Offered by Department of Economics:

Business Education Major

Vocational Business Education 7-12
Teaching Field Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

BT BAE 1210

All College of Business and Technology Graduation Requirements must be fulfilled.

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  including General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement
  • English Language minimum = 9 including:
    • ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 100A or English ACT score of 15 or above)
    • ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101GS or ACT English score of 30 or above)
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • Humanities minimum = 12 including:
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 210GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 211GS, Western Civilization - 3 hours
      • HIST 212GS, Non-Western World History - 3 hours
      • HIST 215GS, Introduction to Latin America - 3 hours
    • Take 1 course from:
      • HIST 250GS, American History - 3 hours
      • HIST 251GS, American History - 3 hours
  • Mathematics, Statistics & Computer Science minimum = 3
  • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
  • Social and Behavioral Sciences minimum = 9 including
    • PSCI 110, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
    • Take any GS course from:
      • Social Perspective,
      • Geographical Perspective or
      • Behavioral Perspective, - 3 hours
  • Personal Development minimum = 3
    • PE 160GS, Healthful Living - 3 hours
• Professional Sequence = 30 including:
  • TE 319, Management and Assessment in K-12/Secondary Classrooms - 2 hours
  • TE 320, Field Experience in Secondary Classroom - 2 hours
  • Students must apply for admission to all Teacher Education programs.
• Endorsement = 56
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 131
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Vocational Business Education Teaching Field Endorsement = 131
  All UNK degrees require a minimum of 125 hours. Forty (40) of the hours required for all UNK degrees must be upper division hours, which are courses numbered 300 or above taken at a 4-year college or university.

1. Vocational Business Ed Field Endorsement Requirements (38 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • BSED 121, Office Information Processing - 3 hours
     • BSED 295, Business Communications - 3 hours
     • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
     • BSED 314, Information Technology: Networking - 1 hour
     • BSED 315, Information Technology: Presentation Software - 1 hour
     • BSED 316, Information Technology: Telecommunications - 1 hour
     • BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 4 hours
     • BACC 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours (Prereq: MATH 102, sophomore standing)
     • BACC 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
     • BACC 311, Business Law - 3 hours
     • BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
     • BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours (Prereq: sophomore standing)
     • BMIS 181, Business Computer Systems - 1 hour
     • BMIS 182, Business Computer Applications - 3 hours
     • BMIS 282, Decision Support Software, Decision Making, and Databases - 3 hours
2. Vocational Business Ed Field Endorsement Electives (9 hours required)
   • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
   • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
   • ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
3. Vocational Business Ed Field Endorsement-Vocational Certification Requirements (9 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • VOED 431, Coordinating Techniques - 3 hours
     • VOED 432, Foundations and Contemporary Issues in Vocational Education - 3 hours
     • VOED 434, Introduction to Students with Special Needs - 3 hours
4. Related Occupational Experience
   • Contact the Chair of Department of Business Administration/Business Education for information regarding occupational experience.