Program: Business Education, Non-teaching (Corporate Communication Technology Option), B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 08, 2025

2021-22 Undergraduate Catalog

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Students seeking to graduate without meeting teacher licensure requirements are not required to take the courses for the Secondary Education minor and may select the non-teaching option in Corporate Communication Technology. This option integrates a solid business core with specialized instruction in business and corporate communication, technology, and elective opportunities to meet your specialized career goals. Those seeking this option should complete the requirements below.

The non-teaching 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.

NOTE: This program is currently being phased out and is no longer admitting new students.

Academic Map

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

Business Education, Nonteaching (Corporate Communication Technology Option), B.S., Academic Map

Degree Requirements

General Education	41 hours
College of Business Core	39 hours*
Major Requirements	30 hours
Auxiliary Courses	3 hours*
Electives	7-13 hours
TOTAL	120 hours

*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the General Education curriculum. If program requirements are also used to fulfill General Education requirements, the number of elective hours will increase.

General Education (41 hours)

General Education requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following courses required by the program meet General Education requirements:

MATH 1630 or MATH 1810 (Math)
ECON 2410 (Soc/Beh Sci and core course)

College of Business Core (39 hours)

The Business Education non-teaching Core requires 39 hours with a 2.000 GPA. ECON 2410 is included in the core and will also satisfy 3 hours from the Social/Behavioral General Education requirement.

Major Requirements (30 hours)

BCED 1400 - Introduction to Business 3 credit hours
BCED 4850 - Digital Communication for Business 3 credit hours
BCED 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours
BCED 4645 - Issues and Trends in Corporate Communication 3 credit hours OR
BCED 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours
BCED elective 3 credit hours
BCED upper-division electives 6 credit hours

Auxiliary Courses (3 hours)

MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (may be counted in General Education)

Electives (7-13 hours)

Curriculum: Business Education, Non-teaching

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)
MATH 1630 - College Mathematics for Managerial, Social, and Life Sciences 3 credit hours (Math) OR
MATH 1810 - Applied Calculus I 3 credit hours (Math)
BCED 1400 - Introduction to Business 3 credit hours
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
BCED elective 3 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 - World Literatures 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
ACTG 2110 - Principles of Accounting I 3 credit hours *
ACTG 2120 - Principles of Accounting II 3 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours * (Soc/Beh Sci)
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
HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours
HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours
HIST 2040 - Survey African American History I 3 credit hours
HIST 2050 - Survey African American History II 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Junior

Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
Elective 3 credit hours
BUS 3000 - The Dale Carnegie Course 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Principles of Corporate Finance 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
BCED 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCED 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours
BCED 4850 - Digital Communication for Business 3 credit hours
BCED 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours § OR
BCED 4645 - Issues and Trends in Corporate Communication 3 credit hours §
Electives 9 credit hours
BCED upper-division electives 6 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours §

Subtotal: 30 Hours

NOTE:

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