2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog

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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [Archived]

Business Education Major

(91 credits)

Prepares teachers who provide business and technology instruction to Indiana junior high/middle school and high school students.

*Accredited by AACSB International- The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. For more information click here.

Required Courses on Four-Year Professional Programs:

Business:

BUS 100 - Introduction to Contemporary Business 3 credits
or
MGT 140 - Introduction to Business 2 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
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:

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.