The M.S.E. in Business Technology is a degree that is designed to enable students to extend, reinforce, and advance their technology and educational skills for the purpose of enhancing their educational careers.

Students seeking admission into the MSE. in Business Technology degree must meet the admission requirements of the Graduate School.  In addition, a student may be admitted by either completing the requirements for a valid teaching license or by completing the MSE Degree in Business Technology disclaimer form, which allows the student to waive the valid teaching license requirement. The disclaimer form, as well as additional information, is available from Dr. Ralph Ruby, Jr. (BU 419C).

For unconditional admission, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admission selection criteria:

• A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 3.00 (or 3.25 on the last 60 hours), and either a raw score of at least 30 on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or a minimum score of 790 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE)
• A minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 (or 3.00 on the last 60 hours), and either a raw score of at least 35 on the MAT or a minimum score of 820 on the combined verbal and quantitative sections of the GRE.

For conditional admission, academic proficiency must be established through satisfaction of either of the following admission selection criteria:

• The total undergraduate GPA is 2.50 and, when the undergraduate GPA is multiplied by 10 and then multiplied by the MAT score, the total is at least 600
• The total undergraduate GPA is 2.50 and, when the undergraduate GPA is multiplied by the GRE score, the total is at least 1850

Program of Study for the MSE Degree with a Major in Business Technology

Courses in the major field:

• BUED 6613, Microcomputer Applications for Educators
• BUED 6683, Seminar for Business Technology
• One course to be selected from the following:
  • BUED 6523, Improvement of Instruction in Keyboarding & Word Processing
  • BUED 6543, Improvement of Instruction in Basic Business Subjects
  • BUED 6603, Improvement of Instruction in Accounting
• Twelve hours of electives from graduate level courses in the College of Business

Courses in the Education field; nine hours selected from the following:

• ELFN 6773, Introduction to Statistics and Research
• Either
  • ELFN 6763, Philosophies of Education, or
  • PSY 6513, Advanced Educational Psychology
• Choice of
  • Either (whichever not taken to meet requirement above)
    • PSY 6513, Advanced Educational Psychology, or
    • ELFN 6763, Philosophies of Education
  • ELCI 6063, Curriculum Management
  • ELCI 6083, Supervision and Evaluation of Teaching
  • ELCI 6423, Middle School Curriculum
  • ELCI 6523, Secondary School Curriculum

Minimum hours required for this program: 30