Departmental Overview
The graduate program in Business Education serves both experienced business education teachers and students who wish to complete teacher certification requirements in business education.

Note: Course offerings are dependent on enrollment. Master’s courses are generally offered once every two years.

Programs

CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
The objective of graduate certification in Business Education is to certify individuals to teach business education subjects in Connecticut's public junior and senior high schools. Candidates plan Business Education certification programs with advisors from the School of Education and the Management Information Systems Department. Certification requirements include the following:

• Undergraduate degree in a business major or equivalent academic background
• A minimum of 12 credits in Business Education including:

  BE 410: Office Education Methods (3 credits) BE 450: Office System Application Software and Records Management (3 credits) BE 524: Organization and Administration of Business and Marketing Education (3 credits) BE 530: Teaching Accounting, Basic Business, and Marketing Education (3 credits)

• Successful completion of Keyboarding Proficiency Examination WP 204 Introduction to Word Processing or equivalent 500 hours of office work experience within five years immediately preceding program completion.
• Additional Business courses based on content and recency of previous academic work as assigned by adviser.
• Successful completion of education courses as part of certification in Business Education.

Students must submit a Professional Program Application to the School of Education and Professional Studies

• Professional Program Application Deadline for the fall semester is September 10
• Professional Program Application Deadline for spring semester is February 10

MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION (30 cr.)

A thesis option (Plan A) and a comprehensive examination option (Plan B) are available.

Requirements for business education teacher certification must be completed before a student may matriculate into a master’s or post-master’s degree program.

General Education (0–9 cr.):
Electives other than from Business Education as approved by faculty adviser

Professional Education (6–9 cr.):
One of the following:

EDF 500 Contemporary Educational Issues
EDF 516 School and Society
EDF 524 Foundations of Contemporary Theories of Curriculum
EDF 525 History of American Education
EDF 538 The Politics of Education
EDF 583 Sociological Foundations of Education
and
SPED graduate course as approved by adviser
Elective as approved by adviser

Business Education Specialization (15–21 cr.):

BE 501 Current Problems in Business Education
BE 598 Research in Business Education
Electives as approved by faculty adviser

Thesis (Plan A only, 3 cr.):

BE 599 Thesis

Frequently Asked Questions (related to business teacher education certification)