Marketing (MKT) at New River Community College
Distance Learning
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- MKT 100 - Principles of Marketing
- Presents principles, methods, and problems involved in marketing to consumers and organizational buyers. Discusses problems and policies connected with distribution and sale of products, pricing, promotion, and buyer motivation. Examines variations of marketing research, legal, social, ethical, e-commerce, and international considerations in marketing.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 110 - Principles of Selling
- Presents a fundamental, skills-based approach to selling and relationship building. Emphasizes learning effective interpersonal communication skills in all areas of the sales process through skill-building activities. Examines entry-level sales careers in retailing, wholesaling, services and industrial selling.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 120 - Fundamentals of Fashion
- Develops an understanding of the principles and procedures involved in the production, distribution, and consumption of fashion merchandise. Traces the history and development of fashion and how these changes affect the fashion merchandising world.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 200 - Consumers, Marketing, and Society
- Presents an overview of the marketing system as it applies to the needs and wants of consumers and the purchasing process, along with consideration of the role of government in consumer affairs. Assists the individual in becoming an informed consumer and better business manager through an understanding of rights and obligations in consumer transactions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 201 - Introduction to Marketing
- Introduces students to the discipline of marketing and the need to create customer value and relationships in the marketplace. Presents an overview of the marketing principles and management strategies, along with the analytical tools used by organizations in the creation of a marketing plan.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 209 - Sports, Entertainment, and Recreation Marketing
- Builds on the principles of marketing to introduce the more specific importance and specialization of Sports, Entertainment and Recreation (SER) marketing. Emphasizes the SER industries as they relate to the economics, business structure, product development, branding, pricing strategies, distribution strategies, integrated communications, ethics, and research.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 216 - Retail Organization and Management
- Examines the organization of the retail establishment to accomplish its goals in an effective and efficient manner. Includes study of site location, internal layout, store operations, and security. Examines the retailing mix, the buying or procurement process, pricing, and selling. Studies retail advertising, promotion, and publicity as a coordinated effort to increase store traffic.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 220 - Principles of Advertising
- Emphasizes the role of advertising in the marketing of goods, services, and ideas. Discusses the different uses of advertising; types of media; how advertising is created; agency functions; and legal, social, and economic aspects of the industry. Introduces advertising display, copy and art work preparation, printing and selection of media.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 227 - Merchandise Buying and Control
- Studies the merchandising cycle. Explores techniques used in the development of buying resources, merchandising plans, model stock, unit control, and inventory systems. Highlights merchandise selection, policy pricing strategies, and inventory control methods.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 228 - Promotion
- Presents an overview of integrated marketing communications through advertising, public relations, personal selling and sales promotion. Focuses on coordinating these activities into an effective campaign to promote sales for a particular product, business, institution or industry.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 229 - Marketing Research
- Introduces the marketing research process to include methodology, data collection, sampling, and analysis. Focuses on planning basic research studies and applying the findings to marketing decisions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 270 - Marketing Management
- Expands knowledge of marketing through case studies. Focuses on how marketing strategies are planned and utilized in the market place to accomplish the goals of the organization.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 271 - Consumer Behavior
- Examines the various influences affecting consumer buying behavior before, during, and after product purchases. Describes personal, societal, cultural, environmental, group, and economic determinants on consumer buying.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 275 - International Marketing
- Examines the role of global business as well as the environments in which they operate. Covers marketing strategies as they apply to global markets and contrasts them with domestic strategies.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 282 - Principles of E-Commerce
- Studies on-line business strategies, and the hardware and software tools necessary for Internet commerce. Includes the identification of appropriate target segments, the development of product opportunities, pricing structures, distribution channels and execution of marketing strategies.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 284 - Social Media Marketing
- Surveys the use of social networks and online communities such as blogs, wikis, virtual events that allow companies to expand their interaction with customers and develop relationships with collaborative communities. Emphasizes the ongoing transformation of the way companies adjust their marketing plans to improve interaction with customers online.Credit Hours: 3, Lecture Hours: 3, Lab Hours: 0, Total Contact Hours: 3
3 credits - MKT 285 - Current Issues in Marketing
- Serves as a capstone course for marketing majors. Provides an integrated perspective of current issues and practices in marketing. Explores contemporary issues and practices in a highly participatory classroom environment.Lecture 3 hours per week.
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