2007-08 Undergraduate Catalog
Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705

 

Department of Marketing

 

Chairperson: Varinder M. Sharma

Faculty: Batra, Bebko, Bhagat, Garg, Krishnan, Sciulli, Taiani

Professor emeritus: Weiers

  

Website: www.iup.edu/marketing

 


 

Bachelor of Science–Marketing

Minor–Marketing

 


The Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Marketing program is designed to prepare its majors for a wide range of careers in private and public sector marketing, including sales management, retailing, brand management, advertising, distribution and logistics, customer relationship management, marketing research, public relations, marketing for nonprofit organizations, e-commerce, and international marketing. The program focuses on integrating technical knowledge in all areas of marketing with analytical and communication skills to prepare students for the challenges of the global competition in the twenty-first century.


Bachelor of Science–Marketing (*)

 

Liberal Studies: As outlined in Liberal Studies section with the following specifications:

Mathematics: MATH 115

Social Science: ECON 121, PSYC 101

Liberal Studies Electives: 9cr, BTED/COSC/IFMG 101, ECON 122, MATH 214,

no courses with MKTG prefix

55

 

College: Business Administration Core

33

Required Courses:

ACCT 201

Accounting Principles I

3cr

 

ACCT 202

Accounting Principles II

3cr

 

BLAW 235

Legal Environment of Business

3cr

 

BTST 321

Business and Interpersonal Communications

3cr

 

FIN 310

Fundamentals of Finance

3cr

 

IFMG 300

Information Systems: Theory and Practice

3cr

 

MGMT 310

Principles of Management

3cr

 

MGMT 330

Production and Operations Management

3cr

 

MGMT495

Business Policy

3cr

 

MKTG 320

Principles of Marketing

3cr

 

QBUS 215

Business Statistics

3cr

 

  

Major: Marketing

Required Courses:

12

MKTG 321

Consumer Behavior

3cr

 

MKTG 420

Marketing Management

3cr

 

MKTG 421

Marketing Research

3cr

 

MKTG 422

Seminar in Marketing

3cr

 

Controlled Electives: 

15

Five courses from the following: MGMT/MKTG 350, MKTG 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441, 481 (3cr max), 482 (3cr max), 493 (3cr max), a maximum of two (6cr) senior-level non-MKTG prefix courses from complementary areas (such as ACCT, COMM, ECON, GEOG, JRNL, IFMG, MATH, MGMT, PSYC, etc.) to meet individual student program and career preparation needs (with advisor permission)

15cr

 

  

Free Electives: (Maximum of 5cr in nonbusiness courses)

5

  

Total Degree Requirements: 

120

   

(*)   If the student graduates with no more than a maximum of 120cr, no more than 50 percent, or 60cr, can be business-related courses. BTED/COSC/IFMG 101, QBUS 215, and all ECON courses are considered nonbusiness.

   

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MinorMarketing (1)
(for Business Majors in the ECOBIT only)

15

 

 

Required Courses:

MKTG 320

Principles of Marketing

3cr

 

MKTG 321

Consumer Behavior

3cr

 

MKTG 420

Marketing Management

3cr

 

Two additional MKTG courses

6cr

 

 

(1)   Minor course requirements must be completed with a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.0.

 

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