Professional Sales Certificate

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The Professional Sales Certificate is an academic certificate program that offers a skillset to launch students into a professional sales career in any industry. It consists of 21-22 units, many of which are required in the Business Administration degree or the Marketing concentration.

As in the Business Administration degree program, there are prerequisites for many of the courses. Check the course descriptions in the catalog for these prerequisites. Enrollment in the Professional Sales Certificate program must be approved by the Chair of the Marketing, Wine Business, and Operations Management Area.

Required Courses:

ECON 205 - Introduction to Microeconomics Unit(s): 4
OR
BUS 211 - Business Statistics Unit(s): 4
BUS 230A - Financial Accounting Unit(s): 4
BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing Unit(s): 4
BUS 463 - Sales Management and Personal Selling Unit(s): 4
BUS 493 - Advanced Topics in Professional Sales Unit(s): 2
(offered through the School of Extended and International Education)

Elective Course

(Choose one of the following courses):

BUS 391 - Cross-cultural Communication and Negotiation Unit(s): 4
BUS 367 - Consumer Behavior Unit(s): 4
BUS 499MK - Internship in Marketing Unit(s): 3-4