Marketing - Professional Selling (SELL) - Minor

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40 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.

COB Admission Requirements

30 or more earned credits at time of application
2.5 cumulative GPA (including transfer credits)
C grade or higher required in following courses

Courses (19 S.H.)

ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing (4 S.H.)
ACCT 211 - Financial Accounting Principles (3 S.H.)

Choose one (3 S.H.)

CMST 191 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3 S.H.)
CMST 192 - Introduction to Speech Communication (3 S.H.)

Choose one (3-4 S.H.)

Choose one (3 S.H.)

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

Choose one (3 S.H.)

ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 S.H.)
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 S.H.)

Notes

Some programs require a specific CMST (191/192) or ECON (201/202) course. Check with advisor and DARS. Marketing majors encouraged to take CMST 192.
ACCT, FIN, MKTG, and MIS majors require MATH 140 or MATH 212
ACCT and FIN majors require ECON 222 or STAT 210
COB minors with non-COB majors (except BA, FIN, MKTG, & SELL): completion of math and statistics courses required by their major, or if none required, any college-level math or statistics course
See College of Business catalog page for more information

Selling Core (15 S.H.)

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

Note

*Professional Selling Minors cannot use MKTG 365 - Advanced Professional Selling as Marketing elective to earn a Marketing major.

Practicum (3 S.H.)

Choose one:

MKTG 349 - Independent Study (1-3 S.H.) as a member of the WSU Sales Team - requires 1 prior semester on Sales Team and department approval
MKTG 399 - Internship Problem (3 S.H.)

Electives (6 S.H.)

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 366 - Organizational Communication (3 S.H.)
◎ CMST 375 - Argumentation (3 S.H.)
CMST 387 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3 S.H.)
△ CMST 389 - Persuasion and Advocacy (3 S.H.)
MGMT 344 - Purchasing (3 S.H.)
MKTG 285 - Sales Experience (3 S.H.)
MKTG 332 - Market Analysis (3 S.H.)
MKTG 339 - Digital and Social Media Marketing (3 S.H.)
MKTG 363 - Integrated Marketing Communications (3 S.H.)

Note

Professional Selling Minors pursuing a major or minor in Marketing must complete at least 3 additional credits of Marketing electives beyond the Professional Selling Minor to earn a Marketing major or minor.

Course(s) Unique to Minor

WSU policy requires a minor contain at least one course unique to the minor and not used in major or additional requirements. See DARS for details.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement

✪ = Civic Engagement and Service Learning