The undergraduate management concentration in marketing provides students with both a theoretical and a practical knowledge of marketing. The curriculum achieves these ends by integrating practical applications with theoretical and conceptual understanding. Examples include hands on computer usage, team projects and case analysis, and marketing simulation games. In addition, ethics and international issues are woven through the curriculum to further enrich the student's marketing background.
Marketing students may follow many possible career paths. The highest starting salaries go to those positions requiring the strongest quantitative skills.
In order to fulfill the requirements of the concentration in marketing, students must complete the standard core curriculum for the management degree option and three undergraduate marketing (MKTG) courses beyond the introductory level. The students' course selections should reflect their career choice. To get the broadest exposure, students are advised to select only one course from a group (described below). Marketing Strategy is recommended for all Marketing majors. Each course is four credit hours.
The role of marketing research; research design, sampling, questionnaire construction, data collection methodology, techniques for data analysis, report writing and presentation.
Individual, situational and cultural influences on consumer attitudes (judgement) and decision making, normative versus descriptive theories of decision making. Special topics include online buying behavior, conjoint models of preference formation, and innovation diffusion.
Advanced treatment of integrating elements of the marketing mix, I.e. product, place, promotion and place decisions in the context of marketing planning. The role and importance of e-commerce in shaping marketing mix integration will be highlighted.
This is a course on integrated marketing communications (IMC) with an emphasis on advertising on the Internet and the new media. Topics include: selection of target markets, establishment of communications objectives, selection of and working relationships with advertising agencies, creative strategy and execution, media selection, appropriations and budgets, and program evaluation procedures.
Principles of co-operative marketing strategy dealing with selection of relationship partners, structuring partnerships, creating incentives, and evaluating relationship performance with specific focus on the role of the internet in structuring firm-customer relationships.
This course provides hands on skills in using advanced computer based tools that help in making marketing decisions. Topics include sales call planning, segmentation using cluster analysis, positioning using MDS, new product design using conjoint analysis, and pricing using yield management. Emphasis is placed on conceptualizing the problems as well as their practical solutions. The course is particularly relevant for the data rich e-commerce environment (e.g. data mining techniques for marketing decisions). Students gain valuable spreadsheet skills, and learn to integrate analysis with marketing intuition.
Seminar on marketing management problems in the international environment. Students will gain an understanding of scope of international marketing activities and impact of culture and environment on marketing programs.
New offerings on topics within the broad area of marketing. Business to Business Marketing is currently a Special Topics course. Many of these topics courses are added to the curriculum as regular offerings.
The faculty recommend that MKTG majors take MKTG 311 (required), 2 electives from different groups below and MKTG 324 - Marketing Strategy as the best preparation for most careers. Other combinations may be chosen and students are encouraged to consult with the faculty in the Marketing area for advice on other career preparation options.
Advertising, Consumer Behavior
Business to Business Marketing, Relationship Marketing, International Marketing, International Sales and Marketing, Marketing Strategy (for all marketing majors)
Market Research, Advanced Tools for Marketing Decisions
