1997-1998 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705
The Eberly College of Business
This department offers the following degrees:
Bachelor of Science in Education with a Business Education major, Bachelor of Science with a major in Office Systems , and a two-year Associate of Arts degree in Business with a Computer and Office Information Systems track.
Office Systems Major (Bachelor of Science)
The Office Systems program is an intensive study of office systems emphasizing the decision-making aspect of office functions and the systems approach. The program includes in-depth experiences required for an understanding of the total office system and its relationship to the total business and economic system.
The Office Systems program prepares students for careers such as office managers or supervisors, records managers, telecommunications consultants/managers, PC analysts, microcomputer user coordinators, and office systems analysts.
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: BE260*, BE261*,
BE262*, BE312 (Secretarial)
Accounting: AG300, AG301,
AG421, BE312 (Accounting)
Office Technologies: BE132, BE264 ,
OS301, OS400,
BE312 (Office Tech)
Data Processing: OS400, IM251,
IM255, BE312 (Data Processing)
Marketing: DE331, DE332,
DE333, BE312 (Marketing)
Marketing/Distributive Education: MK421, MK433,
MK elective, DE413**
*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 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 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 average in order to student teach. See details of the four-step process in the section "Admission to Teacher Education and Certification" in the Academic Policies 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 must meet the standards set by that college (see Department of Office Systems and Business Education 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.
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