Program: Business Education, Non-teaching, B.S. - Middle Tennessee State University

Apr 04, 2025

2011-12 Undergraduate Catalog

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