Business Administration, BA 9-12 Secondary Education Certification

114-116 credit hours

Requirements

 

General Education Courses for Business

ECON 23020Principles of Microeconomics

3

ECON 23030Principles of Macroeconomics

3

MTH 14100Basic Statistics

3

One of the following GE Communication course

COM 10200Public Debate

3

COM 10500Group Dynamics and Effective Speaking

3

COM 11000Fundamentals of Oral Communication

3

SW 20000Intercultural Communication

3

One of the following MTH courses for the Bachelor of Arts:

MTH 14200Quantitative Methods for Business

3

MTH 15100College Algebra

3

MTH 15200Pre-calculus: Elementary Functions

3

MTH 17300Survey of Calculus

4

MTH 17500Business Calculus and Applications

4

MTH 27100Calculus I

5

MTH 27200Calculus II

5

Core Business Courses

36 credit hours

ACCT 21010Principles of Financial Accounting

3

ACCT 21011Principles of Managerial Accounting

3

FIN 32000Principles of Finance

3

INTL 38000Global Business and Society

3

MGMT 24000Introduction to Information Systems

3

MGMT 26032Principles of Management

3

MGMT 26061Business Law I

3

MGMT 36033Business Analytics I

3

MGMT 46082Management Policy

3

MRKT 35010Principles of Marketing

3

One of the following: 

MGMT 16022Introduction to Business and Free Enterprise

3

MGMT 16025Business Environment & First Year Seminar

3

Notes: (1) MGMT 16022 or MGMT 16025 is waived if the student has nine or more credit hours in business coursework when entering the program.

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

One of the following:
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 & Entrepreneurship.)

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

Education Requirements

EDU 10000Orientation to Educational Experiences

3

EDU 11100School Observation

1

EDU 20200Psychology of Teaching and Learning

3

EDU 21501Teacher Education Seminar I

1

EDU 30710Content Literacy for Diverse Learners

3

EDU 32100Middle/High School Classroom Teaching and Technology

3

EDU 33600Secondary Methods of Teaching Business Education

3

EDU 34100Education of the Exceptional Child

3

EDU 34300Middle/High School Differentiation and Classroom Management

3

EDU 36500Coordination of Cooperative Education

3

EDU 37300Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs

3

EDU 38000Pre-Student Teaching Practicum

1

EDU 38700Reading/Writing across Curriculum

3

EDU 40400Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning

3

EDU 41000Student Teaching

12

Notes: (1) The total number of credit hours required for secondary education certification is dependent on the student’s major content area, as degree requirements in content areas vary.

(2) Students in secondary education (9-12) and K-12 certification programs must officially declare a minor in either secondary education (9-12) or education (K-12) in order to be recognized for the additional educational coursework completed.