Through the school business management program, you'll gain the necessary knowledge to become a top-level school business official, finance officer or administrator. Your focus on internship and field experience will build upon your course work, earning you the leadership skills and educational requirements to succeed as a chief school business official in elementary, secondary or college educational systems. This 39-semester-hour program is intended to prepare persons to serve as school business managers. Students, under the direction of an adviser, will plan a program of studies which will include course work, internship, and field experiences directly related to the school business management function in elementary and secondary, or college educational systems. It is not necessary to have an educator license to apply for this program. A student who completes the M.S.Ed. in school business management will satisfy the educational requirements for the chief school business official endorsement to the Type 75 Illinois Administrative License. Program flexibility permits elective courses which may be applied toward meeting minimal educational requirements for the general administrative endorsement.