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Marketing Major

The Love School of Business offers the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree with a major in Marketing, which is primarily administered by the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship. At least 50 percent of the business credit hours for the degree must be earned at Elon University. 

(Note: Students entering on or before Fall 2009 had the option to pursue the Business Administration major with a concentration in marketing. To see those requirements, click here.)

The degree requires 73-76 semester hours through the following courses:

Select one course from the following: 4 sh 
MTH 116  Applied Calculus   
MTH 121  Calculus and Analytic Geometry I   
     
Must complete the following LSB core requirements:  
ECO 111  Principles of Economics  4 sh 
ECO 203  Statistics for Decision-Making  4 sh 
ACC 201  Principles of Financial Accounting  4 sh 
ACC 212  Principles of Managerial Accounting  4 sh 
CIS 211  Management Information Systems  4 sh 
BUS 202  Business Communications  4 sh 
BUS 221  Legal and Ethical Environment of Business  4 sh 
MKT 311 Principles of Marketing  4 sh 
MGT 323 Principles of Management & Organizational Behavior 4 sh 
BUS 326  Operations and Supply Chain Management  4 sh 
BUS 465  Business Policy  4 sh 
FIN 343  Principles of Finance  4 sh 
LSB 381 Internship in Business 1-4 sh
     
In addition to the core requirements, students must complete the following courses:  
ECO 301 Business Economics 4 sh
MKT 414 Marketing Research 4 sh
     
Select three courses from the following: 12 sh
MKT 412 New Products Marketing  
MKT 413 Integrated Marketing Communications  
MKT 415 Consumer Behavior  
MKT 416 Global Marketing  
MKT 417 Business-to-Business Marketing  
MKT 418 Professional Selling  
MKT 419 Sales Management  
MKT 473 Special Topics in Marketing  
A course preapproved by the chair of the Marketing Department that is not limited to LSB courses.  
     
  Total 73-76 sh

Note: Marketing Majors who choose to pursue a focus in Sales must take MKT 418 (4 sh) and MKT 419 (4 sh) as two of their three electives. These students are stronlgy advised to complete their internship in the area of professional sales.