Dec 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog-June 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Academic Catalog-June
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BUS 2660 - Marketing

3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Why can you buy a Timex watch at a sporting goods store but you can’t buy a Rolex watch there? It’s not just location LOCATION, LOCATION!  This course introduces students to foundational marketing concepts through the lens of real-world examples. Product quality, pricing, and promotional aspects will be discussed across a variety of products and services.
Prereq: None
Note: None
This course meets the following Raider Core CLO Requirement: None
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Recognize the breadth of marketing and identify its core concepts
  • Demonstrate the interrelatedness of various marketing concepts necessary to create a marketing plan
  • Summarize the significance of marketing research to organizations and the marketing planning process
  • Identify the current challenges and issues in marketing in today’s global marketplace
  • Explain the marketing mix as it pertains to marketing strategy

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • Marketing ethics
  • Consumer dynamics vs business dynamics (B2C vs B2B vs C2C)
  • Marketing environment: macro and micro
  • Segmentation
  • Market research
  • Product strategies, brands, lifecycle
  • Channel marketing
  • Pricing strategies
  • Social media/digital
  • Advertising/IMC
  • Promotions/PR

Coordinator
Dr. Michael Payne



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