Marketing Management

Marketing Management

Become an Expert Marketer

Do you have a creative mind? Do you like exploring digital, social media, advertising, sales and branding trends? If you said yes to those questions, then consider the Business Administration: Marketing Management program.

Through your coursework, you’ll learn how to effectively market anything in today’s ever-changing, highly competitive marketing world. As a graduate, you'll know how to brand a product or service across multiple mediums and have the knowledge to make an impact as a manager in this exciting field.

These fields need professionals with a strong initiative and spirit of competition. Successful students also exhibit strong entrepreneurial, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.

How to Apply Program Details

Kirkwood is the affordable option – we offer more than $3 million in scholarships every year!

Graduates of the Marketing program will be able to:

  • Evaluate career options in business as a basis for making appropriate career choices.
  • Utilize critical thinking to solve problems and make decisions in business situations.
  • Communicate information effectively using a variety of formats for diverse audiences.
  • Analyze the ethical and legal implications of business decisions within the global business environment.
  • Students will integrate core business principles and skills when making marketing decisions and implementing marketing strategies.
  • Students will design marketing strategies based on product, price, place and promotional objectives to achieve desired business outcomes.
  • Students will demonstrate how to market products and services and deliver customer value.
  • Through a structured teamwork approach, students will create marketing strategies on attracting new and retaining existing customers for businesses.
  • Students will exhibit professionalism in the workplace. 

Customize your degree and boost your resume with Kirkwood’s certificate options. Students in the Business Administration: Marketing Management program can specialize in:

  • Retail Marketing certificate
  • Sales certificate
  • Social Media Marketing certificate

Program Costs

Business Administration: Marketing Management 

School Year: 2024–25

Program Entry Semester: Fall, Spring, Summer

Fall Spring Summer Fall Spring Total
Credit Hours per Semester 13 12 9 14 16 64
In-State Tuition $2,821 $2,604 $1,953 $3,038 $3,472 $13,888
Technology Fee per Semester $50 $50 $50 $50 $50 $250
Clinical Expenses (mileage, lodging, screenings, etc.) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Conferences/Seminars $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Course Resources (textbooks, software, etc.) $606 $579 $285 $290 $635 $2,395
Course/Section Fees $37 $0 $0 $0 $0 $37
Laptop (required devices) $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Testing Fees $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Third Party Credentials $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Tool Sets $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Uniforms $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Other $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Estimated Cost $3,514 $3,233 $2,288 $3,378 $4,157 $16,570

 

Costs provided are estimated and based on the following current tuition rates: $217 (In-State), $290 (Out-of-State), $400 (International).

Fees and costs are subject to change.

To view all costs associated with attending college visit our Tuition and Costs page.


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While earning your Business Administration: Marketing Management degree, you may take some of the following classes:

  • Introduction to Business
  • Professionalism: Business Competition
  • Principles of Management
  • Principles of Selling
  • Principles of Supervision
  • Principles of Marketing
  • Principles of Advertising
  • Marketing Management
  • Principles of Retailing

Marketing students are encouraged to join the Kirkwood chapter of Business Professionals of America (BPA) and/or Future Business Leaders of America, INC. (FBLA). Students pursuing the Retail Marketing Certificate, Sales Certificate, or Social Media Marketing Certificate are encouraged to join, too. 

With 45,000 members in more than 1,800 chapters across 25 states and Puerto Rico, as well as an international presence in China, Haiti and Peru, BPA has the ability to enhance student participation in professional, civic, service and social endeavors.

FBLA is the largest business Career and Technical Student Organization in the world, helping more than 230,000 members prepare for careers in business each year.

BPA and FBLA are two of eight recognized members of the National Coordinating Council for Career and Technical Student Organizations (NCC-CTSO). CTSOs are co-curricular groups that help students in career and technical education programs further their knowledge and skills by participating in activities, events, and competitions.

Retail Marketing - Certificate

Sales - Certificate

Social Media Marketing - Certificate*

 

*State and federal aid may be used for the certificate on its own or as part of the degree program above.

Career opportunities include:

  • Buyer
  • Marketing researcher
  • Public relations specialist
  • Media planner
  • Sales / sales manager/ strategist
  • Entrepreneur
  • Manufacturer
  • Wholesaler
  • Business management careers

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Mission Statement

Identify needs of marketing, wholesale, manufacturing and retail communities through quality, accessible education that promotes opportunities for lifelong learning. This is accomplished through:

  • People: faculty
  • Community members: advisory committee
  • Education methods: e-learning, classroom, etc.
  • Students: engagement
  • Internships: student employment

Questions?

Business & Information Technology
203 Nielsen Hall
business@kirkwood.edu
319-398-5416