Professional Selling

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Certificate Requirements

Certificate: Professional Selling

Required Credits: 16

Requirements
MRKT 320Foundations of Marketing3
MRKT 430Sales and Personal Selling *3
MRKT 434Sales Management3
MRKT 436Advanced Professional Selling1
MRKT 497FE/Coop Ed/Internship3
Electives - Select one of the following:3
AGEC 350
Agrisales
MGMT 451
Negotiation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
MGMT 461
Supply Chain Management
MGMT 462
Modeling the Supply Chain
MRKT 438
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Sales Technology
MRKT 470
Services Marketing
Total Credits16

Requirements for a certificate in Professional Selling

  • Certificates must be declared within the College of Business.  Be sure to officially declare your certificate by completing the Certificate in Professional Selling form. Please do so before or when taking MRKT 430 Sales and Personal Selling.  
  • To be accepted into the certificate program, students must have a 2.50 institutional cumulative GPA and at least junior standing (60 credits). 
  • To complete a certificate, students must earn a 'C' or better in all courses used to satisfy certificate requirements and a minimum 2.50 grade point average that is based on the courses used to satisfy the certificate requirements.
  • If the certificate or institutional GPA falls below the 2.50 GPA after acceptance into the program, the student will not be allowed to register for the CoB courses until the cumulative GPA returns to 2.50 or above.
  • Certificate students must satisfy all course prerequisites.
  • Approval for a certificate does not guarantee enrollment in specific courses.