Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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The Professional Sales and Marketing Analytics Concentration

The Professional Sales and Marketing Analytics Concentration is designed to help prepare marketing students for success in sales and analytical marketing decision-making. It places emphasis on analyzing marketing databases using the latest software technology. This emphasis is designed to meet the growing demands for analytical decision-making in merchandising, purchasing, retailing, internet marketing, fact-based selling, and integrated marketing communications.

Required Courses: (9 credits)

MKTG 3360 Personal Selling – 3 cr
MKTG 3370 Internet as a
     Marketing Tool – 3 cr        
MKTG 4325 Advanced Sales
     Topics – 3 cr        
MKTG 4355 Sustainable
    Marketing – 3 cr 


Marketing focuses on building customer relationships. It is a process that begins with discovering unmet customer needs and continues with researching the potential market; producing a good or service that satisfies targeted consumers; and promoting, pricing and distributing that good or service. All organizations, profit-oriented and not-for-profit, engage in marketing activities because all organizations must serve customer needs and wants to succeed. Careers in marketing include advertising, purchasing, retail buying, sales, brand or product management, store management, logistics, and events planning.


Required Courses: (20 credits)

BUAD 3265     Managerial Business Statistics – 2 cr       
MKTG 4350     Consumer Purchasing/Motivation – 3 cr       
MKTG 3364     Promotional Strategy – 3 cr        
MKTG  3365    Marketing Research – 3 cr
MKTG 4310     Retail Marketing Management – 3 cr
MKTG 4363     International Marketing – 3 cr
MKTG 4390     Marketing Management and Technology – 3 cr

Electives: (9 credits)

MKTG 3350     Advanced Marketing for Entrepreneurs – 3 cr
MKTG 3360     Personal Selling – 3 cr
MKTG 3370     Internet as a Marketing Tool – 3 cr
MKTG 4315     Sales Management – 3 cr
MKTG 4320     Business-to-Business Marketing – 3 cr
MKTG 4325     Advanced Sales Topics – 3 cr
MKTG 4335     Logistics and Supply Chain Management – 3 cr
MKTG 4940     Internship in Marketing – 3 cr
MKTG 4355     Sustainable Marketing – 3 cr
MKTG 4350     Consumer Purchasing/Motivation – 3 cr
MKTG 4395     Special Problems in Marketing – 3 cr

Dr. Barbara Oates
Department Chair, Management & Marketing
CBA 210
Phone: 361.593.2757
Email:
barbara.oates@tamuk.edu


This page was last updated on: November 10, 2011