Marketing Graduate Certificate

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12 Credit Hours Required

The Marketing Certificate curriculum includes examining factors contributing to purchase decisions as well as developing and managing a brand. Students examine the product development process from conception through rapid prototyping, forecasting demand, production and launch. Students also explore using data to identify high value and/or high-risk customers, products, and processes. Graduates will gain competencies to fill a variety of roles in helping a firm develop and market its products and services.

For more information please see: http://www.usd.edu/usd-online/online-programs/certificate-in-marketing

Certificate Requirements

BADM 770 - Managerial Marketing 3 cr hrs
MKTG 771 - Advanced Consumer Behavior 3 cr hrs
Select 2 of the following courses (6 cr hrs):
DSCI 527 - Supply Chain Management 3 cr hrs
MKTG 535 - Brand Management 3 cr hrs
BADM 592 - Topics in Business (C) 1 to 3 cr hrs (3 credit hours required; must be related to marketing and approved by Graduate Program Coordinator)
DSCI 724 - Data Mining for Managers 3 cr hrs
MKTG 772 - New Product Development 3 cr hrs
Students need to meet prerequisite requirements to be eligible for the advanced courses in this certificate program. These courses include undergraduate coursework in marketing (required for program) and statistics (required if students wish to take DSCI 724 as an elective). The Beacom School of Business offers these courses both as online undergraduate courses and online graduate-level foundations courses. Challenge exams are also available.

State Authorization - It Matters Where You Live

If your learning placement course (internship, externship, clinical, rotation, practicum, independent study, study away, etc.) or your online course will be taken outside South Dakota, please reference the State Authorization webpage.

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