Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology

About the Program

The Business, Management, Marketing, and Technology education major leads to a Michigan Department of Education Secondary Provisional Certificate and, upon meeting these requirements according to the current Michigan State Plan, a vocational endorsement will be issued. The program prepares prospective teachers in the areas of information processing and management, administrative services, accounting and computing and basic business such as economics, consumer economics, business law, business management, computer literacy and introduction to business. Successful completion of this course of studies, in the context of other program requirements, qualifies the student for recommendation for certification for the Michigan Department of Education Secondary Provisional Certificate endorsed in business education, certification code GQ, and, with appropriate work experience, vocational certification code VB or VD. With four thousand work experience hours in each area both endorsement areas can be added to the certificate.

About the Curriculum

Professional Education:
Pre-Admission Phase:
- EDPS 322 Educational Psychology (4) & FETE 201 (1) (Co-requisite)
- SPGN 251 Education Exceptional Child (SPGN 510) (3)
Phase I:
- SOFD 328 Social Foundations (3)
- BEDU 363 Curriculum in Business Services and Technology (3)
Phase II:
- RDNG 311 Secondary Reading (3) & FETE 401 (1) (Co-requisite)
- EDPS 340 Introduction to Assessment and Evaluation (3)
- BEDU 364 Methods of Teaching Business (2)
Phase III:
- BEDU 365 Methods of Teaching Office Education (2)
- EDUC 492 Student Teaching (12)

Business Core*:
- ACC 240 Accounting Principles I (3)
- BEDU 201 Microcomputers for Business Applications (3)
- BEDU 100 Contemporary Business (3)

Undergraduates Choose one:
o ACC 241 Principles of Accounting II (3)
o ACC 296 Accounting Cycle and Profession (3)

Post-Baccalaureate Choose one:
o ACC 241 Principles of Accounting II (3)
o ACC 501 Principles of Accounting (3)

Management Core:
- INDT 212 Management of Technological Change (3)
Choose One:
- LAW 293 Business Law (3)
- LAW 503 Business Law (3)

Choose One:
- BEDU 250 Personal Finance (3)
- FIN 350 Principles of Finance (3)
- FIN 502 Financial Principles (3)
Choose One:
- BEDU 395 Office Administration (3)
- MGMT 384 Human Resource Management (3)
- MGMT 386 Organization Behavior and Theory (3)
- MGMT 388 Introduction to Entrepreneurship (3)

Marketing:
- BEDU 200 Principles of Marketing and Office Education (3)
- BEDU 366 Methods of Teaching Marketing Education (2)
- MKTG 360 or 510 Principles of Marketing (3)
Choose Two (Only one may be a BEDU course):
- MKTG 261 Contemporary Selling (3)
- MKTG 363 Retailing (3)
- MKTG 368 Consumer Behavior (3)
- MKTG 369 Advertising (3)
- MKTG 374 Business to Business Marketing (3)
- BEDU 367 Curriculum in Marketing Education (2)
- BEDU 368 Management of Marketing Education Programs (2)

Information Technology Core:
- BEDU 210 Business Networking and PC Technology (3)
- BEDU 224 Computer-Based Business Math (3)
- BEDU 311 Digital Tools Communication (3)
- INDT 421 Web-Page Development (3)
- BEDU 496 Records Administration Using Database (3)

*There is a 50 credit-hour requirement for this major and The Michigan teacher test for certification (MTTC) covering this field is #32. This group major does not require a minor. PostBach students that use ACC 501 Accounting Principles for the business core will have to choose an alternative free elective in the College of Business.

**Word processing application competencies are required for this major. Several alternatives may be used to fulfill this requirement. They are:
(a) One year word processing in high school
(b) Two semesters of word processing at university or community college
(c) Passing a word processing assessment test

*** Students are required to take the two economic classes within the general educational portion of the degree requirements.

A vocational endorsement requires work experience that meets state requirements for duration, recent and relevance in addition to academic preparation in either the field of market (VM) or business, management, marketing, and technology (VB) is also required of this major. With proper work experience, a person may receive an endorsement for both vocational areas.

About the Faculty

Ron Fulkert

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