing area, which will earn the student an emphasis in marketing from the School of Business.)

Note: As a business elective option, students might wish to consider FIN 32030 Consumer Finance, a course strongly recommended by DESE.

Students seeking certification in business must also complete the following education courses:

EDU 33600Secondary Methods of Teaching Business Education

3

EDU 37300Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs

3

Note: DESE requires all students seeking secondary certification to complete a total of nine credit hours of coursework in technology. The business core includes one technology course (MIS 24000). The student must select two additional courses in technology to fulfill this DESE requirement.

Verification of 2000 work hours in a business related field is also required. If the student does not have the necessary total of work hours, he or she may enroll for credit in field experience courses to meet this requirement. Students should speak to an education advisor.

Marketing Add-On

21 credit hours

In addition to the education courses required for a minor in secondary education (9-12) or minor in education (K-12), students seeking secondary certification in business with a marketing add-on must complete a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration with an emphasis in marketing. (For more information about a marketing emphasis, speak to a business advisor.)

The student seeking a marketing add-on must also complete the following education courses:

EDU 36500Coordination of Cooperative Education

3

EDU 36600Methods of Teaching Marketing

3

EDU 36700Curriculum for Marketing Education

3

Verification of 2000 work hours in a marketing related field is also required.

If the student does not have the necessary number of work hours in a marketing related field, the courses below may be taken for credit to fulfill this requirement:

EDU 36401Marketing Field Experience I

3

EDU 36402Marketing Field Experience II

3

EDU 36403Marketing Field Experience III

3

EDU 36404Marketing Field Experience IV

3

See an education advisor.