The College of Business marketing concentration helps undergraduate students explore marketing’s critical roles in business and society. You will have many opportunities to gain experience in developing marketing strategies and tactics. This concentration allows you to merge your academic focus with your career goals while working to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
21
Credits of marketing-specific courses needed
Curriculum
Students who choose the marketing concentration must take at least 21 credits of marketing-specific courses in addition to the All-University Core Curriculum and College of Business courses. Take a look at the degree requirements.
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Learning Outcomes
Students will demonstrate the ability to:
- identify a marketing problem and key influences on that problem, to use appropriate qualitative and quantitative analysis and market research techniques to evaluate the marketing problem, and to evaluate alternative solutions
- make a final recommendation that thoroughly addresses the problem/opportunity based on: making reasonable assumptions; considering appropriate customer, competitor, and company constraints; clearly addressing the marketing issues; and demonstrating an understanding of the interrelationships of marketing concepts
- use marketing terminology correctly
- develop persuasive and convincing arguments that support recommendations
- design a marketing plan
Courses
The courses below reflect the 2021-2022 Colorado State University catalog, published in August 2021 for students enrolling during the 2021-2022 academic year. Courses listed are updated each summer for incoming students.
Freshman
Complete 3 credits from the following:
Credits3
Biological and Physical Sciences
AUCC3A
Credits4
Diversity and Global Awareness
AUCC3E
Credits3
Sophomore
Biological and Physical Sciences
AUCC3A
Credits3
Historical Perspectives
AUCC3D
Credits3
Junior
All freshman and sophomore required courses must be completed prior to or concurrent with first enrollment in required junior and senior courses.
Select two courses from the following:
Credits6
Senior
Select two courses from the following not taken in the junior year:
Credits6
Arts and Humanities
AUCC3B
Credits3
Program Total Credits:
Credits120
1 Students enrolled in the Business Administration major prior to Fall semester 2013, are not required to take BUS 201 and BUS 220.
2Students who have taken FIN 305 and/or MKT 305 prior to admission to the College of Business may substitute those courses to satisfy the category 4A and 4B requirements. All other students are required to take FIN 300 and MKT 300 to satisfy categories 4A and 4B.
3Select enough elective credits to bring the program total to a minimum of 120 credits, of which at least 42 must be upper-division (300- to 400-level). A minimum of 6 elective credits must be upper-division.
Students are not to utilize the satisfactory/unsatisfactory (S/U) grading option for any Business concentration course or any Business core course (Business and non-Business subject codes) except when a course only allows S/U grading.