Department of Interdisciplinary Professions

J. Scott Glass, Chair, 213 Ragsdale Hall

The vision of the Department of Interdisciplinary Professions is to be recognized for the strength of our programs, expertise of our faculty, and quality of our graduates in our quest to meet the changing needs of the global community. The mission of the Department is to prepare and develop professionals in workforce preparedness education, information technologies, school media coordination, and librarianship. The Department offers undergraduate programs of study in business education, business and marketing education, and information processing. Minors are offered in information processing and distribution technology: merchandising.

The Department may accept up to 30 s.h. of lower-level (numbered 1000-2999 at ECU) technical credit from a community college or technical or junior college toward some of its BS degree options. Transfer students must meet the requirements of the degree option they elect.

ECU is a member of the National Association for Business Teacher Education (NABTE).

Programs

• Business and Marketing Education, BSBE
• Business Education, BSBE
• Information Technologies, BSBE

• Distribution Technology: Merchandising Minor
• Information Processing Minor

Courses

• ADED 3500 - Introduction to Peer Tutoring
• ADED 4100 - Introduction to Teaching Adults
• ADED 4150 - Instructional Methods
• ADED 4500 - Lead Tutor Development

• BITE 1500 - Electronic Information Processing I
• BITE 2000 - Introduction to Computer Literacy
• BITE 2112 - Introduction to Information Processing Technology
• BITE 2123 - Early Experiences for the Prospective Teacher
• BITE 2212 - Basic Programming for Business Applications
• BITE 2311 - Financial Information Systems I
• BITE 2500 - Electronic Information Processing II
• BITE 3200 - Distribution Technology I: Merchandising
• BITE 3220 - Business Communications
• BITE 3228 - Administrative Management
• BITE 3291 - Internship: Supervised Work Experience
• BITE 3292 - Internship: Supervised Work Experience
• BITE 3293 - Internship: Supervised Work Experience
• BITE 3294 - Internship: Supervised Work Experience
• BITE 3301 - Distribution Technology II: Promotion
• BITE 3302 - Distribution Technology III: Selling
• BITE 3311 - Financial Information Systems II
• BITE 3500 - Electronic Information Processing III
• BITE 4100 - Introduction to Virtual Environments in Business and Information Technology Education
• BITE 4200 - Microcomputer Business Applications
• BITE 4300 - Administrative Office Procedures
• BITE 4323 - Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Education
• BITE 4324 - Internship in Career and Technical Education
• BITE 4325 - Internship Seminar: Issues in Career and Technical Education
• BITE 4390 - Consumer Financial Management
• BITE 4400 - Teaching and Administration of Career and Technical Education
• BITE 4435 - Instructional Strategies for Technical Training
• BITE 4500 - Information Processing Systems Design
• BITE 4700 - Web Site Design and Maintenance
• BITE 5200 - Microcomputer Business Graphics Applications
• BITE 5205 - Teaching Special Populations in Business and Information Technologies Education
• BITE 5388 - Seminar in Business and Information Technologies Education
• BITE 5389 - Seminar in Business and Information Technologies Education
• BITE 5390 - Seminar in Business and Information Technologies Education
• BITE 5500 - Independent Study in Business and Information Technologies Education
• BITE 5503 - Integrating Information Processing Technology into Business and Information Technologies Education

• LIBS 1000 - Research Skills for Electronic and Print Resources
• LIBS 3102 - Research Sources and Techniques
• LIBS 3200 - The Art of Storytelling
• LIBS 4950 - Literature for Children