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MKT 405 Digital Marketing and Advertising

Digital marketing is increasingly the core of how organizations build brands, connect with customers, and sell products. Understanding how to craft and manage an online presence is a fundamental skill for contemporary marketers. In this course, students learn how to think digitally from a strategic and tactical standpoint, while obtaining practical implementation skills. They learn the fundamentals of the most important digital channels, including key course introduces important concepts in content marketing, which is the fuel of the most successful digital campaigns. Additionally, students learn how to use data to successfully target their audiences as well as how to track and measure success. Pre-requisite(s): COM 104, MKT 300, or by permission of chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

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MKT 410 Market Research for Design and Innovation

Innovation and design in products and services is increasingly important. Students explore how, by utilizing market research data, they can create competitive advantage and understand consumers’ needs. Students learn the basics of market research, aesthetics, design principles, and the design development process. This course also addresses methods and approaches to think more creatively, to break paradigms, to better visualize options, and to find and develop innovative business models. Pre-requisite(s): MKT 300. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

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MKT 458 Marketing for Managers

This course provides experienced and aspiring managers with a thorough grounding in the principles of marketing as well as concepts of strategic marketing decision making. Coverage includes creation, communication, and delivery of value to targeted audiences, selected though the process of segmentation, targeting, and customer analysis, and concludes with the development of an effective strategic marketing plan. Pre-requisite(s): BUS 430; or permission of Program Chair or designate. Co-requisite(s): None. 5 quarter hours

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