Retailing Minor

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The minor in Retailing is designed to be of benefit to students planning a career in or related to retailing. Retailing careers fall into two broad areas. The first is operations, which would include department management, store management, and district management. The other area of retailing is merchandising, which would include merchandise buying, merchandise display, and merchandise planning.

Students must attain a 2.0 or higher in each course that serves as a prerequisite to a subsequent Business course. (Refer to the course description for specific prerequisites.) Failure to attain a 2.0 in prerequisite courses may lengthen the time to graduation.

Requirements (18 credits):

MKT 100 Principles of Marketing 3 credit hours
MKT 230 Retailing 3 credit hours
MKT 320 Retail Buying and Merchandising 3 credit hours
MKT 355 Digital Marketing 3 credit hours

Two courses chosen from the following:

MKT 220 Personal Selling 3 credit hours
MKT 310 Fashion Marketing 3 credit hours
SCM 240 Logistics 3 credit hours
MKT 360 Consumer Behavior 3 credit hours
MKT 494 Internship in Retailing 3 credit hours