University of Nebraska at Kearney

1996-98 UNK Undergraduate Catalog

College of Business and Technology

Department of
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION/
BUSINESS EDUCATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION MAJOR

• Office Management Emphasis

BUSINESS EDUCATION MAJOR

• Basic Business Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
• Business Education Teaching Field Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
• Marketing Education Teaching Field Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
   
• Professional Vocational Education sequence for endorsement in Vocational Education.

• Diversified Occupations
• Vocational Special Needs.
   
• BSAD courses
  
• BSED courses
  
• B&T courses
  
• VOED courses

For additional areas of emphases see Department of Accounting/Finance and Department of Management/Marketing.

Dale Zikmund, Chair

Professors: Cafferty, Zikmund
Associate Professors: Barton, Camp, Colsden
Assistant Professors: Anderson, Houston
Lecturer: Elmore, Coslor
Director, NVCRC: Mary Jo Kulp

• To prepare and upgrade professional vocational instructors for secondary, post-secondary and adult education programs;
• To prepare individuals for leadership positions in education and industry;
• To act as an interdisciplinary agent and provide a professional core of courses needed for vocational endorsement in the following areas: Basic Business, Business Education, Diversified Occupations, Industrial Technology, Marketing Education, Occupational Home Economics, Trade and Industrial Education, Vocational Consumer and Homemaking, and Vocational Special Needs;
• To provide leadership in the identification of vocational-technical education research;
• To promote articulation between Nebraska high schools, technical community colleges, state colleges and the university system;
• To provide services such as off-campus courses and workshops to enable teachers to become vocationally endorsed;
• To provide professional development opportunities in vocational education.
• To prepare students:
• To perform in a technical and skillful manner the duties demanded in present-day business pursuits;
• To select and interpret experiences which lead to better knowledge and understanding of proper business procedures and of civil-social responsibility and behavior;
• To teach business subjects according to recognized methods and procedures (Business Education Majors);
• To appreciate the need for lifelong continuing education in a dynamic society and economy;
• To master habits, attitudes, ethics and ideals which lead to successful professional careers.

CENTER FOR

VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION

• To provide leadership in the identification of vocational-technical education research;
• To promote articulation between Nebraska high schools, technical community colleges, state colleges and the university system;
• To provide services such as off-campus courses and workshops to enable teachers to become vocationally endorsed;
• To provide professional development opportunities in vocational education.

The Department of Business Administration/Business Education offers one emphasis in this major:

Business Administration Comprehensive Option - Office Management Emphasis
The Office Administration Program prepares its graduates to become effective administrative office managers, supervisors, or administrative assistants.

For additional areas of emphases see Department of Accounting/Finance and Department of Management/Marketing

BUSINESS EDUCATION MAJOR

The Business Education Program prepares its graduates to become effective teachers of business subjects in the areas of office occupations skills, accounting and data processing, information and word processing, and basic business courses in business law, economics, general business and consumer education. Business education students acquire competence in the subject matter of the business world and an overall understanding of teaching objectives.

I. Basic Business Teaching Subject Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
II. Business Education Teaching Field Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education
III. Marketing Education Teaching Field Endorsement Option - Bachelor of Arts in Education

Supplemental Endorsements are available in Diversified Occupations and Vocational Special Needs.

Courses with the prefixes BSAD, BSED, B&T, and VOED are offered by the department.