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Business Education

Business Education at Valley City State University is a cornerstone program in our Business Department. Learn the essentials of business to share with future generations while filling a critical teacher need in North Dakota. Learn principals and innovative approaches to entrepreneurship while developing your own professional skills while preparing to educate the business people of the future.

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VCSU graduate Shelby Dietz

Shelby Dietz

Business Education graduate

VCSU offers a personal education and all the faculty, and staff are there to support you the whole time. The Business Education department knew my goal when I switch majors and continued to support me through my whole time through the program. Faculty in the department also helped me find a job and wanted me to be successful even after graduation.

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Beyond graduation

Explore the possibilities

A degree in Business Education from Valley City State University can open career doors in almost any industry. Possible job opportunities can include:

  • Family and Consumer Science Teacher
  • Driving Instructor
  • High School Business Teacher
  • Technology Education Teacher
  • Experience Guide
  • Computer Science Teacher
  • Classroom Instructor

Where you'll study

Our Business Department is housed in Vangstad Hall—central to campus, newly renovated in 2013, and connected to historic McFarland Hall and the soon-to-be-renovated McCarthy Hall.
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Plan of Study

  • Elements of Accounting I
  • Intermediate Accounting I
  • Business Data Solutions
  • Strategic Planning
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Managerial Finance
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Business Ethics
  • Principles of Management
  • International Business
  • Digital Marketing
  • Advertising and Promotions
  • Elements of Accounting I
  • Taxation of Business Entities
  • Introduction to Agriculture Management
  • Business Data Solutions
  • Strategic Planning
  • Principles of Macroeconomics
  • Foundations of Banking
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Principles of Management
  • Foundations of Leadership
  • International Business
  • Digital Marketing
  • Retailing
  • Elements of Accounting II
  • Managerial Accounting and Finance
  • Business in the Legal Environment
  • Agriculture Commodity Marketing
  • Advanced Farm Management
  • Business Communications
  • Operations Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Information Systems Management
  • Principles of Microeconomics
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Business Ethics
  • Project Management
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Elements of Accounting II
  • Intermediate Accounting II
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Business Communications
  • Operations Management
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Principles of MicroeconomicsManagerial Finance II
  • Principles of Investments
  • Elementary Statistics
  • Project Management
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Professional Sales
  • Marketing Research

Meet the advisor

Richard Ross

Richard Ross, M.S.

Associate Professor
Departments

Career and Technical Education, Department of Business

Office Location
  • Vangstad 113