The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Marketing prepares students to work effectively in corporate and nonprofit organizations that are part of a global economy. Marketing students will be proficient in marketing analytics, digital marketing, customer experience management, and creativity and brand management.
The BBA Marketing (MKTG) Strategic Retailing track offers students interested in retail several opportunities for building skills specific to this career path and for networking with retailing professionals. In addition to taking retail courses, students can attend professional conferences, and participate in regional and national retailing campaign competitions.
The BBA MKTG Strategic Retailing track supplements the degree by tailoring directed elective courses and building specific retailing skills. Also, it provides recruiters with a means of identifying top students interested in retailing. Students who complete the BBA MKTG Strategic Retailing degree program are well-prepared for careers in management, merchandising, retail financial planning, and marketing. Completion of the program provides tangible evidence of commitment to and expertise in retailing. Students expecting to declare their upper-level major in Marketing with the Strategic Retailing track must meet the requirements.
The Center for Retailing Studies is a nationally known and respected center that is part of the Department of Marketing in Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. The Center is a bridge between the academic and business community, and serves students, faculty, and partner firms in a variety of ways, one of which is the Strategic Retailing track of the BBA in Marketing.
Upper-Level Entry Requirements
Admission to the upper-level major of marketing (MKTG) requires satisfactory completion of specific coursework. To review requirements and application procedures see Upper-Level Entry Requirements and Application Procedures.
Lower-Level Business Program (BUAD)
Plan of Study Grid | First Year |
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| Fall |
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| BUSN 101 | Freshman Business Initiative 1 | 3 |
| MATH 140 | Mathematics for Business and Social Sciences 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| |
| Public Speaking | |
| Communication for Technical Professions | |
| Argumentation and Debate | |
| Composition and Rhetoric | |
| Technical and Professional Writing | |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ECON 202 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| MATH 142 | Business Calculus 4 | 3 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| ACCT 229 | Introductory Accounting | 3 |
| ECON 203 | Principles of Economics | 3 |
| ISTM 210 | Fundamentals of Information Systems | 3 |
| POLS 206 | American National Government 3 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| |
| Public Speaking | |
| Communication for Technical Professions | |
| Argumentation and Debate | |
| Composition and Rhetoric | |
| Technical and Professional Writing | |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| ACCT 230 | Introductory Accounting | 3 |
| BUSN 203 | Statistical Methods for Business 5 | 3 |
| 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 60 |
Management Information Systems: Students intending to major in Management Information Systems must add ISTM 250 Business Programming Logic and Design (3 credits) to second year fall curriculum in Business (lower level). The communication elective can be taken during the third year fall.
Business Honors: Students admitted to Business Honors (1) take BUSN 125 Business Learning Community I (3 credits) in place of BUSN 101 in the first year fall curriculum and (2) must add BUSN 225 Business Competency (3 credits) to the second year spring curriculum in Business (lower level). The creative arts elective can be taken during the third year fall.
Finance: Students intending to major in Finance must add FINC 210 to freshman year curriculum in Business (lower-level). The general elective taken in the fourth year can be reduced by 1 credit.
Upper-Level Marketing Program
Plan of Study Grid | Third Year |
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| Fall |
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| FINC 341 | Business Finance | 3 |
| MGMT 363 | Managing People in Organizations | 3 |
| MKTG 321 | Marketing 1 | 3 |
| MKTG 404 | Data Visualization for Marketers | 3 |
| SCMT 364 | Operations Management | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
|---|
| MGMT 311 | Legal and Social Environment of Business | 3 |
| MKTG 322 | Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| MKTG 323 | Marketing Research | 3 |
| MKTG 335 | Professional Selling | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall |
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| POLS 207 | State and Local Government 3 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| Spring |
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| MGMT 466 | Strategic Management | 3 |
| MKTG 448 | Marketing Strategy 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 |
| | Semester Credit Hours | 15 |
| | Total Semester Credit Hours | 60 |
