Marketing - AAS
Major: 3094
Effective Term: 2013 Fall Final Term: Current
Award: AAS
Total Credits: 60-63
Description:
The Associate in Applied Science (AAS) in Marketing program meets students' needs by providing skills necessary for marketing careers. The program is designed to develop competencies essential for success in marketing. By completing this program, students will be better equipped to apply competencies needed for successful performance in a variety of marketing/management occupations, including wholesaling, retailing, professional sales, and entrepreneurship.
Program Notes:
+ indicates course has prerequisites and/or corequisites.
Students must earn a grade of C or better for all courses required in the program.
Students must earn a grade of C or better for all courses required in the program.
Admission Criteria:
None
Program Prerequisites: None
| Credits: 26 | |||
| ACC111 | Accounting Principles I | 3 | |
| BPC110 | Computer Usage and Applications (3) OR | ||
| CIS105 | Survey of Computer Information Systems (3) | 3 | |
| GBS151 | Introduction to Business | 3 | |
| + | GBS233 | Business Communication | 3 |
| MGT251 | Human Relations in Business | 3 | |
| MKT263 | Advertising Principles | 3 | |
| MKT267 | Principles of Salesmanship | 3 | |
| MKT271 | Principles of Marketing | 3 | |
| SBS220 | Internet Marketing for Small Business | 2 | |
| Credits: 12 | |||
| Students should select from the following courses in consultation with a Department Advisor. | |||
| GBS205 | Legal, Ethical, and Regulatory Issues in Business | 3 | |
| MGT276 | Personnel/Human Resources Management | 3 | |
| MKT101 | Introduction to Public Relations | 3 | |
| MKT110 | Marketing and Social Networking | 3 | |
| MKT268 | Merchandising | 3 | |
| MKT273 | Marketing Research | 3 | |
| MKT280++ | Marketing Internship (any suffixed course) | 1-3 | |
| MKT/TEC109 | Introduction to Fashion Merchandising | 3 | |
| MKT/TEC151 | Display and Visual Merchandising | 3 | |
| General Education Requirement | Credits: 22-25 | ||
| General Education Core | Credits: 12-15 | ||
| First-Year Composition | Credits: 6 | ||
| Any approved general education course in the First-Year Composition Area. | 6 | ||
| Oral Communication | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved General Education course in the Oral Communication Area | 3 | ||
| Critical Reading | Credits: 0-3 | ||
| + | CRE101 | College Critical Reading (3) OR | |
| Equivalent as indicated by assessment (0) | 0-3 | ||
| Mathematics | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved General Education course from the Mathematics Area | 3 | ||
| General Education Distribution | Credits: 10 | ||
| Humanities and Fine Arts | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved general education course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences area. SBU200 recommended. | 3 | ||
| Social and Behavioral Sciences | Credits: 3 | ||
| Any approved General Education course from the Social and Behavioral Sciences Area | 3 | ||
| Natural Sciences | Credits: 4 | ||
| Any approved General Education course from the Natural Sciences Area | 4 | ||
Program Competencies
- Use basic accounting principles to develop and maintain business financial records. (ACC111)
- Analyze and apply word processing program features to create, edit, manipulate, format, print, and store common business documents. (BPC110, CIS105)
- Construct, test, implement, and analyze spreadsheets that solve financial, mathematical, and statistical problems in business. (BPC110, CIS105)
- Analyze, design, and create a database to extract, sort, calculate, and report business data. (BPC110, CIS105)
- Design, create, and execute an artistic presentation to include graphics and animation. (BPC110, CIS105)
- Identify the fundamental characteristics and functions of modern business, including business principles, marketing, labor relations, and business risk. (GBS151)
- Use common business terms and vocabulary in oral and written communication, adhering to correct English, spelling, and punctuation rules. (GBS233)
- Describe current management issues, decision-making techniques, and leadership styles. (MGT251)
- Describe human relations challenges faced by the individual and the business organization. (MGT251)
- Identify advertising objectives for a business situation and analyze a business situation in the context of its market. (MKT263)
- Identify the characteristics of a given market and select the appropriate media for the market. (MKT263)
- Demonstrate how customers, company, product and/or service, competitor and marketplace information can facilitate the selling process. (MKT267)
- List and describe the major techniques for negotiating and overcoming objections, the types of buying signals, how to close a sale, and the major types of follow-up and customer service activities.(MKT267)
- Describe basic marketing principles as they relate to a corporate business structure and a local entrepreneur. (MKT271)
- Develop strategies for marketing a product or service on the Internet. (SBS220)
- Identify and describe regulatory and privacy issues related to the use of the Internet for marketing. (SBS220)
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