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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Illinois Certification Requirements A student who has followed the above program through the first four years will have met the Illinois Certification requirements, as indicated in the following tabulation: University State Requirements Requirements I. General Education 42 hours 35 hours II. Commerce major (prepares for teaching shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, business law, distribution, and general business training) 5 I _ 5 4 hours 32 hours I I I . Teaching minor (not required for commercial teaching in junior colleges) One One (Students preparing to teach commercial work in high schools should acquire a minor selected (with approval) from the following list: mathematics; English; non-historical social studies; geography; music; home economics; industrial arts; physical education.)

Fifth Year

For the Degree of Master of Science in Commercial Teaching I. Economics.—A sufficient number of hours in approved advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Economics must be taken to bring the total credit hours in this subject to not less than 17 for the five years. II. Business Organization and Operation.—A sufficient number of hours in approved advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Business Organization and Operation must be taken to bring the total credit hours in this group of subjects to not less than 17 for the five years, including Business Law and excluding B.O.O. 5. I I I . Accountancy.—A sufficient number of hours in approved advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in Accountancy must be taken to bring the total credit hours in this subject to not less than 17 for the five years, excluding Accy. S i 5 . IV. Education.—Ed. 101 or Ed. 30, and Ed. 125. V. Commerce.—Sufficient work must be taken in the fifth year in courses recognized for graduate credit to bring the total hours in commerce courses to not less than 60 for the five years. VI. Selections.—Nine hours of approved advanced undergraduate and graduate courses having general educational value, and of courses which bear directly on subjects taught in high schools. VII. Summary.—The requirements of I-V, above, can be satisfied with a minimum of 23 hours of credit; with the 9 hours of electives ( V I ) , this makes a total of 32 hours in the fifth year, or 162 hours for the five-year program. The maximum required credit hours for selections of the third, fourth, and fifth years in Commerce fields are as follows: Business Organization and Operation (including Business L a w ) , 6 h o u r s ; Economics, 9 h o u r s ; Accountancy, 5 hours. U n d e r g r a d u a t e C o m m e r c e M i n o r s for N o n - C o m m e r c e S t u d e n t s I. Shorthand and Typing: Required: B.O.O. I2a-c—Typing B.O.O. i3a-c—Shorthand Rhet. 10—Business Letter Writing B.O.O. 45—Office Organization and M a n a g e m e n t . . . ; Total I I . Bookkeeping: Required: Accountancy ie, or ia and lb, 2a, and 2b Elective: Accountancy 3 a ; Business Law la, l b ; B.O.O. 2, 5 Minimum Total

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