Offered by Department of Economics

Business Education Major

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

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

• General Studies Program Hours = 45
  General Studies coursework required by Teacher Education and endorsement = 49
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 31
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 9 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
    • Social Sciences minimum = 9 including:
      • ECON 270GS, Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics - 3 hours
      • PSCI 110GS, Introduction to American Politics - 3 hours
      • Take any approved PSY, SOC, or GEOG GS course - 3 hours
    • Natural Sciences minimum = 7
    • Analytical and Quantitative Thought minimum = 0
    • Wellness minimum = 3 including:
      • PE 150GS, Healthy, Wealthy and Wise - 3 hours
  • Capstone = 3
• 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 = 51
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 130
• Unrestricted electives in 125 hour program = 0
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Vocational Business Education 7-12 Teaching Field Endorsement = 130
• 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 (33 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
     • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
     • BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 3 hours
     • ACCT 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
     • ACCT 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
     • ACCT 311, Business Law - 3 hours
     • JMC 300, Website Design - 3 hours
     • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
     • MIS 182GS, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
     • MIS 282, Business Intelligence Using Databases - 3 hours
     • MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
2. Vocational Business Ed Field Endorsement Electives (9 hours required)
   • Take all of the following:
     • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
     • ECON 271GS, Principles of Economics, Microeconomics - 3 hours
     • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 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.