Business Education Major

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(91 credits)

The business education major course work prepares students for positions as business teachers in junior high/middle school and high school settings. Students enrolling in the business education major also complete courses in Indiana State’s College of Education. The business education major meets the licensure requirements for teaching business courses in the public middle/junior high and high schools of Indiana.

Required Courses on Four-Year Professional Programs:

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 credits
BUS 180 - Business Information Tools 3 credits
BUS 201 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credits
BUS 202 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credits
BUS 205 - Business Statistics I 3 credits
BUS 263 - Legal Environment and Business 3 credits
BUS 305 - Business Statistics II 3 credits
BUS 311 - Business Finance 3 credits
BUS 351 - Introduction to Operations Management 3 credits
BUS 361 - Principles of Marketing 3 credits
BUS 371 - Management and Organizational Behavior 3 credits
BUS 401 - Senior Business Experience 3 credits

Economics:

ECON 200 - Principles of Macroeconomics 3 credits
ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics 3 credits

Required Courses that may fulfill Foundational Studies:

BEIT 336 - Business Report Writing 3 credits
MATH 115 - College Algebra 3 credits
or
MATH 131 - Calculus I 4 credits
MATH 301 - Fundamentals and Applications of Calculus 3 credits

Required Courses by all Teacher Education Programs (30 credits):

EPSY 202 - Psychology of Childhood and Adolescence 3 credits
EPSY 341 - Education in a Multicultural Society 3 credits
SPED 226 - The Exceptional Learner in the Regular Classroom 3 credits
CIMT 200 - Teaching I 2 credits
CIMT 301 - Teaching IIa 2 credits (Admission to BCP I)
(Co-requisite CIMT 302)
CIMT 302 - Teaching IIb 2 credits (EPSY 202)
(Blocked with CIMT 301)
CIMT 400 - Teaching III 3 credits (CIMT 301 & 302)
CIMT 400L - Teaching III Practicum 1 credits
(concurrent enrollment in CIMT 400)
CIMT 401 - Student Teaching 11 credits
(CIMT and BEIT approval)

Required Courses for Business Education Program (13 credits):

BEIT 317 - Document Planning and Design 3 credits
BEIT 320 - Spreadsheet and Database Applications 3 credits
BEIT 337 - Managing Information Resources and Staff 3 credits
BEIT 402 - Teaching an Integrated Unit 1 credits (concurrent enrollment in CIMT 401)
BEIT 492 - Methodology of Teaching Business Subjects 3 credits

Licensure Requirements:

Complete Business Education, Information, and Technology 492 with a grade of C+ or higher;
Complete all courses in the major with a 2.5 grade point average or higher and achieve a grade point average of 2.5 or higher in all courses taken;
Complete Business Education, Information, and Technology 317, 320, 336, and 337 with a 2.5 or higher grade point average for this block of courses with no grade lower than a C for each course;
Complete each course in Phase I, II, and III of the Professional Education sequence with a grade of C or higher and achieve a grade point average of 2.5 or higher for all of these courses;
Pass Praxis II at the minimum level of competency or higher; and complete student teaching satisfactorily.

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