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Degree & Certificate Requirements

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Suggested sequence (may be modified to meet your needs):

Credit Hours Required: 33

Semester 1

MKTG 1010 - Principles of Marketing Credit Hours: 3.00 (Exploratory Course ) (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
BCOM 2050 - Business Communications Credit Hours: 4.00
MACA 1055 - Digital Layout: Adobe Credit Hours: 4.00 (Exploratory Course )
MACA 1025 - Design 1 Credit Hours: 4.00 (Exploratory Course ) (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)

Semester 2

MKTG 2020 - Advertising & Promotion Management Credit Hours: 3.00 (Critical Course minimum grade C is recommended for future success but is not required to receive credit)
MACA 1155 - Design 2 Credit Hours: 4.00
MACA 1200 - Digital Illustration Credit Hours: 4.00
OR MACA 1320 - Introduction to Photoshop Credit Hours: 4.00

Semester 3

MKTG 2060 - Consumer Behavior Credit Hours: 3.00
MACA 2050 - Design 3 Credit Hours: 4.00

Marketing - Additional Program Information

Program Options
Credential	Title	Credit Hours Required	Notes
Associate of Business Administration	Marketing	62	Designed for transferring into a Bachelor of Business Administration program or entry into the field of Marketing.
Certificate	Marketing	40	Designed for entry‑level positions or furthering one’s career.
Certificate	Advertising	33	Designed for entry‑level positions or furthering one’s career.
Skill Specific Certificate	Marketing - Professional Selling	16	Designed for entry‑level positions or furthering one’s career.
Skill Specific Certificate	Marketing - E-Marketing	16	Designed for entry‑level positions or furthering one’s career.

Contact Information
Contact Title	Name	Phone	E-mail	Location
Professor	Monique Doll	586.445.7008	dollm@macomb.edu	South Campus
Professor	Joseph Rice	586.286.2040	ricej@macomb.edu	Center Campus

Program Description:

A business won’t survive unless it can satisfy its customers while making a profit. This is what marketing is all about-providing value to customers. In the Marketing program, students will learn to identify, understand, and create relationships with the target market. They will also learn to analyze marketplace dynamics-changes in such things as the economy, social trends, technology, or competition. Finally, students will blend creativity and analysis to design marketing strategies. This includes designing a product or service, developing a pricing strategy, determining distribution points, and creating advertisements, incentives, or sales force strategies to promote it.

Program Outcomes:

Upon completion of this program, the student will be able to:

1. Explain elements of the marketing environment.

2. Apply strategies in each of the four parts of the marketing mix.

3. Develop strategies for understanding and creating relationships with consumers.

4. Model skills used in the marketing field.

5. Develop a marketing plan.

Career Opportunities:

Marketing

Transfer Pathways:

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