Marketing - Professional Selling (SELL) - Minor

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40 credits

2.5 GPA required.

C grade or better required in minor courses.

Admission to the College of Business required.

Graduation Requirements

D, F, or W grades in marketing courses may be repeated once.
Complete at least 50% of required minor credits at WSU.
Meet all other WSU graduation requirements .

COB Admission Requirements (19-20 credits)

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

GEP Courses

both courses required for all students thus may not be included in total program credit count

ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing (4 credits)

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CMST 191 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3 credits)
CMST 192 - Introduction to Effective Communication (3 credits)

Accounting (3 credits)

ACCT 211 - Financial Accounting Principles (3 credits)

Math (3-4 credits)

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MATH 110 - Finite Mathematics (3 credits)
MATH 112 - Applied Precalculus (3 credits)
MATH 115 - College Algebra (3 credits)
MATH 120 - Precalculus (4 credits)
MATH 140 - Applied Calculus (3 credits)
MATH 212 - Calculus I (4 credits)

Stats (3 credits)

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

Economics (3 credits)

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ECON 201 - Principles of Microeconomics (3 credits)
ECON 202 - Principles of Macroeconomics (3 credits)

Notes

ACCT, FIN, and MIS majors require MATH 140 or MATH 212
ACCT and FIN majors require ECON 222 or STAT 210
See College of Business catalog page for more information

Selling Core (12 credits)

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

Note

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

Practicum (3 credits)

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

Electives (6 credits)

CMST 321 - Conflict and Communication (3 credits)
CMST 357 - Communication in Social Media (3 credits)
△ CMST 366 - Communicating in Organizations (3 credits)
◎ CMST 375 - Argumentation and Advocacy (3 credits)
CMST 387 - Advanced Interpersonal Communication (3 credits)
△ CMST 389 - Creating Change Through Persuasion (3 credits)
MKTG 285 - Sales Experience (3 credits)
MKTG 332 - Market Analysis (3 credits)
MKTG 339 - Digital and Social Media Marketing (3 credits)
MKTG 353 - Marketing and the Common Good (3 credits)
MKTG 363 - Integrated Marketing Communications (3 credits)

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 Degree Audit for details.

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement