Secondary Education in Business (vocational)

The Secondary Education in Business group major is designed to prepare teachers for vocational business education subjects in area technical centers and comprehensive high schools. The student must complete the major in Secondary Education in Business and an approved teachable minor offered for Secondary Education Curriculum.

1. Minimum Hours Required for this Curriculum (126 hours)

2. General Education Requirements (37 hours)

3. Teaching Major from the Following Courses (36 hours)

ACTY 2100 - Principles of Accounting I Credits: 3 hours
ACTY 2110 - Principles of Accounting II Credits: 3 hours
BCM 3800 - Business Web Design Credits: 3 hours
BCM 4830 - Business Publications and Presentations Credits: 3 hours
CIS 2600 - Business Programming A Credits: 3 hours
COM 1700 - Interpersonal Communication Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2090 - Consumer Education Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2250 - Computer Applications Credits: 3 hours
LAW 3800 - Legal Environment Credits: 3 hours

Select 6 hours from the following:

Prerequisite for program: Keyboarding (or BIS 1820 Keyboarding Content)

BCM 3860 - Advanced Office Systems Credits: 3 hours
BCM 3880 - Records Management Credits: 3 hours
BCM 4560 - Office Management Credits: 3 hours

4. Approved Minor for Secondary Education Curriculum (20 hours)

5. Professional Education courses (24 hours)

CTE 3050 - Career and Employability Skills Credits: 3 hours
CTE 3480 - Student Assessment and Management Credits: 3 hours
CTE 5100 - Special Populations in Career and Technical Education Credits: 3 hours
CTE 5120 - Principles of Career and Technical Education Credits: 3 hours
CTE 5130 - Teaching Methods in Career and Technical Education Credits: 3 hours
CTE 5420 - Curriculum Development in CTE Credits: 3 hours
ED 3050 - K-12 Content Area Literacy Credits: 3 hours

Select Either:

ED 2500 - Human Development Credits: 3 hours
FCS 2140 - Child Development Credits: 3 hours

6. Directed Internship (12 hours)

CTE 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 2 hours
CTE 4750 - Intern Teaching in CTE Credits: 10 hours

7. Related Work Experience

A total of 4000 hours of recent and relevant work experiences is required for Vocational Certification. Up to 2000 hours of the required 4000 can be obtained through university-supervised internship or work experience.

Baccalaureate Writing Requirement

Students in the Secondary Education in Business major should see the advisor to select a course that will satisfy the Baccalaureate Writing requirement.