Marketing is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods and services to maintain relationships that satisfy organizational and individual needs and wants. The course introduces students to terminology, functions, institutions, philosophy, consumer behavior, market decision-making and public policy issues. The course will provide students with the basic framework to understand the role and scope of marketing in the business environment.

This course is designed to build students' social media marketing, advertising, and communication skills by utilizing projects that give students hands-on experience implementing social media marketing strategies. The focus of this course will be understanding social media, developing social media marketing strategies, and tracking their effectiveness in an effort to maximize marketing efforts for businesses. It is expected that students have a basic understanding of various social media platforms. This course is NOT about how to use social media; rather it looks at how we can use social media for marketing efforts. NOTE: MKT 510 is recommended.

Covers concepts, models, and theories from the behavioral sciences applied to consumer decision making and purchasing behavior. Examines consumer behavior from economic, psychological, sociological, and anthropological perspectives. Topic coverage includes discussion of marketing strategies and tactics to understand and influence consumer choice.

This course is open only to senior marketing option students and serves as their capstone learning experience. Students work in small teams on a real-world marketing problem given them by outside business, non-profits, or government agencies. the trams conduct extensive field research, formulate strategy, and then implement, or test marketing campaign ideas and programs. Completion of two of the following courses required prior to taking this course; MKTG 752, MKTG 753, or MKTG 763.