Business Education - BS (7-12 Teaching License)

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences

Department of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

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• For more information about Business Education, see the website.
• Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
• Admitted students must meet with an advisor. Current students should also meet with an advisor and log on to Degree Works  to check student-specific program progress.

 

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120			Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100			Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30			Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10			Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below			Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link			University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is MATH 1050 - College Algebra (QL) .

 

Admissions Requirements for this Program
New freshmen	Admitted to USU in Good Standing			Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU	3.0 GPA

First Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
BSED 2510 - Orientation to Business Education	2			BUSN 1091 - Business Presentations	2
ENGL 1010 - Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3	C+ minimum for admission to STEP program		BUSN 2050 - Business Law	3
START MATH	3-4			ECN 1500 - Introduction to Economic Institutions, History, and Principles (BAI)	3
Breadth Humanities (BHU) Course	3			Any Quantitative Literacy (QL) Course	4	C- minimum for admission to STEP program
Breadth Creative Arts (BCA) Course	3			Breadth Life Science (BLS) Course	3
Comments Must have 3.0 GPA and grades of C or better in major required courses to apply to STEP program				Comments

Second Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
ACCT 2010 - Financial Accounting Principles	3			BUSN 2201 - Digital Marketing Concepts	3
BUSN 1405 - Word Processing	2			ECN 2010 - Introduction to Microeconomics (BSS)	3
BCIS 1300 - Website Design	3			ENGL 2010 - Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3
BUSN 2200 - Professional Communications  or  BUS 3200 - Business Communication (CI)	3  or 3			Breadth Physical Science (BPS) Course	3
BUSN 1410 - Spreadsheet I (Excel)	2			BUSN 1021 - Personal Finance  or  FCSE 1350 - Financial Literacy (BSS)	3  or 3
Comments				Comments Background Check

Third Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
BCIS 2441 - Photoshop	3			Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC) Course	3
Quantitative Intensive (QI) Course	3			CS 1400 - Introduction to Computer Science–CS 1  or  BCIS 1040 - Introduction to Programming	4  or 3 ​
MGT 3050 - Foundations of Business: Capitalism, Markets, and Innovation  or  BUSN 2320 - Small Business Management - CTE (HR)	3  or 3			SPED 4000 - Education of Students with Disabilities	3
Depth Humanities and Creative Arts (DHA) Course	2-3			BSED 3150 - Methods for Business Education	3
ITLS 5500 - Integration and Innovation of Technology in Education	3			BSED 3300 - Clinical Experience I in Business Education	1
				SCED 5200 - Language, Literacy and Learning in the Content Areas (CI)	3
Comments Background Check Submit Application to STEP (by Oct. 1)				Comments Apply for graduation

Fourth Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
MSLE 3500 - Fundamentals of Marketing	3			BSED 5500 - Business Education Secondary Curriculum Seminar	2
BSED 4150 - Methods of Business, Finance, and Marketing Education	3			BSED 5630 - Business Education Student Teaching	10
BSED 4300 - Clinical Experience II Business Education	1
SCED 5210 - Learning Theory, Curriculum, and Assessment  or BSED 4210 - Cognition and Evaluation of Student Learning in Career and Technical Education	3  or 3
SCED 5100 - Motivation and Classroom Management	3
SCED 3210 - Educational and Multicultural Foundations (CI/DSS)	3
Comments Apply for Student Teaching				Comments

It is very important for each student to meet with the advisor to build a successful plan based on individual needs. The advisor for this program is Caisa Shoop, who can be contacted by email at caisa.shoop@usu.edu or telephone at 435-797-4275.

 

In order to obtain a secondary teaching license for grades 6-12, students must complete the 35-credit Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP), which includes one semester of student teaching in a public school. This program is administered by USU’s School of Teacher Education and Leadership (TEAL) within the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services. Student must apply to the School of TEAL the semester before taking STEP courses. This is usually the fall of their junior year. Students learn subject content through the Department of Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education and spend the last year or two studying education techniques through the STEP program. Students must earn an overall GPA of 3.0 to graduate and be recommended for teaching licensure.