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Pre-admission Phase
v BEDU 200 Principles Of Marketing and Office Education 3 hrs
An introduction to marketing and
office education.
The scope and
importance of
vocational education with emphasis on marketing and
office education. Prestudent teaching experience will be
initiated in
conjunction with this course.
v EDPS 322 Human Development and Learning 4 hrs
The study of childhood psychology from birth through
adolescence with a
focus on intellectual and psychosocial behavior and the role
of parents and teachers in
fostering learning
and development.
Coreq:
FETE 201
v SPGN 251 Education of Students with Exceptionalities 3 hrs
An introductory survey course providing the historical,
philosophical, and
organizational factors leading to the enactment of federal
and state laws,
rules, and regulations governing special education.
Characteristics,
educational considerations, and implications of all areas of
exceptionality
are addressed.
Phase One
v EDPS 340 Introduction to Assessment and Evaluation 3 hrs
Basic principles in evaluation and assessment. Students will
construct and
interpret tests and alternative assessments; critique
standardized tests;
assess social, affective and behavioral factors; use computer
applications;
and examine assessment issues.
Prereq:
EDPS 322; admission to the teacher education program
Coreq:
FETE301 or FETE302 and CURR304 or CURR305
v SOFD 328 Schools in a Multicultural Society 3 hrs
A study of the interactive relationship between schools
and society, and the
development of a culturally responsible pedagogy. Special
emphasis on
educational equity and the theoretical foundations of
multicultural
education.
v BEDU 363 Curriculum for BST Education
3 hrs
Overviews content bases and other factors that affect
business service and
technology. Includes the relationship in philosophies of
education and
styles of teaching, classroom management in a variety of
settings, including utilization of non-classroom curriculum
delivery systems and the
implementation of curriculum evaluation and revision
procedures.
Prereq:
BEDU 200
Phase Two
v RDNG 311 Teaching
The developmental sequence for
reading skills at the junior and senior high school levels and methods for teaching the sequence, including
teaching programs for all
students who seek certification to teach in secondary
schools.
Prereq: CURR 305, PHED 317, BEDU 200,
MUSC 330, MUSC 332 or TEDU 350
v BEDU 364 Methods of Teaching
General Business Subjects 2 hrs
Methods in
teaching general business, law and keyboarding with
application to classroom situations. Objectives, lesson planning,
techniques
of teaching and sources of materials.
Prereq:
RDNG 311 and EDPS 322
v BEDU 365 Methods of Teaching office Education 2 hrs
Methods of teaching shorthand, office block, bookkeeping,
accounting,
keyboarding, word processing and cooperative education
classes
Objectives,
lesson planning, techniques of teaching and sources of
materials.
Prereq:
EDPS 322 and BEDU 364
Phase Three
v EDUC 492 Student Teaching 12 hrs
BUSINESS CONTENT
Business Core:
v ACC 240 Principles of Financial Accounting 3 hrs
Use and development of financial information about
economic organizations,
with special emphasis on the use of financial statements and
their creation in the
business decision making and reporting process.
v ACC 241 Principles of Managerial Accounting 3 hrs
Use and
development of accounting information in managerial settings to
Achieve
managerial goals. Use of managerial accounting tools such as
budgets and cost analysis in typical business environments.
v ACC 296 The Accounting Cycle and Profession
This Course covers the accounting cycle process in manual
and computerized environments. The course also explores various accounting
occupations and other fundamental concepts, such as the time value of money.
Prereq: ACC 240
v ACC 501 Accounting Principles
Emphasizes analysis of the
required financial statements for financial reporting purposes, including
discussions of alternative accounting principles generally acceptable in their
preparation.
Significant emphasis also placed on the impact that business transactions have
on a company’s financial position. Additional topics include profit-planning
techniques, such as cost-volume-profit analysis and budgeting.
Admission to the MBA program is
required
v BEDU 201 Micro Computers for Business Applications 3 hrs
Computer
hardware and software for office use including both mainframe
and microcomputer systems. “Hands-on” experience limited to
micro-
computers. Basic skills in using prepared software and
developing
programs for office applications using Microsoft BASIC.
Requires no prior
knowledge of computers or programming.
v BEDU 224 Computer-based Business Mathematics 3 hrs
Application of
computer-based tools and procedures to the solution of
mathematical problems encountered in the business office.
Prereq:
BEDU 201
Management Core:
v BEDU 100 Contemporary Business
3 hrs
The American business enterprise
and international business. Contemporary
problems
and future challenges. Career decision-making in terms of
Business careers.
Open to all students except
upper-division business
majors.
v LAW 293 Legal Environment of Business
3 hrs
The judicial system and legal
procedure, crimes and torts, contractual
arrangements,
sales of goods, and other transactions under the Uniform
Commercial Code.
v LAW 503 Legal Principles, Forms of Enterprise & Business
Ethics 3 hrs
This course covers topics in business law, ethics and the
law of enterprise.
Material
includes the substantive law of contracts and torts, agency and
enterprise formation, including limited liability companies,
corporations
and security laws. Business ethics are taught from a legal
perspective.
Admission to the MBA program is required.
v BEDU 395 Administering
Workplace Systems and Technology 3 hrs
Assessment, implementations and utilization of workplace
systems and
technology from the point of view of the administrative
manager.
Examination of workplace organization, physical facilities and
productivity.
Prereq: BEDU
201
v BEDU 250 Personal Finance 3 hrs
The management of financial
resources to satisfy personal or family goals.
budgeting, consumer credit, investments, insurance, real
estate, wills and
trusts, and income taxes. Students learn to make decisions
within the
context of a realistic consumer-oriented environment. Open to all students.
v BEDU 395 Administering Workplace Systems and Technology 3 hrs
Assessment, implementations and utilization of workplace
systems and
technology from the point of view of the administrative manager.
