Business and Public Services

Marketing

Midlands Technical College’s Business Department provides an innovative, up-to-date learning environment that enables individuals to achieve their personal, professional and educational goals for the purpose of contributing to the economic growth of the community.

Marketing is concerned with the distribution of goods and services from the producer to the consumer. The field of marketing has emerged as a dominant factor in the economy of the country.

Marketing graduates develop skills in sales, advertising, marketing research and techniques for acquiring marketing information. Graduates may be eligible for positions in product planning, merchandising, advertising, sales, sales promotion and marketing.

This program is accredited by the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs.

Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in all of the courses offered within the Business Department for the grade to be counted toward graduation.  Specifically, these include courses with the following prefixes: ACC, BAF, BUS, MGT, and MKT.

 

Major: Marketing (60 credit hours)

Degree: Associate in Business

A. General Education Course Requirements (15 credit hours)

 

 

 

Credit Hours

 

ECO 210

Macroeconomics

3.0

 

ENG 101

English Composition I

3.0

 

ENG 102

English Composition II

3.0

 

MAT 155

 Contemporary Mathematics

3.0

 

 

Approved Humanities Course

  3.0

 

 

Subtotal

15.0

       
B. Major Course Requirements (15 credit hours)

 

 

 

Credit Hours

 

ACC 111

Accounting Concepts

3.0

 

BUS 121

Business Law I

3.0

 

CPT 170

Microcomputer Applications

3.0

 

MGT 101

Principles of Management

3.0

 

MKT 101

Marketing

  3.0

 

 

Subtotal

15.0

       
C. Additional Course Requirements (30 credit hours)

 

 

 

Credit Hours

 

ACC 112

Organizational Accounting

3.0

 

BAF 201

Principles of Finance

3.0

 

BUS 130

Business Communications

3.0

 

BUS 240

Business Statistics

3.0

 

MKT 110

Retailing

3.0

 

MKT 120

Sales Principles

3.0

 

MKT 240

Advertising

3.0

 

MKT 260

Marketing Management

3.0

 

MKT 270

Internet Research and Marketing

3.0

 

 

General Elective

  3.0

 

 

Subtotal

30.0

   

 

 

   

Total Credit Hours:

60.0