2016-2017 Department of Curriculum & Instruction

Secondary Education Program

Business Education for Teacher Licensure³

^{*See the College of Education page for additional requirements.}

Curriculum

The matrix below is a sample plan for all coursework required for this program.

•  Freshman

  Fall		Spring
  ENGL 1013 Composition I1	3	ENGL 1023 Composition II1	3
  COMM 2003 Public Speaking or COMM 2173 Business and Professional Speaking	3	HIST 1903 Survey of American History1	3
  MATH 1113 College Algebra2	3	MATH 2223 Quantitative Business Analysis	3
  BUAD 1023 Keyboarding	3	POLS 2003 American Government	3
  BUAD 1111 Introduction to Business	1	BUAD 2043 Principles of Word Processing	3
  BUAD 2003 Business Information Systems	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	15

•  Sophomore

  Fall		Spring
  Science with Lab1	4	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  ACCT 2003 Accounting Principles I	3	ACCT 2013 Accounting Principles II	3
  BDA 2003 Business Problem Solving	3	BLAW 2033 Legal Environment of Business	3
  ECON 2003 Principles of Economics I	3	ECON 2013 Principles of Economics II	3
  SEED 2002 Education as a Profession	2	BUAD 2053 Business Statistics	3
  Total Hours	15	Total Hours	15

•  Junior

  Fall		Spring
  ANTH 2003 Cultural Anthropology	3	Fine Arts & Humanities1	3
  MGMT 3003 Management and Organizational Behavior	3	MGMT 3103 Operations Management	3
  MKT 3043 Principles of Marketing	3	FIN 3063 Business Finance	3
  SEED 3552 Child and Adolescent Development	2	SEED 4052 Educating Diverse and Exceptional Learners	2
  SEED 3702 Introduction to Educational Technology	2	VOBE 4023 Methods of Teaching Vocational Business	3
  BUAD 3023 Business Communications	3
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	14

•  Senior

  Fall		Spring
  Science with Lab1	4	SEED 4503 Seminar in Secondary Education	3
  MGMT 4013 Management Information Systems	3	SEED 4809 Teaching in the Elementary and Secondary School	9
  MGMT 4083 Business Policy	3	VOBE 4701 Special Methods in Vocational Business	1
  SEED 4556 Classroom Application of Educational Psychology	6
  Total Hours	16	Total Hours	13

¹See appropriate alternatives or substitutions in "General Education Requirements".
²Students who have two years of high school algebra with a grade of "C" or better and a math ACT score of 22 or above may omit College Algebra and enroll directly in MATH 2223 Quantitative Business Analysis. If omitted, an additional 3 hours of electives will be required.
³For teacher licensure, students must achieve the minimum score on the Praxis II Specialty Area and Principles of Learning and Teaching Tests as determined by the Arkansas Department of Education. For further requirements see Admission and Retention to Teacher Education and also the Criteria for Internships located on the College of Education home page.