The Department of Business Education was part of Industrial Arts Teacher Training College which was the nucleus of the Faculty of Industrial Arts Education when it was established.

   The basic aim of this department is to train teachers for the courses in the field of Commerce and agriculture within the scope of Work Education course. The aims set by the department are to develop skill in problem-solving, decision-making, producing, communicating, creating, innovating which lead to skills related to the administration of time, money and human resources.

   The department has 2 Professors, 1 Associate Professor, 7 Assistant Professors, 1 lecturer and 3 Research Assistants at the service of 256 students.

   Contemporary management education aims not only at teaching techniques of the profession but also at developing a perspective appropriate to new situations. Within this frame the four-year undergraduate program of our department is composed of general knowledge, pedagogical formation and specific courses of the field. The techniques and approaches with regard to business education are given in theoretical and practice teaching and pedagogical formation while technical skills necessary for a teacher are given in mathematics, statistics, computer practice, etc. The main field courses are offered under the following divisions:

·   Administration and Organization Education

·   Production Administration and Marketing Education

·   Accountancy-Finance Education

·   Fiscal Law Education

·   Agricultural Management and Cooperation Education