Business Teaching BA Courses

Students complete 66 credit hours of coursework and a minimum of 120 total credit hours is required for graduation. 

Students entering the program should have completed the majority of the lower-level business core within their Associate's degree (ECON 1011, ECON 1041, ECON 1051, STAT 1772, ACCT 2120, ACCT 2130, AND MKTG 2110).

The Educator Essentials courses can be taken in any order and availability may vary depending on which courses are offered each semester. 

Sample course sequences for part‑time and full‑time study are available below.

Full-time Tentative Course Sequence

FALL 1

  • MGMT 2080 Intro to Information Systems (3 units of credit)
  • Educator Essentials: The Learner Category 1 (3)
  • Educator Essentials: Social Context Learning: Category 2 (3)
  • FIN 1040 Financial Skills for Smart Living (3)
  • BUSINESS 1000 (Required) (0)

SPRING 1

  • ECON 2090 Decision Analysis (3)
  • Educator Essentials: Education for All: Category 3 (3)
  • Educator Essentials: The Classroom Environment: Category 4 (3)
  • MGMT 2113 Business Communication (3)
  • BUSINESS 2000 (Required) (0)

SUMMER 1

  • MGMT 3100 Legal & Social Env. Bus (3)

FALL 2

  • EDUC 2300 Teaching Methods I (3)
  • EDUC 2400 Teaching Internship I (3)
  • ENTR 3583 Entrepreneurship (3)
  • Educator Essentials: Effective Pedagogy: Category 5 (3)
  • BUSINESS 3000 (Excel recommended) (0) 

SPRING 2

  • EDUC 3500 Teaching Methods II (3)
  • EDUC 3600 Teaching Internship II (3)
  • MGMT 3965 Organizational Behavior (3)
  • Educator Essentials: The Professional Educator: Category 6 (3)
  • BUSINESS 4000 (mentorship program) (0)

SUMMER 2

  • FIN 3130 Corporation Finance (3)

FALL 3

  • EDUC 4138 Secondary School Teaching (12)

Note: Students without an AA degree may need to take additional courses to satisfy the UNIFI General Education program. Your advisor will help you select the appropriate courses.

Part-time Tentative Course Sequence

FALL 1

  • MGMT 2080 Introduction to Information Systems
  • Educator Essentials: The Learner Category 1
  • Business 1000 (Required)

SPRING 1

  • ECON 2090 Decision Analytics
  • Educator Essentials: Education for All: Category 3
  • Business 2000 (Required)

SUMMER 1

  • MGMT 3100 Legal & Social Env. Bus
  • MGMT 2113 Business Communication

FALL 2

  • Educator Essentials: Social Context Learning: Category 2
  • FIN 1040 Financial Skills for Smart Living

SPRING 2

  • Educator Essentials: The Classroom Environment Category 4
  • Educator Essentials: The Classroom Environment Category 6

SUMMER 2

  • FIN 3130 Corporate Finance

FALL 3

  • EDUC 2300 Teaching Methods I
  • EDUC 2300 Teaching Internship I
  • Business 3000 (Excel recommended)

SPRING 3

  • ENTR 3583 Entrepreneurship
  • Educator Essentials: Effective Pedagogy Category 5
  • Business 4000 (Mentorship Program)

SUMMER 3

  • MGMT 3965 Organizational Behavior

FALL 4

  • EDUC 3500 Teaching Methods II
  • EDUC 3600 Teaching Internship II

SPRING 4

  • EDUC 4138 Secondary School Teaching

Note: Students without an AA degree may need to take additional courses to satisfy the UNIFI General Education program. Your advisor will help you select the appropriate courses.