Overview
The purpose of the business education major is to provide teacher candidates with a broad understanding of business and strive for excellence in business to glorify God through stewardship, leadership and service.
The Business Education program is designed to prepare students for a teaching career in grades 6-12. This program is a collaborative effort between the business department and the School of Education. The School of Education collaborates with area schools to provide students with observation and teaching experiences to enhance their learning. Students' education experience will culminate in student teaching.
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Core Classes
Principles of Accounting I
ACN 2100
Provides students with a basic understanding of the role of accounting information in business. Focuses on business operating processes throughout the management planning, performing and evaluating cycles. Intended to open the door on understanding the world of business, provide insights on how businesses operate, and enable students to become familiar with the conventions used by businesses to report to those who need to know more about the business.
Course Hours: 3
Microcomputer Accounting Applications for Education
ACT 2240
An introduction to computerized accounting systems providing hands-on experience with a general ledger software package as well as an introduction to electronic spreadsheets and data-bases.
Course Hours: 1
Business Communication
BUS 2250
Focuses on the development of the communication skills necessary for effective management. Interpersonal, small group, and organizational communications are considered. Both written and oral communication skills are emphasized.
Course Hours: 3
Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management
BUS 2300
Designed to teach the student concepts and skills needed to succeed in an entrepreneurial venture. It will include understanding unique characteristics an entrepreneur should possess, and it will view marketing, economics, finance, accounting, management, communication and legal issues from a small business perspective.
Course Hours: 3
Statistics for Business and Economics I
BSN 3000
An introduction to statistical tools in the context of managerial and economic decision making. Topics include classification and tabulation of data, tables and charts, descriptive summary measure, and frequency distributions. Correlation, linear regression, and process control charts are introduced.
Course Hours: 3
Production and Operations Management
BUS 3500
Management of production systems with emphasis on the production process system inputs, transformations, system outputs, and techniques for decision making.
Course Hours: 3
Business Law I
BUS 4040
Basic principles of law covering the development and nature of the legal system, constitutional authority to regulate business, torts and product liability, business crimes, contracts, sales, and negotiable instruments.
Course Hours: 3
Business Policies
BSN 4200
A systematic approach to company-wide problems; the structure of deciding integrated policies and the administrative processes that are necessary to carry out policies. Senior Business Administration majors only or with permission of instructor.
Course Hours: 3
Principles of Microeconomics
ECN 2010
An introduction to the study of microeconomics with an emphasis on the individual actors, consumers, households, firms and resource owners. Prerequisite to all advanced courses in the department except as noted.
Course Hours: 3
IT Networking and Security
CIT 2500
Designed to introduce students to issues related to system and network security. Topics covered include access control, authentication, authorization, data security and integrity, encryption, recovery, computer forensics, and business continuance. Students will learn about and work with firewalls, network security, application security, e-mail security, and tools for security, monitoring, and auditing the IT environment.
Course Hours: 3
Principles of Marketing
MKT 3100
Business activities in moving goods from production to final consumption.
Course Hours: 3
Overview
The purpose of the business education major is to provide teacher candidates with a broad understanding of business and strive for excellence in business to glorify God through stewardship, leadership and service.
The Business Education program is designed to prepare students for a teaching career in grades 6-12. This program is a collaborative effort between the business department and the School of Education. The School of Education collaborates with area schools to provide students with observation and teaching experiences to enhance their learning. Students' education experience will culminate in student teaching.
