Business Education, Non-teaching, B.S.

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.

Both non-teaching options include a Business Administration minor and 50 percent of the required major hours in residence at MTSU.

Recommended Program

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)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 credit hours
BCEN 1400 - Introduction to Business 3 credit hours
BCEN 2320 - Document Production 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 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
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)
QM 2610 - Statistical Methods I 3 credit hours
BCEN 2330 - Word Processing Concepts 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

BCEN 2340 - Microcomputer Word Processing Applications 3 credit hours
INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Operations Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BCEN 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BCEN 4510 - Business Report Writing 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
ECON 2420 - Principles of Economics, Microeconomics 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCEN 3010 - Office Management 3 credit hours
BCEN 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours OR
BCEN upper-division elective 3 credit hours
BCEN 4240 - Materials and Methods in Basic Business 3 credit hours OR
BCEN upper-division elective 3 credit hours
BCEN electives 6 credit hours
Nonbusiness electives 6 credit hours
Nonbusiness upper-division electives 6 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Training and Development Option

A business education, nonlicensure training and development option includes the following:

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)
COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
Natural Sciences (2 prefixes) 8 credit hours
ECON 2410 - Principles of Economics, Macroeconomics 3 credit hours (Soc/Beh Sci)
BCEN 1400 - Introduction to Business 3 credit hours
BCEN 2330 - Word Processing Concepts 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 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
Humanities and/or Fine Arts (2 prefixes) 6 credit hours
Social/Behavioral Sciences 3 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
QM 2610 - Statistical Methods I 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

INFS 3100 - Principles of Management Information Systems 3 credit hours
MGMT 3610 - Principles of Management 3 credit hours
MGMT 3620 - Operations Management 3 credit hours
MKT 3820 - Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
BCEN 3010 - Office Management 3 credit hours
Nonbusiness elective 3 credit hours
BCEN 3510 - Business Communication 3 credit hours
BCEN 4510 - Business Report Writing 3 credit hours
FIN 3010 - Business Finance 3 credit hours
BLAW 3400 - Legal Environment of Business 3 credit hours

Subtotal: 30 Hours

Senior

BCEN 4450 - Training Strategies for Business Systems and Technology 3 credit hours
BCEN 4810 - Internship Program 3 credit hours OR
BCEN upper-division elective 3 credit hours
BCEN 4200 - Problems in Business and Marketing Education and Entrepreneurship 1 to 3 credit hours (3 credit hours required)
BCEN 4410 - Managerial Media Presentations 3 credit hours
BCEN 4660 - Corporate Communication 3 credit hours
BCEN elective 3 credit hours
Nonbusiness electives 9 credit hours
BUAD 4980 - Strategic Management 3 credit hours