MINOR: Marketing
REQUIRED COURSES
Course | No. | Title | Hours |
BUS | 328 | Principles of Marketing | 3 |
BUS | 329 | Integrated Marketing Communications | 3 |
BUS | 347 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
BUS | 348 | Retail Management & Merchandising | 3 |
BUS | 350 | Professional Selling | 3 |
BUS | 355 | E-Marketing | 3 |
CMIS | 410 | Web Page Development & Programming | 3 |
Minor Total | 21 |
Course Descriptions:
BUS 328 | Principles of Marketing (3 credit hours)
Students learn the buying, selling, transporting, and storing functions involved in
marketing, with an introduction to retailing, wholesaling, and marketing management.
BUS 329 | Integrated Marketing Communications (3 credit hours)
Students examine the elements of integrated marketing communications including advertising,
direct marketing, social media, personal branding, personal selling, sales promotion,
and public relations/publicity, focusing on the blending of the elements into a total
enterprise marketing communications program.
Prerequisite Required: BUS 328
BUS 347 | Consumer Behavior (3 credit hours)
This course presents the principles of consumer behavior in the areas of motivation,
perception, learning, attitude change, information processing, life-style, demographics,
social class, reference groups, opinion leaders and diffusion, family and culture,
and shopping environments.
Prerequisite Required: BUS 328
BUS 348 | Retail Management and Merchandising (3 credit hours)
This course presents the principles of retailing including strategies, merchandise
management, store operations, evaluation and control, financial strategies, human
resources management, buying and selling, information systems, promotions, and inventory
control.
Prerequisite Required: BUS 328
BUS 350 | Professional Selling (3 credit hours)
Students focus on the skills and techniques used in selling and persuasion. The course
helps students learn to sell products and ideas through a study of proven techniques
used by successful salespeople.
Prerequisite Required: BUS 328
BUS 355 | E-Marketing (3 credit hours)
Overview of different types of internet business, internet marketing, global e-commerce,
consumer issues, business-to-business internet marketing, online selling strategies,
legal and ethical issues. Today's social media like YouTube, Facebook, Blogs, and
Twitter are the new customer-centric methods to reach and collaborate with customers
in building relationships, and in marketing ideas using digital media. The course
explores new media, online selling strategies, Web Analytics and Internet-based business
marketing techniques.
Prerequisite Required: BUS 328
CMIS 410 |Web Page Development and Programming (3 credit hours)
This course facilitates the development of skills in designing complex web sites.
Current issues and design trends are considered as well as the fundamentals of web
servers and browsers, and HTML and XHTML. Client side and server side programming
and database connectivity over a web-based connection are explored. Web security and
evaluation procedures for websites are covered.
General Studies Outcome: Technology & Its Application