Offered by Department of Economics:

Business Education Major

Basic Business 7-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement Option
Bachelor of Arts in Education

BT BAE 1208

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

• Minimum General Studies = 45
  + General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 46
  • English Language minimum = 9 including:
    • ENG 101GS, Expository Writing I - 3 hours
    • ENG 102GS, Expository Writing II - 3 hours
    • 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 = 12 including:
    
    • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
    • ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
    • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
    • Take any GS course from:
      • Social Perspective,
      • Geographical Perspective or
      • Behavioral Perspective - 3 hours
  • Personal Development minimum = 3 including:
    • 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 = 33
• Second Subject Endorsement, normally = 30
  Subject Endorsements are 30 hours or more, including prerequisites and supporting courses. Should required hours of one endorsement meet requirements of the other, the total required hours may be reduced.
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 139
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Basic Business Teaching Subject Endorsement = 139
  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. Basic Business Ed Subject Endorsement Requirements (30 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • BSED 295, Business Communications - 3 hours
     • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
     • BSED 470, Vocational Business Methods - 3 hours
     • BACC 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
     • BACC 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
     • BACC 311, Business Law - 3 hours
     • BMGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
     • BMIS 182GS, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
     • BMKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
     • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
2. Basic Business Ed Subject Endorsement Electives (3 hours required)
   • Take 3 hours from:
     • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
     • BMGT 400, Entrepreneurship - 3 hours