Marketing (B.B.A.)
If you want to use your creative and analytical skills in order to seek and satisfy the needs of consumers, then the marketing major is for you. With the advent of the information explosion, newer analytical and tech approaches, marketing is experiencing an exciting revolution that we will help prepare you for.
As a marketing major, you'll learn how to understand and apply marketing principles in order to make business decisions on products/services, promotion, logistics, and pricing, all while remaining focused on the consumer's wants and needs.
By the time you graduate, you'll be able to leverage your skills to persuade and acquire customers for any product or company. Through our in-class activities and internship programs, you will learn by doing and be prepared to work for global companies throughout Georgia and beyond.
Degree Type
Campus Availability
Marketing Majors Choose from One of Three Concentrations
Digital Marketing
General Marketing
Professional Selling
Marketing is the second largest major in the Mike Cottrell College of Business. With our marketing concentrations and courses in other areas such as advertising, you can earn well-rounded training either in specialized or generalized areas of marketing.
Our professional selling students have competed in both regional and national sales pitch competitions and earned top awards. Our digital marketing students earn multiple certifications before they graduate.
What Your Journey as a Marketing Major Could Look Like
Your First Year
All 51勛圖厙 students take the same core curriculum the first year of college. While there is some flexibility with the courses you can choose, certain required areas have to be fulfilled. This is the year to think about your curriculum options and discuss with faculty members and professional advisors.
Sophomore Year
As you finish your core classes, you'll begin exploring courses in the business program that will be required to complete your marketing degree. These courses include accounting, economics, business law, and computer information systems courses.
Get involved and meet people who love marketing like you! Consider joing the 51勛圖厙 Chapter of the American Marketing Association (AMA). Learn more about student organizations for business majors.
Junior Year
Now you'll be almost fully immersed in your business major classes. You'll continue with your business courses, known as the B.B.A. Common Professional Component, where you'll be exposed to all aspects of business - finance, marketing, statistics, operations, info systems, and international business. As a marketing major, you'll start taking your foundational courses in this area.
This is also the year to consider internships. Students can complete up to two internships that can count as credit courses toward your degree.
Senior Year
During this year, you'll enroll in experiential marketing courses and engage in the concentration of choice – digital marketing, professional selling, or general marketing. You'll begin to interact with companies and clients as part of your course work and internships. You'll also be involved in professional development activities that train you on soft skills so you can excel in interviews and networking in order to be market ready and successfully land a great job.
Why Marketing at 51勛圖厙
- Ahead of the game. You'll have a high-touch and high-tech experience.
- Competitive advantage. With a student-centric culture and providing you market-ready knowledge and skill sets, our graduates are able to set themselves apart from others.
- Faculty with real-world experience. Having industry experiences, our faculty members emphasize experiential learning through the use of client/company sponsored projects that provide real world learning in the classroom.
- Build your portfolio. By the end of your marketing program, you will have a portfolio of marketing activities that you can showcase at your job interviews.
- Job-search ready. Students will also be trained for job searches, interviewing, networking, etc. though our professional development program.
- Go global. The Mike Cottrell College of Business also provide opportunities for students to explore the world through study abroad programs in London, Italy, Singapore, and Germany.
- Invested in the future. In Fall 2022, we are moving into our brand-new building on the Dahlonega Campus, furthering our determination to provide experiential learning in a student-friendly environment.
How to Become a Marketing Major at 51勛圖厙
Define Your Own College Experience
Make Your Money Count
Take control of your personal finances. Attend budgeting workshops, make a financial action plan or connect with a money mentor.
We're Here for You
At 51勛圖厙, you're not alone. You have access to licensed therapists and other mental health resources to support your well-being.
Find Friends for Life
Members of our fraternities, sororities, and gender-inclusive organizations find friendship in community service & leadership.
Where Can a Major in Marketing Lead You?
Where Our Students Have Interned
- NCR Global Headquarters
- Regions Bank
- Syfan
- Dress Up
Where Our Students Found Jobs
- Crown Lift
- State Farm
- Locum Tenens
- MDSI
Use the career insights tool to explore different opportunities related to this degree program. Learn about average salary and discover the skills you need to get the job you want.