Examination of
workplace organization, physical facilities and
productivity.
Prereq:
BEDU 201
v MGMT 384 Human Resource Management 3 hrs
Industrial relations functions in business organization.
Recruitment,
selection, placement, training, motivation, and appraisal of
personnel; the
scientific approach to the solution of practical problems of
industrial man
power utilization.
v MGMT 386 Organizational Behavior and Theory 3 hrs
The study of behavioral problems in administration.
Individual, group,
intergroup, and organizational behavior under dynamic
environment
conditions.
v MGMT 388 Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 hrs
This course emphasizes the role of the entrepreneur in making
integrated
managerial and growth decisions for a start-up enterprise.
The focus will be
on developing a business plan for a new venture.
Marketing Core:
v BEDU 200 Principles of Marketing & Office Education 3 hrs
An introduction to marketing and
office education.
The scope and
importance
of vocational education with emphasis on marketing and office
education.
Pre-student teaching experience will be initiated in conjunction
with this
course.
v MKTG 360 Principle of Marketing
3 hrs
Marketplace exchanges; the relationship between marketing
activities of the
organization and the consumer.
v BEDU 366 Methods of Teaching Marketing education 2 hrs
Techniques and practices utilized in teaching marketing
and cooperative education in secondary schools, community colleges and adult
evening schools.
Prereq:
EDPS322; 2.5 GPA in all business education subjects taken at EMU, no
academic probation; admission to the
teacher education program.
v MKTG 261 Contemporary Selling
3 hrs
Introduction of the basic principles of personal selling,
as used in profit and
nonprofit organizations. Included are small case analyses,
evaluation of
sales presentations, and skill development using video taped
role-plays.
v MKTG 363 Retailing 3 hrs
The practices of retail store managements: store location,
layout,
organization, buying systems, sales promotion activities,
customer services
and store operating expenses.
v MKTG 365 Consumer Behavior 3
hrs
The study of the basic factors influencing consumer
behavior, including the
roles of affect, cognition, behavior and the environment.
Models designed
to explain consumer behavior will be explored, as well as
implications for
public policy and the development of marketing strategies.
Prereq: MKTG 360 and PSY 101
v MKTG 368 Marketing Strategy 3
hrs
Advanced policies and practices in
marketing.
Case analysis of marketing
problems pertinent to product, price, promotion, and
channels of distribution
policies.
Prereq: MKTG 360 and ACC 240
v MKTG 369 Advertising 3 hrs
Advertising as a communication
tool in marketing management. The role of
advertising in the marketing mix and in society. Emphasis on
problem-
based decision making including the appropriate use of
research in
establishing advertising objectives, allocating advertising
budgets,
determining target audiences, developing creative
strategies, selecting
media and determining advertising effectiveness.
Prereq:
MKTG 360
v MKTG 374 Business to Business Marketing 3 hrs
Concepts, procedures, and problems encountered when one
business
markets its products or services to another company.
Emphasizes the
marketing practices employed by industrial organizations.
Topics include:
market analysis, organizational buying behavior, purchasing
procedures,
pricing and negotiation, selling and marketing planning.
Prereq: MKTG 360
v MKTG 461 Sales Management 3 hrs
Planning, organizing, directing and controlling the sales
force. Returning,
selecting, training, evaluation, compensating and
supervising.
Prereq:
MKTG 261 and MKTG 360
v BEDU 367 Curriculum in Marketing Education 2 hrs
Overviews
content bases and other factors affecting marketing education
curriculum. Includes development of comprehensive curriculum
plans for
a variety of marketing education settings, utilization of
non classroom
curriculum delivery systems, and implementation of
curriculum evaluation
and revision procedures. Examines current trends in
marketing education
curriculum.
v BEDU 368 Management of Marketing Education Programs 2 hrs
Examines the marketing educator roles of DECA adviser,
public relations
specialist, career counselor, program
administrator/supervisor, and
professional educator.
v BEDU 461 Projects & Simulations in Marketing Education 2 hrs
Projects and simulations methods in marketing education
are explored with
a major focus on the organization and coordination of the
school store.
Implementation
steps for the entrepreneurship simulation are developed.
Small scale simulations and projects are also
studied as well as procedures
for developing simulations and projects.
Information Technology Core:
v BEDU 210 Concepts of Network & Business Technology 3 hrs
The Concepts and functions of networks
and related business technology.
The course
emphasizes administration of personal computers, their
applications and peripherals, and peer-to-peer networks. The
course
includes equipment, procedures, and career opportunities.
Prereq:
BEDU 201
v BEDU 311 Digital Tools Communication
3 hrs
Learning and teaching digital communication tools and
systems provides an
opportunity to learn new technology input skills in a
hands-on setting and
methods of teaching are deeply integrated. A portion of
course is to help
you develop and revise curriculum for your classes to
incorporate the
Digital Tools.
v INDT 421 Web Page Development
3 hrs
Study of the fundamentals of web
page development technology. Document
preparation, keyboard entry, file manipulation, and typeset
copy output will
be covered as well as word processor interfacing. Two hours
lecture, two
hours lab.
v BEDU 344 Administration of Computer Systems 3 hrs
Principles and practices of
computer operating systems for networks in
educational or small to mid-sized organizations. The course
will emphasize
the tasks the administrator must perform frequently.
Prereq:
BEDU 200
v BEDU 496 Records Administration Using Database 3 hrs
Database as a
tool of automated search and retrieval. Identifying
information
needs of users: design and development of records
classification
structures suitable for automated records systems; searching
techniques;
generation of reports such as records user listings, master
record
listings and records retention schedules. Extensive applications
using
database software.
Prereq: BEDU 396