Marketing at MSU Denver

Marketing is critical to business success. Marketing is about delivering value to consumers and generating revenue for the organization. What could be more important than that? It’s about developing the right products, for the right people, at the right price, in the right places, and with the right communication. Every organization has a marketing function, creating many career opportunities. Marketing matters. 

We believe that learning is an active process. Our AACSB-accredited Marketing program offers small classes—packed with ambitious business students, and led by professors with years of relevant industry experience. Students also complete real, hands-on marketing projects—including solving real problems for actual businesses.

Is our marketing major right for you? Perhaps our new (for Fall 2021) BA in Professional Selling, hosted by the state’s only Center for Professional Selling? Maybe our minor or one of our certificates? Want to know about career prospects and our hands-on learning? See below for more—and if you have questions, please email us.

Marketing Major: What Will I Study?

When you major in Marketing, you build broad business skills through the Business Core, and you develop marketing expertise through both required and elective Marketing classes.

Our BS in Marketing is available on-campus or 100% online.

The Business Core courses and Additional Business Requirements are required for all BS business majors, including Marketing. A grade of “C-” or better must be earned in each course throughout the Business Core, Additional Business Requirements, and major.

Work with our academic advisor, Donelyn Jones, for help taking the right courses in the right order. Here’s a semester-by-semester Marketing student planning guide (2020-21) to get you started. All information below reflects the current catalog; make sure you refer to the catalog for your catalog year for exact requirements.

Professional Selling Major: What Will I Study?

New for 2021-22! Earn your BA in Professional Selling, through our nationally recognized Center for Professional Selling.

Our bachelor’s degree teaches the professional selling process, the importance of trust and relationships, value creation and communication, sales enablement technology, and what to expect from a career—all from faculty with real-world experience.

The experiential nature of the program provides students with opportunities to role play, network, and complete real sales assignments.

In addition to the required general education courses, you have to take 51 hours of required major classes, plus 12 hours of major electives, as noted below:

Marketing Minors and Certificates

Non-marketing majors can benefit from our program through earning one of the minors we offer: Marketing, Advertising and Promotion, Sales, and Digital Marketing.

Our certificates—Sales, and Digital Marketing—are a great add-on for Marketing majors. Each certificate is also available as a stand-alone credential, such as for those who already have a degree.

All information below reflects the current catalog; make sure you refer to the catalog for your catalog year for exact requirements.

 

Career Prospects

Marketing is a profession that touches nearly every industry. Here are a few marketing-related disciplines you can pursue:

Learning Through Experience

We believe that experience matters, and that you should be able to learn and apply practical skills while you are studying with us.

That is why many of our marketing professors provide students with opportunities to work with real organizations, solving real marketing problems.

That’s also why we encourage our students to take internships—most of which are paid! You can earn credit and pay your bills, all while you gain industry experience.

If your business or organization is interested in exploring client project opportunities with the Department of Marketing, please contact the department chair, Nicole Vowles, at: [email protected]. Be sure to tell us:

• Your name
• Your email
  
• A few sentences about your organization
• A brief description of the type of marketing project you would like to pursue with the help of marketing students

If it’s a good fit, we’d love to help you—and help our students by getting them more real-world experience.

Internships

As a student, one of the most impactful experiences you can have is an internship.

By working with an employer in the field of marketing or sales, you will gain hands-on professional experience, build expertise, meet people in your field, and get to know more about the work that you love (and even about those areas you don’t love so much).

Internships can be for credit, for pay, or both. 

If you have completed MKT 3000 Principles of Marketing, you can complete an internship for one of your four marketing major electives (3 credits out of 12 required).

To earn 3 credits, you must work 150 hours and report to someone with marketing/sales expertise.  You complete some academic work along the way. 

Employers

Do you have a marketing or sales internship or job listing you’d like to fill with an MSU Denver student or alum? Please post your position with us.

Want to get even more involved, through career fairs, informal networking, campus interviewing, and more? Learn more about our opportunities for industry partners.

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