2000-2001 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

The Eberly College of Business and Information Technology

This department offers the following degrees
Bachelor of Science in Education with a Business Education major, Bachelor of Science with a major in Business Technology Support , and a two-year Associate of Arts degree in Business with a Computer and Office Information Systems emphasis.

Business Techology Support Major (Bachelor of Science)
The Business Technology Support majors are equipped to be versatile professionals who "bridge the gap" between the developer of information technology systems and the typical users of computers. The program encompasses the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of a professional who provides support to users of information technology to maintain and improve overall organizational effectiveness. The Business Technology Support program places emphasis on understanding how technology contributes to individual and work group performance and to behavioral factors, such as communications, ergonomics, training, and change.

The Business Technology Support curriculum is designed to challenge students to understand their dynamic role from both an organizational and individual viewpoint. Graduates of the program can pursue career paths such as office managers/supervisors, web site managers, technology trainers, help desk administrators, and documentation/curriculum developers as they relate to enterprise-wide solutions, support services, and technology training.

The department welcomes minors. A newly revised minor provides Business majors with the opportunity to complement their major with business technology support courses.

Business Education Major
(Bachelor of Science in Education)
The IUP Business Education program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The program leads to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education and to certification in Pennsylvania as a business education teacher.

Our program in business education is dedicated to preparing teachers who will be qualified and certificated to instruct students to live and work in a business environment.

The major is intended for those interested in teaching in public junior and senior high schools, vocational-technical schools, private business schools, or industry. Students have a choice of the following certification areas: accounting, data processing, marketing, office technologies, secretarial, and marketing/distributive education. They must select two or more areas of certification; one of the two areas must be office technologies. Students seeking certification in marketing/distributive education must select the areas marketing and marketing/distributive education. The courses required in each area are as follows:

Secretarial: BEDU 260*, BEDU 261*, BEDU 262* (Students can transfer credit from another regionally accredited institution.)
Accounting: ACCT 300, ACCT 301, ACCT 421
Office Technologies: BEDU 250 , OSYS 301, OSYS 313, OSYS 400
Data Processing: OSYS 310, IFMG 251, IFMG 255, BEDU 312
Marketing: DEDU 331, MKTG 435, MKTG 436
Distributive Education: MKTG 421, MKTG 433, MKTG elective, DEDU 413**

*Students should transfer these courses from another Middle States-accredited institution or obtain credit by exam.
**Offered on an individualized basis.

A student must apply to the dean of the College of Education and Educational Technology to receive an initial certificate to teach in Pennsylvania's public schools. Certification to be a business education teacher is approved by the dean of the College of Education and Educational Technology when a student has met all the requirements in professional education, Liberal Studies, and business education major courses. Students must attain a 2.5 overall GPA in order to student teach. See details of the 4-Step Process in the section "Admission to Teacher Education and Certification" in the College of Education and Educational Technology section of this catalog. The candidate for certification must also complete successfully the core battery and specialization sections of the National Teachers' Examination.

All students who take a business education major also complete a track in the College of Education and Educational Technology and must meet the standards set by that college (see Department of Technology Support and Training Student Handbook, page 8).

Practical Business Experience
Before graduation, each business education student must document completion of 500 hours of secretarial practice, accounting practice, data processing, clerical practice, or office-related experience. This experience should be in the field or fields in which the student is contemplating certification and can be acquired during summer vacations and in offices on the campus during the regular school term. Previous documented experience may also be counted.