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Northwest Missouri State University

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B.S.Ed. in Business Education

Required Courses | Course Descriptions | Common Professional Component
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Office information systems and business education students develop interpersonal, decision making and analytical skills in dealing with office and business problems and situations. Additionally, education majors learn to motivate students to develop these same attributes. Students choosing a major in Business Education must take the common professional component courses as well.

Required Courses for Business Education

B.S.Ed. Degree, Secondary Program; no minor required (certifies grades 9-12)

Course Number Course Name Hours
CSIS 44-245 Advanced Keyboarding 3
CSIS 44-312 Information Technology Hardware and Software 3
CSIS 44-320 Word Processing I 1
CSIS 44-321 Word Processing II 1
CSIS 44-322 Word Processing III 1
CSIS 44-343 Virtual Workplace 3
CSIS 44-344 Desktop Publishing 3
*Total Course Hours Reqiuired: 15

*Based on 2002-2004 Undergraduate Catalog

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Course Descriptions

245 Advanced Keyboarding (3 hours)
An emphasis on the efficient keyboarding of advanced office production activities. A continuation of the development of accuracy, speed, and productivity through intensified practice. A proficiency test will be given the first class day to determine if prerequisite is met.

312 Information Technology Hardware and Software (3 hours)
Course provides the hardware and software technology background to enable systems development personnel to understand trade-offs in computer architecture for effective use in a business environment. System architecture is explored for single use, central and networked computing systems; single and multi-user operating systems.

320 Word Processing I (1 hour)
The use of WordPerfect or Microsoft Word to create, format, and print documents. Basic concepts will emphasize the use of word processing to efficiently manipulate, organize, and enhance documents.

321 Word Processing II (1 hour)
The use of templates, macros, styles, tables, columns, and other beyond-the-basic word processing features.

322 Word Processing III (1 hour)
An advanced course including mail-merge features in word processing (merging documents, sorting, and selecting data), importing/exporting documents and advanced macros.

343 Virtual Workplace (3 hours)
A study of the functions that make up an office support or information processing system. Through applications, practice, and discussion, students will refine office skills, develop a business vocabulary, and perform a variety of office tasks to prepare for a career as an administrative assistant.

344 Desktop Publishing (3 hours)
Identify the concepts and applications of desktop publishing and develop competencies using a powerful computer language as a desktop publishing tool.

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Common Professional Component

Requirements for Accredited Business Programs

Applies to Management Information Systems, Office Information Systems and Business Education. To ensure a common professional component among the accredited business programs, all students majoring in business education, management information systems or office information systems are required to fulfill the following professional component requirements:

General Education Courses

  • General Statistics I
  • General Economics I
  • Non-business courses
  • College Algebra
  • General Economics II

Business Courses

  • Accounting I
  • Accounting II
  • Business Law I
  • Fundamentals of Business Finance
  • Managerial Communication
  • Management Process and Behavior
  • Production and Operations Management
  • Organizational Policy and Decision-Making
  • Principles of Marketing
  • International Business
  • Management Information Systems

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Careers in Business Education

Sites where our majors are hired: Public and private school districts in Missouri and many other states.

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