Innovation in teaching combined with a practical approach that lets you immediately improve what you do as an educator is what you can expect from Ball State University’s master of arts in business education.
Our online degree is designed especially for business and marketing educators at the middle school, high school, and post-secondary levels, and business industry trainers who are seeking an advanced credential or further professional opportunities.
Quick Facts
Next Start Date:
January 6, 2025
- Delivery: 100% Online
- Major Credits: 30 to 36
- No GRE Required
Why a Master's Degree in Business Education?
National Rankings
- Ball State is consistently highly ranked by U.S. News & World Report in best online graduate education programs.
- U.S. News & World Report ranks our Master’s Degrees in Education Programs 21st in the nation for Best online programs for veterans.
Advantages include:
- Competitively-priced tuition
- Relevant, flexible courses
- Specialized tracks
- No GRE scores required
- Only a 2.75 minimum undergraduate GPA
- Can be completed in as little as one year
- Requires no thesis
- Courses are offered year round
- Asynchronous course design
- Transfer in up to nine hours of approved credit
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Master of Arts in Business Education
The Master of Arts in Business Education offers a variety of tracks for adult educators.
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Meet Our Students
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Course Requirements
Our master of arts degree for business and marketing education educators offers nine tracks you can follow, whether you are currently teaching business and marketing related subjects at the high school level or at the community college level, or working as a business consultant or trainer.
Follow this track if you work—or plan to work—with adults in community education programs.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Four courses (12 credits) selected from the list below:
- CTE 660 Organizational Safety and Health (3 credits)
- CTE 696 Coordinating Training Programs (3 credits)
- EDAC 631 Adult and Community Education (3 credits)
- EDAC 634 The Adult as a Learner (3 credits)
- EDAC 635 Strategies for Teaching Adults (3 credits)
- EDAC 648 The Community Educator (3 credits)
- EDAC 655 Continuing Education for Professionals (3 credits)
- EDAC 681 Managing Community Education (3 credits)
Follow this track if you work—or plan to work—as a trainer in a business or industry program.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 660 Organizational Safety and Health (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
- CTE 696 Coordinating Training Programs (3 credits)
Consult with the program advisor to choose electives (6 credits) based on your career objectives.
If you are a current or aspiring community college instructor with a bachelor’s in business, follow this track to meet community college requirements. As a college educator, you can teach dual credit classes at your local high school.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Consult with the program advisor to choose six business content courses (18 credits) based on your career objectives.
Consider this track if you are a middle school or secondary education educator and you’d like the challenge of curriculum and instruction improvement.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Four courses (12 credits) selected from the list below:
- CTE 660 Organizational Safety and Health (3 credits)
- CTE 696 Coordinating Training Programs (3 credits)
- EDCU 601 Principles and Procedures of Curriculum Development (3 credits)
- EDCU 620 The Secondary School Curriculum (3 credits)
- EDCU 630 The Junior High and Middle School Curriculum (3 credits)
- EDCU 640 The Alternative School Curricula (3 credits)
- EDCU 673 Curriculum Evaluation (3 credits)
- EDCU 675 Evaluation of Educational Personnel to Strengthen Curriculum (3 credits)
If you have credits to transfer but they don’t fit into one of our specific tracks, consider working with an advisor to build your own track based on your career goals.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Consult with an advisor to choose electives (12 credits) based on your career objectives.
If you are a licensed middle or high school business teacher without a master’s degree or a bachelor’s in business or related field, update your credentials. As a high school educator, you can teach dual credit classes at your high school.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Consult with the program advisor to choose six business content courses (18 credits) based on your career objectives.
This is a track that provides you with enhanced technical skills and, quite possibly, a technology leadership role at your school.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Four courses (12 credits) selected from the list below:
- EDTE 650 Curricular Integration of Learning Technology (3 credits)
- EDTE 652 Multimedia Web Design and Development for Education (3 credits)
- EDTE 660 Instructional Design and Technology (3 credits)
- EDTE 665 Visual and Digital Literacies (3 credits)
- EDTE 670 Technology Policy and Pedagogy (3 credits)
- EDTE 685 Information Systems for Instruction and Assessment (3 credits)
Take this track if a customized advanced degree will meet your professional needs and give you a broad overview of the role of today’s teacher.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
Four courses (12 credits) selected from the list below:
- CTE 660 Organizational Safety and Health (3 credits)
- CTE 696 Coordinating Training Programs (3 credits)
- EDPS 520 Introduction to the Gifted and Talented Student (3 credits)
- EDPS 646 Tests and Measurements (3 credits)
- EDST 671 Evaluation of Educational Programs (3 credits)
- SPCE 600 Education of Exceptional Children (3 credits)
If your passion is special needs students, this track will give you the expertise to teach business skills to a special audience.
- BED 616 Research Methods (3 credits)
- BED 620 Improvement of Instruction with Technology (3 credits)
- BED 693 Philosophy, Organization, and Administration of CTE (3 credits)
- CTE 622 Instructional Materials and Strategies for Improvement of Instruction (3 credits)
- CTE 625 Problems and Issues (3 credits)
- CTE 692 Managing Work-Based Learning Programs (3 credits)
- SPCE 600 Education of Exceptional Children (3 credits)
- SPCE 686 Introduction: Mild Interventions (3 credits)
Two courses selected (6 credits) from the list below:
- SPCE 606 Multi-Tier System of Supports/Response to Intervention: Seminar (3 credits)
- SPCE 607 Multi-Tier Systems of Support/Response to Intervention: Tracking Student Progress (3 credits)
- SPCE 680 Introduction to Persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders (3 credits)
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