Beacon Secondary Business Certification Minor

Content Area Requirements (39 sem. hrs)

• Required Courses:

• ACCT 280 - Accounting I (Financial) 3 hours
• ACCT 281 - Accounting II (Managerial) 3 hours
• ECON 293 - Macroeconomics 3 hours
• ECON 294 - Microeconomics 3 hours
• MGMT 265 - Business Law I 3 hours
• MGMT 254W - Business Communication 3 hours
• MGMT 230 - Principles of Management 3 hours
• MKTG 210 - Principles of Marketing 3 hours
• CISS 170 - Introduction to Computer Information Systems 3 hours
• MGMT 393 - Business Information Systems 3 hours
• EDUC 370 - Implementing Vocational Business Education Programs 3 hours
• EDUC 371 - Coordination of Cooperative Education 3 hours

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• Choose 3 hrs from the following:

• ACCT 278 - Introductory Business Analytics 3 hours or
• MGMT 278 - Introductory Business Analytics 3 hours

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• ACCT 381 - Federal Income Tax-Individuals 3 hours
• ACCT 382 - Intermediate Accounting I 3 hours
• ACCT 383 - Intermediate Accounting II 3 hours
• ACCT 384 - Intermediate Accounting III 3 hours
• ACCT 385 - Accounting Information Systems 3 hours
• ACCT 386 - Managerial and Cost Accounting 3 hours
• ACCT 481 - Federal Income Tax Corporations 3 hours
• ACCT 485 - Fund and Government Accounting 3 hours
• ACCT 488 - Advanced Financial Accounting 3 hours
• ACCT 489 - Auditing I 3 hours
• ACCT 490 - Auditing II 3 hours
• ACCT 499 - Internship: Accounting 1-3 hours
• ECON 310 - Environmental and Resource Economics 3 hours
• ECON 320 - Healthcare Economics 3 hours
• ECON 393 - Intermediate Macroeconomics 3 hours
• ECON 394 - Intermediate Microeconomics 3 hours
• ECON 395 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3 hours
• ECON 495 - International Finance 3 hours
• ECON 499 - Internship: Economics 1-3 hours
• FINC 295 - Risk and Insurance 3 hours
• FINC 298 - Personal Financial Planning 3 hours
• FINC 350 - Business Finance 3 hours
• FINC 354 - Investments 3 hours
• FINC 361 - Small Business Finance 3 hours
• FINC 395 - Financial Markets and Institutions 3 hours
• FINC 396 - Corporate Finance 3 hours
• FINC 397 - Principles of Real Estate 3 hours
• FINC 410 - Sports Finance 3 hours
• FINC 495 - International Finance 3 hours
• FINC 496 - Advanced Financial Management 3 hours
• FINC 498 - Comprehensive Financial Planning 3 hours
• FINC 499 - Internship: Finance 1-3 hours
• MGMT 150 - Introduction to Business 3 hours
• MGMT 152 - Business Mathematics 3 hours
• MGMT 233 - Topics 1-3 hours
• MGMT 338 - International Business 3 hours
• MGMT 339 - Diversity in Organizations 3 hours
• MGMT 340 - Introduction to Healthcare Management 3 hours
• MGMT 341 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship 3 hours
• MGMT 353 - Legal and Ethical Aspects of Healthcare 3 hours
• MGMT 354 - Public Relations Writing 3 hours
• MGMT 360 - Organizational Theory 3 hours
• MGMT 362 - Organizational Behavior 3 hours
• MGMT 363 - Operations Management 3 hours
• MGMT 364 - Recruitment, Staffing, and Performance Management 3 hours
• MGMT 365 - Compensation and Benefits 3 hours
• MGMT 367 - Business Law II 3 hours
• MGMT 368W - Business Ethics 3 hours
• MGMT 261 - Introduction to Human Resource Management 3 hours
• MGMT 371W - History of American Business 3 hours
• MGMT 372 - Crisis Management 3 hours
• MGMT 375 - Labor Relations 3 hours
• MGMT 399 - Internship: Management 1-3 hours
• MGMT 422 - Small Business Management 3 hours
• MGMT 430 - Management Science 3 hours
• MGMT 433 - Topics 1-3 hours
• MGMT 461 - Training and Development 3 hours
• MGMT 479 - Strategic Management 3 hours
• MGMT 499 - Internship: Management 1-3 hours
• MKTG 327 - Retail Management and Strategies 3 hours
• MKTG 331 - Consumer Behavior 3 hours
• MKTG 332 - Public Relations 3 hours
• MKTG 335 - Advertising and Sales Promotion 3 hours
• MKTG 352 - Strategic Sales and Customer Experience Management 3 hours
• MKTG 354 - Public Relations Writing 3 hours
• MKTG 360 - Digital Marketing 3 hours
• MKTG 370 - Social Media 3 hours
• MKTG 399 - Internship: Marketing 1-3 hours
• MKTG 410 - Global Marketing 3 hours
• MKTG 441 - Marketing Research and Analytics 3 hours
• MKTG 460 - Public Relations Campaigns 3 hours
• MKTG 478 - Strategic Marketing 3 hours
• MKTG 480 - Sports and Event Marketing 3 hours
• MKTG 499 - Internship: Marketing 1-3 hours

Professional Education Requirements (57 sem. hrs)

• SOCI 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours or
• ANTH 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours

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• EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education 3 hours ^{1 2}
• EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics, and Education 3 hours ³
• EDUC 220 - Methods of Teaching English Learners 3 hours

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• EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
• PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours

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• EDUC 300 - Techniques of Teaching 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 311 - Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 322 - Educational Measurement and Assessment 3 hours
• EDUC 338W - Content Reading and Writing 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 369 - Teaching Business Education 3 hours
• EDUC 375 - Advanced Content Methods 3 hours ¹
• EDUC 376 - Adolescent Literacy 3 hours
• EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours

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• Choose one option from the following:

• PSYC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
• EDUC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or

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• EDUC 391 - Child Psychology 3 hours and
• EDUC 392 - Adolescent Psychology 3 hours

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• EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours
• EDUC 425 - Undergraduate Student Teaching 12 hours ⁴ (16 weeks)

Total Semester Hours: 96

Note(s):

¹Includes Field Experience

² Must be taken within first 9 hours of EDUC classes

³ Meets college Ethics requirement

⁴ Must receive a “B” or higher for certification: Two placements (Elementary and Secondary)