Business Education Major

Program Director: Alexander Mains

Program Coordinator: Dr. Kevin Fishbeck

Degree Types: Bachelor of Science (default) or Bachelor of Arts (alternative)

The curriculum in Business Education is designed to prepare students to be effective secondary classroom teachers capable of meeting the needs of all students, including those with special needs and from varied backgrounds.

Program Outcomes

Upon completion of this program:

• Graduates will demonstrate deep content knowledge in Business by achieving a passing score on the Praxis licensing test and earning proficient or higher scores on the student teaching rubric’s subject-specific teaching criteria for Business. In addition to this, Business Education graduates will be able to:
  o    Demonstrate an ability to process information to reach a logical conclusion.
  o    Demonstrate professional business communication.
  o    Identify major concepts within the core areas of business.
  o    Apply decision support tools to business decision making.  Apply ethical decision making utilizing the Benedictine values and professional standards.
  o    Recognize the global nature of the contemporary business environment.
• Graduates will design and implement standards-aligned lessons infused with effective instructional strategies that accommodate diverse learning needs as evidenced by coursework assessments and the student teaching rubric’s instructional planning and lesson delivery criteria.
• Graduates will establish a positive and inclusive classroom environment that fosters student engagement and high levels of student learning as measured by student teaching observations and by the dispositions rubric’s classroom environment criteria.
• Graduates will utilize formative and summative assessments to analyze student learning and adjust instruction accordingly demonstrated by coursework assessments and submitted reflections on data-informed decision-making.
• Graduates will exhibit professional conduct, ethical decision-making, and a commitment to continuous improvement reflected by the dispositions rubric’s professional development criteria.

There are also academic policies which apply to all education majors, which can be reviewed on the Education: Undergraduate Programs  page.