Marketing (MKT) at Southside Virginia Community College
Distance Learning
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- MKT 100 - Principles of Marketing
- Presents principles, methods, and problems involved in marketing to consumers and organizational buyers. Discusses problems and policies connected with distribution and sale of products, pricing, promotion, and buyer motivation. Examines variations of marketing research, legal, social, ethical, e-commerce, and international considerations in marketing.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 110 - Principles of Selling
- Presents a fundamental, skills-based approach to selling and relationship building. Emphasizes learning effective interpersonal communication skills in all areas of the sales process through skill-building activities. Examines entry-level sales careers in retailing, wholesaling, services and industrial selling.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 160 - Marketing for Small Business
- Presents the development of the marketing mix for a small business. Includes areas such as product development, pricing, promotion, salesmanship, customer relations, and consumer behavior.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 170 - Customer Service
- Introduces students to the concepts of marketing as they relate to customer service. Teaches development of customer service training and implementation of strategies to improve customer relations and service. Includes lecture, role-playing, and case studies.Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits - MKT 193 - Studies In
- Covers new content not covered in existing courses in the discipline. Allows instructor to explore content and instructional methods to assess the course's viability as a permanent offering.Variable hours per week.
1-5 credits - MKT 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - MKT 197 - Cooperative Education
- Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college's cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college.Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - MKT 200 - Consumers, Marketing, and Society
- Presents an overview of the marketing system as it applies to the needs and wants of consumers and the purchasing process, along with consideration of the role of government in consumer affairs. Assists the individual in becoming an informed consumer and better business manager through an understanding of rights and obligations in consumer transactions.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 201 - Introduction to Marketing
- Introduces students to the discipline of marketing and the need to create customer value and relationships in the marketplace. Presents an overview of the marketing principles and management strategies, along with the analytical tools used by organizations in the creation of a marketing plan.Lecture 3 hours. Total 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 216 - Retail Organization and Management
- Examines the organization of the retail establishment to accomplish its goals in an effective and efficient manner. Includes study of site location, internal layout, store operations, and security. Examines the retailing mix, the buying or procurement process, pricing, and selling. Studies retail advertising, promotion, and publicity as a coordinated effort to increase store traffic.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 220 - Principles of Advertising
- Emphasizes the role of advertising in the marketing of goods, services, and ideas. Discusses the different uses of advertising; types of media; how advertising is created; agency functions; and legal, social, and economic aspects of the industry. Introduces advertising display, copy and art work preparation, printing and selection of media.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 260 - Customer Service Management
- Examines the role of customer service in achieving a firm's long-term goals; discuses the basic principles of effective customer service; explores the tasks and responsibilities of a customer service manager. Includes such topics as purpose of customer service; establishment of customer service goals and policies; recruitment, selection and training of customer service employees motivation techniques; empowering employees for better decision making; and evaluation of customer service employees and program.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 282 - Principles of E-Commerce
- Studies on-line business strategies, and the hardware and software tools necessary for Internet commerce. Includes the identification of appropriate target segments, the development of product opportunities, pricing structures, distribution channels and execution of marketing strategies.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - MKT 295 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - MKT 298 - Seminar and Project
- Requires completion of a project or research report related to the student's occupational objectives and a study of approaches to the selection and pursuit of career opportunities in the field.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
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