Career Tech Workforce Education, Specialization in Business and Marketing Education, BSED

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A graduate completing a Career Tech Workforce Education major is eligible for a career-technical teaching license providing that he or she has met all program requirements, has successfully completed the state-required assessments, and meets all license requirements.

Students must complete one of the following two specializations:

Business and Marketing Education (leads to integrated business and marketing licensure) or
Family and Consumer Sciences Education (leads to family and consumer sciences education licensure)

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in Career Tech Workforce Education are expected to:

Demonstrate understanding of student learning and development and diversity of students;
Apply skills in planning and delivering effective instruction, assessing students, creating learning environments, and collaborating and communicating with students, their parents, other educators, administrators and the community to support student learning;
Demonstrate understanding of the importance of assuming responsibility for professional growth, performance and involvement as individuals and as members of a learning community;
Demonstrate understanding of content for which they will have instructional responsibility as a teacher.

Bachelor of Science in Education; Leads to Integrated Business and Marketing licensure in grades 4 and beyond. This degree program is designed to be completed in 4 years and 1 summer. Changing majors, academic issues or other unforeseen circumstances may require additional semesters for completion.

BG Perspective (BGP) Requirements

Must complete at least 1 course in each of the following:

English Composition and Oral Communication
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Quantitative Literacy
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Must Complete at least 2 courses in each of the following:

Humanities and the Arts
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Natural Sciences - at least one Lab Science required
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Social and Behavioral Sciences
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Complete total required BGP credit hours by selecting courses from any of the above categories:

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University Requirements

Designated courses in Humanities and the Arts and the Social and Behavioral Sciences domains may be used to fulfill both the BGP requirement and one of the following university requirements:

Cultural Diversity in the US ____________
International Perspective ____________

Composition Requirement:
WRIT 1120

Total BGP Credits: Must be at least 36

College Requirements:

(3 Credits)

COMM 1020 - Introduction to Public Speaking @

Professional Education ##

(61 Credits)

Methods Block

(courses to be taken concurrently)

Student Teaching

(courses to be taken concurrently)

Content for Teaching Specialty ##

(57 Credits)

EDWF 2400 - Business Problems of the Consumer
EDWF 2620 - Advanced Office Productivity and Educational Technology Applications
VCT 1030 - Introduction to Visual Communication Technology
BA 2030 - Effective Business Communication
BA 3900 - Intro to Multinational Business Contact Hours: 3
ECON 2020 - Principles of Microeconomics
ECON 2030 - Principles of Macroeconomics
ESHP 2040 - Introduction to Entrepreneurship Contact Hours: 3
FCS 3890 - Practicum
FIN 2000 - Personal Finance
FIN 3000 - Business Finance
LEGS 3010 - Legal Environment of Business
MGMT 3050 - Principles of Organization and Management
MGMT 3610 - Human Resource Management
MKT 3000 - Principles of Marketing for Non-Business Majors
MKT 3020 - Consumer Behavior
MKT 4080 - Promotion Contact Hours: 3

Select One:

Select Onee:

Note:

IMPORTANT CHECKLISTS

Application for the Methods Block and Student Teaching is made at a sign up meeting held the Fall of the junior year. The Methods Block is offered Fall semester only and Student Teaching is offered Spring semester only.
Methods Admission Requirements
Attainment of 60 semester hours
- “C” or better in EDTL 2010
- “C” or better in GSW 1120
- “C” or better in COMM 1020
- “C” or better in EDTL 2300
- “C” or better in EDWF 2000
- “C” or better in EDFI 3020
- “C” or better in EDIS 2310
- “C” or better in EDTL 3400
- Accumulative GPA of at least 2.4
Prerequisites for Student Teaching (EDWF 4960 - Advanced Seminar in Career Tech Workforce Education and EDTL 4970 )
- Completion of 90 semester hours
- Accumulative GPA of at least 2.5
- Completion of the following courses with a grade of “C” or better:

REMlNDERS:

PSYC 1010 is a prerequisite to EDFI 3030 , a required education course, and can be used as a social and behavioral science elective.
ECON 2020 and ECON 2030 are required courses and can be used as social science electives and as an additional BG perspectives course.
You may wish to choose a course that meets one of the Arts and Humanities elective requirements that are approved as an International Perspective course requirement.
Meet with your advisor at least once each year. The name of your advisor appears in the MyBGSU web page, click on “MyAdvisor”
SENIOR YEAR: You must apply for graduation online prior to the term deadline; complete applications for licensure during your student teaching semester (you will receive instructions for doing so during a required meeting that precedes student teaching).
A passing score on all required Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) as determined each year by the Department of Education is required to be eligible for the Professional Year Internship (student teaching). (Note: OAE test requirements are subject to change, so continue to check with your program and the Ohio Department of Education for updates).
Complete at least 30 hours of coursework at BGSU.
From the MyBGSU web page, click on “My Degree Audit” link to access your degree audit.

NOTE: Undergraduate students and degree holders seeking licensure must meet all specified requirements, including successful completion of all state required assessments to qualify for the Integrated Business and the Marketing licensure. Those holding an undergraduate degree should consider the graduate-level licensure program in Integrated Business and Marketing (contact 419-372-2904).