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Marketing/Sales MKTS

Degree Type: Certificate

College(s): Business

Required Courses  Credit Hours 
COMM 205 3
MKTG 231 Professional Selling 3
MKTG 434 Advanced Selling 3
MKTG 436 Sales Management 3
Minimum credit hours required for the certificate: 12

Why Choose a Marketing/Sales Certificate?

If you have a strong interest in building a career in developing business relationships, this certificate will provide you with the following:

  • Oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to solve customer-based problems
  • The ability to provide consulting service to persons and/or organizations who seek, or might seek, the products and services you sell

    You will be exposed to an exciting set of concepts that will serve you, not just in marketing/sales, but in any career field in which you become a manager or leader and must influence others.

  • Admission Requirements

    New Students: 2.5 GPA (on a 4.0 scale) from high school and two of the following three criteria: (1) English ACT score of 16 or higher, or English SAT score of 370 or higher; (2) Math ACT score of 19 or higher, or Math SAT score of 460 or higher; (3) Reading ACT score of 19 or higher, or Verbal SAT score of 430 or higher. ACT score requirements shall not apply to international students and non-traditional students aged 23 or older.

    Transfer Students: Combined college or university GPA of 2.35 (on a 4.0 scale) from all institutions attended, and the following criteria: (1) transfer equivalency for ENGL 150 or placement in ENGL 150 the first semester at FSU which would require an English ACT score of 16 or higher; (2) transfer equivalency for FSU MATH 115 or placement in MATH 115 the first semester at FSU which would require a Math ACT score of 19 or higher. ACT score requirements shall not apply to international students and non-traditional students aged 23 or older.

    No more than 50% of the credits in a certificate may be transferred from another institution. If a student is in another FSU degree-seeking program, the certificate will not be granted if more than 50% of the certificate credits are required in that program.

    Any mitigating circumstances will be considered on an individual basis by the College of Business Dean’s Office.

    Non-Degree Seeking Professionals: Non-degree students may complete 9 FSU credits but will need to meet the criteria listed above in order to complete the last certificate course. COB certificates are a total of 12 credits.

    Graduation Requirements

    You will receive the Marketing Sales Certificate after completion of the requirements with a minimum 2.0 grade point average.

    No more than 50% of the credits in this certificate may be transferred from another institution, nor will the certificate be granted if more than 50% of the certificate credits are specifically required in the students major.

    More Information

    Marketing Department
    119 South Street, Business 212
    Big Rapids, MI 49307-2284
    Phone: 231-591-2426
    Email: MKTG@ferris.edu

    The College of Business is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP.)
    http://www.acbsp.org/p/st/ld/sid=s1_001


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