Business Education, Non-teaching (Training and Development), B.S.

Department of Marketing
615-898-2902
Robert Blair, program coordinator
Robert.Blair@mtsu.edu

Students who seek to graduate without meeting licensure requirements are not required to take the courses for the Secondary Education minor and should complete the requirements below.

The non-teaching Training and Development option requires 50 percent of the major hours in residence at MTSU.

The program below includes a Business Administration minor. An alternate business minor may be chosen, but it may require total hours for graduation to exceed 120.

Curriculum: Business Education, Non-teaching (Training and Development)

Curricular listings include General Education requirements in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences categories.

Freshman

ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours * (Soc/Beh Sci)
BCED 1400 - Introduction to Business 3 credit hours
BCED 2330 - Word Processing Concepts 3 credit hours
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Nonbusiness elective 1 credit hour

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Sophomore

ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
Humanities and/or Fine Arts 6 credit hours
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours *
BIA 2610 - Statistical Methods 3 credit hours *
Choose 6 hours from:
HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

BUS 3000 - Dale Carnegie Communications and Human Relations Seminar 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BCED 3010 - Office Management 3 credit hours §
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BCED 4510 - Business Report Writing 3 credit hours §
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
Nonbusiness elective 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCED 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours § OR
BCED upper-division elective § 3 credit hours
BCED 4200 - Problems in Business and Marketing Education and Entrepreneurship 1 to 3 credit hours § (3 credit hours required)
BCED 4410 - Managerial Media Presentations 3 credit hours §
BCED 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours §
Nonbusiness electives 9 credit hours
BCED UD elective 3 credit hours
BCED elective 3 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Total hours in program: 120

NOTE:

*A 2.25 GPA in these courses is required for admission to the Jones College of Business.
§Admission required

Academic Map

Following is a printable, suggested four-year schedule of courses:

Business Education, Non-teaching (Training and Development), B.S., Academic Map