When you wear your favorite outfit, sip your latte, or download a popular catchy song, you are touching the result of marketing. Behind it all are creative brand managers, savvy market researchers, and problem-solving sales reps, along with scores of other strategic marketers. They delve deep into consumer lifestyles, identify niche markets, and analyze consumer insights to understand how consumers interact with the world and use the products they encounter.
Our bachelor’s degree in marketing explores all these issues and more. As a student, you’ll engage in every aspect of the marketing world and immerse yourself in hands-on learning and internships.
Major Requirements
Achieving Academic Excellence
Mark Mayer
Happy and healthy. That’s what marketing professor Mark Mayer wants for all kids. He evaluates how to develop uplifting ads to tackle childhood obesity. Learn more about his work.
Our curriculum explores the full spectrum of marketing, including advertising and sales, social media, product design, buyer expectations, and managing customer needs while creating and maintaining relationships with customers and suppliers.
Credits
Total: 120
Classes You Will Take
A few of the classes you will take include:
- Consumer Behavior
- Professional Selling
- Marketing Research and Analytics
- Marketing Strategy
View Degree Plan (PDF)
For a complete list of all courses and their descriptions, please see our Course Catalog.
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Center for Professional Selling
The Center for Professional Selling is one of just 23 full members of the University Sales Center Alliance. This center provides hands-on learning and networking opportunities including a national sales competition, the nation’s largest sales job fair, and access to sales professionals. Learn more.
What Can You Do with a Degree in Marketing?
An undergraduate degree in marketing from Ball State will open up varied opportunities in such career fields as:
- advertising
- insurance sales
- digital marketing
- marketing communication
- product/brand management
- professional selling
- retail management and sales
- social media marketing
Paying for Your Education
About four of every five students receive some kind of merit- or need-based assistance with their tuition and fees. On top of the dozens of options our university offers its students, Miller College of Business gives several awards every year to its own students. Learn more.
Ready to Apply?
Are you interested in an undergraduate degree in marketing? The first step is to apply as an undergraduate to Ball State University. Start the journey today.
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