Business Education Major

Required Courses on Four-Year Professional Programs:

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

• or

• MATH 129 - 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:

1. Complete Business Education, Information, and Technology 492 with a grade of C+ or higher;
2. 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;
3. 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;
4. 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;
5. Pass Praxis II at the minimum level of competency or higher; and complete student teaching satisfactorily.