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Secondary Education Certification in Business

Requirements

72 credit hours Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration

3 credit hours of written communication

42-44 credit hours Minor in Secondary Education (9-12)

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 for the Bachelor of Arts:
MTH 14200Quantitative Methods for Business

3
MTH 15100College Algebra

3
MTH 17500Business Calculus and Applications

4
MTH 27100Calculus I

5
One of the following MTH courses for the Bachelor of Science:
MTH 15100College Algebra

3
MTH 17500Business Calculus and Applications

4
MTH 27100Calculus I

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 36033Business Analytics I

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

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 business elective courses at or above the 30000 level, including no more than one Special Topics and/or Internship course. (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 Plaster School of Business and Entrepreneurship.)

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

Methods of Teaching

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.