Retailing Minor

The Retailing minor is designed to be of benefit to students planning a career in or related to retailing operations and merchandising. Retail operations department management, store management, and district management. Merchandising, includes 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

Marketing Electives

Students must complete 3 or 6 credits of the following:

MKT 220 Principles of Selling 3 credit hours
MKT 355 Digital Marketing 3 credit hours
MKT 360 Consumer Behavior 3 credit hours
MKT 365 Branding 3 credit hours
MKT 494 Internship in Retailing 3 credit hours

Retailing Electives

Students must complete 6 or 9 credits of the following:

BUA 275 Big Data and Visual Analytics 3 credit hours
G 261 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 3 credit hours
IFS 360 Electronic Commerce 3 credit hours
MGT 220 Human Resource Management 3 credit hours
MGT 225 Organizational Behavior 3 credit hours
SCM 310 Purchasing Management 3 credit hours
SPM 230 Concepts of Social Media Platforms 3 credit hours