Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
A Concentration In
Business
An emphasis within the B.S. in Secondary Education — teach the next generation how business and the economy actually work.
Teach Grades 6–12
Certify to teach secondary business
Real Business Depth
Accounting, finance, management, marketing
Content Mastery Built In
27 credits exceeds the 30-credit standard with the core
Business is one of the most popular subjects in high schools — and qualified teachers who actually understand it are in short supply. ACU’s Business concentration goes deep into the discipline, from accounting and finance to management, marketing, and economics, so you teach from genuine expertise.
You’ll pair that content with methods built for the classroom. Teaching Business in the Secondary School and Integrated Literacy in Business show you how to take real-world business concepts and make them land with teenagers. You’ll graduate ready to lead business, economics, and entrepreneurship courses — and to mentor students who may run companies of their own one day.
Master Core Business Disciplines
Build real depth in accounting, finance, management, marketing, and economics.
Teach Business in the Classroom
Plan and deliver secondary business instruction using methods proven with adolescents.
Build Business Literacy
Help students read, write, and reason through business and financial concepts.
Connect Theory to Practice
Bring management, marketing, and entrepreneurship to life with real-world application.
Demonstrate Content Mastery
Meet Arizona's standard of 30 content-area credits or a passing subject-knowledge test.
Business is never neutral — it runs on trust, stewardship, and how we treat people. A Biblical Worldview shapes how you teach it and the questions you help students ask.
Work as Stewardship
Scripture frames work and resources as a trust to be managed well, not just wealth to be maximized. Teaching business through that lens reframes profit, ownership, and ambition as questions of stewardship and responsibility.
Lets you teach business as service and stewardship, not only self-interest.
Integrity in the Marketplace
Honest weights, fair dealing, and keeping your word run all through Scripture's view of commerce. Business ethics becomes more than a unit — it's the backbone of how you teach the subject.
Equips you to form students who'll be trusted in their work, not just skilled at it.
People Over Transactions
Every business decision touches real people — employees, customers, communities. Seeing them as image-bearers reshapes how you teach management, marketing, and leadership.
Grounds your teaching of business in dignity and the common good.
A business teaching credential is versatile — it opens classrooms, and the content depth opens doors beyond them too.
Secondary Business Teacher
Teach business, economics, marketing, and entrepreneurship in middle and high school classrooms.
Christian School Educator
Teach business in ACSI-affiliated Christian schools in the U.S. and abroad through ACU's certification.
Career & Technical Education (CTE) Instructor
Lead business and entrepreneurship programs in CTE and dual-enrollment settings.
Graduate Study in Business or Education
Use a strong business foundation to pursue an MBA, M.Ed., or related graduate degree.
The Business concentration gives you more than a teaching license — it gives you a genuine command of the discipline.
Substantial Content Depth
A 27-credit concentration spans accounting, finance, management, marketing, and economics — real business, not a survey.
Teaching Methods Built In
Dedicated business-pedagogy courses mean you learn to teach the subject, not just to know it.
Versatile Credential
Business teachers can lead a wide range of courses — economics, marketing, entrepreneurship, and more.
ACSI Certification Pathway
Teach business in Christian schools worldwide through ACU's ACSI certification.
Already drawn to the Secondary Education degree? Adding the Business concentration is simple.
Apply to ACU
Submit your application for admission to Arizona Christian University.
Start Your ApplicationChoose Business as Your Concentration
Tell your education advisor you want the business content area, and they'll map it into your plan.
Build Your Business Foundation
Start with Introduction to Business, then layer in accounting, finance, management, and the teaching-methods courses.
The Business concentration gives you the content depth and teaching methods to lead a secondary business classroom with confidence. Apply or reach out today.