Offered by Department of Economics

Business Education Major

Basic Business 6-12 Teaching
Subject Endorsement
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 = 46
  • Foundational Core (Written, Math, Oral, Democracy) = 12 including:
    • ENG 102GS, Academic Writing and Research - 3 hours
    • SPCH 100GS, Fundamentals of Speech Communication - 3 hours
    • TE 100GS, Teaching in a Democratic Society - 3 hours
  • Portal = 3
  • Distribution = 28
    • Aesthetics minimum = 3
    • Humanities minimum = 6
    • Social Sciences minimum = 9 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
    • 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 = 25 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 = 39
• Minimum total hours required coursework = 110
• Unrestricted electives in 120 hour program = 10
• Minimum total hours required for BAE in Basic Business 6-12 Teaching Subject Endorsement = 120
• All UNK degrees require a minimum of 120 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:
     • FSID 160GS, Personal Money Management - 3 hours
     • MIS 182GS, Software Productivity Tools - 3 hours
     • ACCT 250, Principles of Accounting I - 3 hours
     • ACCT 251, Principles of Accounting II - 3 hours
     • MIS 282, Business Intelligence Using Databases - 3 hours
     • BSAD 295, Business Communications - 3 hours (Prereq: ENG 101)
     • MKT 300, Principles of Marketing - 3 hours
     • MGT 301, Principles of Management - 3 hours
     • BSED 302, Automated Office Systems - 3 hours
   • Take 1 course from:
     • ACCT 311, Business Law - 3 hours
     • ACCT 413, Entrepreneurial Law - 3 hours
2. Basic Business Ed Subject Endorsement Electives (6 hours required)
   • Take 3 hours from:
     • BSAD 115, Introduction to Business - 3 hours
     • MGT 400, Entrepreneurship - 3 hours
     • MGT 401, Small Business Management - 3 hours
   • Take 3 hours from:
     • FIN 308, Principles of Finance - 3 hours
     • MGT 330, International Management - 3 hours
     • MGT 493, Social Responsibilities of Business: Issues and Ethics - 3 hours
     • MKT 430, International Marketing - 3 hours
     • MKT 457, E-Marketing - 3 hours
     • 300-level or above ECON course (except ECON 388GS)
3. Career Education Requirements (3 hours required)
   • Take:
     • BSED 470, Vocational-Business Methods - 3 hours