Marketing - Professional Selling (SELL) - Minor

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30 S.H.

2.5 GPA required. C grade or better required in minor courses. D, F, or W grades in marketing courses may be repeated once.

Admission to the College of Business required.

Complete a minimum of 50% of required minor credits at WSU.

Meet all other WSU graduation requirements.

Required Courses (21 S.H.)

Accounting

ACCT 211 - Financial Accounting Principles (3 S.H.)

Economics

ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 S.H.)

Statistics (3 S.H.)

Choose one:

STAT 110 - Fundamentals of Statistics (3 S.H.)
STAT 210 - Statistics (3 S.H.)
◆ ECON 222 - Statistics for Business and Economics (3 S.H.)

Selling Core

MKTG 265 - Introduction to Professional Selling (3 S.H.)
MKTG 300 - Principles of Marketing (3 S.H.)
MKTG 345 - Sales Account Management (3 S.H.) *
MKTG 365 - Advanced Professional Selling (3 S.H.) *

Note

*Professional Selling Minors cannot use MKTG 345 - Sales Account Management or MKTG 365 - Advanced Professional Selling as Marketing electives to earn a Marketing major or minor.

Electives (9 S.H.)

Practicum (3 S.H.)

Choose one:

Communication Studies (6 S.H.)

Choose two:

CMST 266 - Professional Communication Skills (3 S.H.)
CMST 281 - Intercultural Communication (3 S.H.)
CMST 296 - Fundamentals of Interviewing (3 S.H.)
CMST 321 - Conflict and Communication (3 S.H.)
CMST 357 - Communication in Social Media (3 S.H.)
CMST 371 - Small Group Communication (3 S.H.)
◎ CMST 375 - Argumentation (3 S.H.)
CMST 387 - Interpersonal Communication (3 S.H.)
△ CMST 389 - Persuasion and Advocacy (3 S.H.)

Note

Professional Selling Minors pursuing a major or minor in Marketing must complete at least 6 additional credits of Marketing electives beyond the Professional Selling Minor to earn a Marketing major or minor.

College of Business (COB) Admission Requirements

30 or more earned credits at the time of application
Cumulative GPA of 2.5 (includes transfer credits)
Completion of the following courses with a minimum C grade required:
- ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing
- CMST 191 - Introduction to Public Speaking or CMST 192 - Introduction to Speech Communication
  - Note: Marketing majors encouraged to take CMST 192
- MATH 110 - Finite Mathematics , MATH 112 - Applied Precalculus , MATH 115 - College Algebra , MATH 120 - Precalculus , MATH 140 - Applied Calculus , or MATH 212 - Calculus I
  - Note: Accounting, Finance, Marketing and Management Information Systems Majors require MATH 140, Math 160 or Math 212.
- STAT 110 - Fundamentals of Statistics , STAT 210 - Statistics or ◆ ECON 222 - Statistics for Business and Economics
  - Note: Accounting and Finance Majors require ECON 222 or STAT 210
- ACCT 211 - Financial Accounting Principles
- ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics
COB minors with non-COB majors: completion of math and statistics courses required by their major, or it none required, any college-level math or statistics course.

See College of Business catalog page for more information.

Course(s) Unique to Minor

WSU policy requires a minor contain at least one course that is unique to the minor and not used in the major or additional requirements.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement