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MKTG 300 Marketing Principles

This course surveys factors that marketing managers take into account when creating a marketing plan, including consumer behavior principles, market segmentation, product life cycle, packaging, branding, pricing, advertising, sales promotion, public relations, personal selling, product distribution methods and key laws affecting marketing practices. The course takes a practical approach to explaining how to identify marketing objectives and determine strategies for reaching them. It is useful to general business students, students who plan marketing management or marketing communications careers and those who wish to be better informed consumers. This course is also offered online. Prerequisite: Goal 1 writing requirement plus 30 credits must be satisfied.

Special information

Prerequisite: Goal 1 writing requirement plus 30 credits must be satisfied.
4 Undergraduate credits

Effective August 1, 1998 to present

Learning outcomes

General

  • Demonstrate an understanding of core marketing concepts and of the overall marketing process.
  • Develop an understanding of the 4Ps of Marketing - product, price, place and promotion - and the roles they play in marketing strategies.
  • Demonstrate writing competency by the aggregation of knowledge and expression of ideas as integrated into a cohesive marketing plan.
  • Demonstrate communication skills by presenting a prepared, purposeful presentation designed to demonstrate knowledge of marketing concepts.

Spring 2025

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Marketing Principles McGillis, Zachary Books for MKTG-300-01 Spring 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-01 Spring 2025
50 Marketing Principles Boschke, Heather S Books for MKTG-300-50 Spring 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-50 Spring 2025
51 Marketing Principles Lesser, Jack A. Books for MKTG-300-51 Spring 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-51 Spring 2025
52 Marketing Principles Lesser, Jack A. Books for MKTG-300-52 Spring 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-52 Spring 2025
53 Marketing Principles Restad, Steven Eric Books for MKTG-300-53 Spring 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-53 Spring 2025

Summer 2025

Section Title Instructor books eservices
50 Marketing Principles Lesser, Jack A. Books for MKTG-300-50 Summer 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-50 Summer 2025
51 Marketing Principles Restad, Steven Eric Books for MKTG-300-51 Summer 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-51 Summer 2025

Fall 2025

Section Title Instructor books eservices
01 Marketing Principles McGillis, Zachary Books for MKTG-300-01 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-01 Fall 2025
50 Marketing Principles Boschke, Heather S Books for MKTG-300-50 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-50 Fall 2025
51 Marketing Principles Lesser, Jack A. Books for MKTG-300-51 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-51 Fall 2025
52 Marketing Principles Wanderski, Frank J Books for MKTG-300-52 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-52 Fall 2025
53 Marketing Principles Restad, Steven Eric Books for MKTG-300-53 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-53 Fall 2025
54 Marketing Principles Staff, Staff Books for MKTG-300-54 Fall 2025 Course details for MKTG-300-54 Fall 2025