NAC391.13066. Major or minor in business education.

     1. The semester hours of credit required for a major in business education must include course work in each of the following areas of study, including 9 semester hours in upper division courses:

     (a) Accounting;

     (b) Business law;

     (c) Communications;

     (d) Economics;

     (e) Management or operations management;

     (f) Marketing; and

     (g) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, use of computers, which must include instruction in each of the following areas of study:

          (1) Computer literacy, including, without limitation, proper keyboarding techniques, word processing and the use of databases and spreadsheets;

          (2) Desktop publishing or electronic publications;

          (3) Safety and research on the Internet; and

          (4) Multimedia software and peripherals.

     2. A person who holds a Microsoft Office Specialist Certification issued by Microsoft or its successor organization in at least three Microsoft Office programs or any other similar certification approved by the Commission:

     (a) Is not required to complete course work in the area of computers required pursuant to paragraph (g) of subsection 1.

     (b) Shall be deemed to have completed 3 semester hours of credit for each such certification he or she holds, not to exceed 9 semester hours of credit.

     3. The semester hours of credit for a major in business education may include course work in the following areas of study:

     (a) Entrepreneurship;

     (b) International business;

     (c) Management of information systems; or

     (d) Organizational behavior.

     4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, the semester hours of credit required for a minor in business education must include course work in the areas named in paragraphs (a) to (g), inclusive, of subsection 1, including 6 semester hours of credit in upper division courses.

     (Added to NAC by Comm’n on Prof. Standards in Education, eff. 9-1-89; A 2-24-95; R018-11, 10-26-2011)