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Students in the Marketing major begin by completing the foundational marketing course, MRKT 3510 Principles of Marketing , which is a required core business class for all business and accounting majors. It is strongly recommended that students complete MRKT 3510 during their sophomore year. At the beginning of their junior year, students then choose to enter one of the four specialized Marketing Curriculum Pathways: Applied Learning in Societal Transformation (A-LIST), Creating Customer and Company Value (3CV), Marketing Analytics (MA), or the M-School pathway. Note that admission into the M-School Pathway is competitive and based on an application process taking place in early April of the students’ sophomore year. Once in a Pathway, students must first complete the specific Foundational course within that Pathway before taking any advanced MRKT elective courses or the required Capstone course within that respective Pathway. The foundational courses within the respective pathways include MRKT 3513 Rethinking the Marketplace (in the A-LIST Pathway), MRKT 3515 Consumer Behavior (in the 3CV Pathway), MRKT 3517 Foundation of Marketing Analytics (in the MA Pathway), and MRKT 3521 The New World of Branding and Advertising (in the M-School Pathway).
Alternatively, students may elect to not enter any Marketing Curriculum Pathway and instead pursue a General Marketing Curriculum consisting of MRKT 3510 Principles of Marketing , MRKT 3515 Consumer Behavior , MRKT 3517 Foundation of Marketing Analytics , and three additional 4-semester-hour 4000-level MRKT elective courses.
Requirements for the Marketing major are specific to each Pathway:
Students in the A-LIST Pathway will complete the foundational MRKT 3513 Rethinking the Marketplace course, three advanced MRKT elective courses chosen from among those specifically designated as A-LIST electives, and the capstone MRKT 4593 Brand Storytelling course.
Students in the 3CV Pathway will complete the foundational MRKT 3515 Consumer Behavior course, three advanced MRKT elective courses chosen from among those specifically designated as 3CV electives, and the capstone MRKT 4595 Value Creation and Marketing Accountability course.
Students in the MA Pathway must complete the foundational MRKT 3517 Foundation of Marketing Analytics course, MRKT 4517 Data-Driven Customer Insights , MRKT 4527 Customer Relationship Management , an upper-division MRKT elective, and the capstone MRKT 4547 Strategic Marketing Decision Making course.
Alternatively, after completing MRKT 3510 , Marketing students can apply for admittance into the M-School program at the end of their sophomore year. Admittance is competitive and not guaranteed; however, if accepted into the M-School, students are required to complete the five M-School specific classes in order to meet the requirements of the Marketing major. Students apply to one of two tracks within the M-School Pathway: 1) Content Creation or 2) Strategy and Management. Required classes for both tracks include MRKT 3521 The New World of Branding and Advertising and MRKT 4531 Creative Brand Management . Additional required courses within the Content Creation track include MRKT 4511 Cross-Platform Content Creation , MRKT 4598 Special Studies (Conceptual Brand Thinking) and MRKT 4598 Special Studies (Production Tools and Techniques). Additional required courses within the Strategy and Management track include MRKT 3531 Brand Planning and Strategy , MRKT 4521 Adaptive Media and Analytics , and MRKT 4598 Special Studies (Growth Hacking).
Please note that students will be permitted to begin taking their foundational course and associated required or advanced elective courses with a Pathway only after completing MRKT 3510 Principles of Marketing .
Students wanting to pursue a Marketing major without electing to join any of the four Marketing Pathways may alternatively complete a General Marketing Curriculum. After completing MRKT 3510 Principles of Marketing , the General Marketing Curriculum requires a student to complete both MRKT 3517 Foundation of Marketing Analytics and MRKT 3515 Consumer Behavior , and then any three additional 4-semester-hour 4000-level MRKT elective courses of the student’s choosing (enrollment in M-School courses can only occur with approval from the director of the M-School program).
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