Marketing (AAS)(Plan Code: SALMAAPT)

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Program has been updated effective 12/14/22.  Please see corrections page for details 

General Education Requirements
Communication Skills (6 credits required)
ENGL& 101English Composition I 15
Course Options1
Health and Physical Education (minimum 3 credits/units required)
Course Options3
Humanities (minimum 3 credits/units required)
CMST& 220Public Speaking5
or CMST& 230 Small Group Communication
Natural Sciences (minimum 3 credits/units required)
Course Options3
Computational Skills (minimum 3 credits/units required)
BUS 102Business Math Applications5
Human Relations (minimum 3 credits/units required)
BUS 148Business Professional Self Development3
Social Sciences (minimum 3 credits/units required)
ECON 101Introduction to Economics3
Business Core
ACCT 129Basic Accounting Procedures5
BUS& 101Introduction to Business5
BUS 150Computer Business Applications5
MGMT 101Principles of Management3
Major Area Requirements
BUS 105Introduction to International Business3
BUS 110Customer Service3
BUS 117Advertising3
BUS 251Professional Selling3
BUS 260Principles of Marketing5
BUS 199Cooperative Work Experience 21-5
BUS& 201Business Law5
COLL 101College Essentials: Introduction to Clark2
MGMT 103Applied Management Skills3
Electives12
However, twelve (12) units may be utilized from any course with ACCT, BUS, ECON, or MGMT prefixes.
Total Credits/Units90
1

Six credit/unit maximum.

Program Outcomes

Program outcomes are overarching skills that are emphasized and reinforced throughout several courses in a specific program; they are measurable statements that define what students should know or be able to do by the end of a certificate or degree at Clark College. After successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Articulate well-considered ideas and written claims to an academic audience, using effective rhetorical techniques, properly credited evidence, and a command of Standard English. (GE)
  • Demonstrate progress toward healthier behaviors. (GE)
  • Demonstrate interpersonal/human relations skills. (GE)
  • Interpret the human experience, within appropriate global and historical contexts, through evaluation, analysis, creation, or performance. (GE)
  • Evaluate, analyze, and explain events, behaviors, and institutions using perspectives and methods in the Social Sciences. (GE)
  • Apply a method of scientific inquiry, valid to the natural sciences, to evaluate claims about the natural world. (GE)
  • Analyze a target market and develop product, pricing, promotion, and distribution strategies to meet customers' needs at a profit.
  • Establish market strategies on the international level.
  • Use micro- and macroeconomic concepts to analyze domestic and global business situations.
  • Accurately maintain payroll register as required under federal and state laws.
  • Create an effective business advertisement to meet the needs of specific target market(s).
  • Demonstrate and clearly explain an effective strategy to solve a quantitative problem. (GE)

Program maps are a suggested academic plan and should not be used in the place of regular academic advising appointments. Your student entry method, placement, course availability, and program requirements are subject to change and transfer credit(s) may change your map/plan.
To view the current suggested map for your program please visit our website https://programmap.clark.edu/academics