Ackerman, David
(1998) Professor of Marketing. B.A. 1983, University of Chicago; M.B.A, 1987, University of Texas; Ph.D. 1999, University of Southern California.
[ View Faculty ]Beruchashvili, Mariam
(2007) Professor of Marketing. B.A. 1992, State Institute of Foreign Languages; B.A. 1993, Tbilisi State University; M.B.A. 2002, Clemson University; Ph.D. 2007, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
[ View Faculty ]BUS 104. Introduction to Business (3)
For non-Business majors only. Designed to provide an introduction to the American enterprise system, its economic foundation and basic concepts of business organization and the nature of business activity. Meets the Lifelong Learning requirement.
[ View Faculty ]BUS 491CS. Small Business Consulting (3)
Prerequisites: BUS 312, a 3.0 or above GPA overall and in business courses. For senior-level business majors only. Department consent. Student teams provide high-quality, cross-disciplinary business consulting to clients. Groups meet regularly with the client and instructor, perform a detailed situation analysis, conduct research and develop recommendations culminating in a professional consulting report and presentation. …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration
Marketing is a broad field encompassing a range of important activities for all types of domestic and international businesses. Students acquire quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills to help firms better understand consumers, competitors and markets. Thus, firms create effective strategies to identify opportunities, serve markets and maintain excellent customer relationships. Students learn how …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option – AS-T in Business Administration 2.0 (2023)
This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2023 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirements of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Business Law (ACCT 220, ACCT 230, ECON 160, ECON 161, MATH 140, BLAW 280) completed as part of the AS-T in …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option – AS-T in Business Administration 2.0 (2024)
This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2024 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirements of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Business Law, Statistics (ACCT 220, ACCT 230, ECON 160, ECON 161, BLAW 280, MATH 140) completed as part of the AS-T in …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option – AS-T in Business Administration 2.0 (2025-Present)
This ADT/STAR Act Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2025 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option All lower division GE completed. Lower division major requirements of Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Business Law, Statistics (ACCT 220, ACCT 230, ECON 160, ECON 161, BLAW 280, MATH 140) completed as part of the AS-T in …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2021)
This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2021 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements. YEAR 1: 1st Semester Course Units MATH 103 (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning) 3 MATH 103L (if required) 0-1 GE Basic Skills: A1 Oral Communication 3 GE Basic …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2022-2023)
This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2022 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option 2023 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements. YEAR 1: 1st Semester Course Units MATH 103 or MATH 150A or MATH 255A completed with a grade of “C” or better (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2023)
This Transfer Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2023 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option The Transfer Degree Road Map on this page presumes the completion of lower division General Education, Title 5 (United States History and Government), and lower division core requirements for this major. See General Education Rules for more information. Lower …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2024)
This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2024 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option Refer to the Catalog Archives for General Education requirements. YEAR 1: 1st Semester Course Units MATH 103 or MATH 150A or MATH 255A completed with a grade of “C” or better (meets GE Basic Skills: B4 Mathematics and Quantitative Reasoning) 3-5 …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2024)
This Transfer Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2024 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option The Transfer Degree Road Map on this page presumes the completion of lower division General Education, Title 5 (United States History and Government), and lower division core requirements for this major. See General Education Rules for more information. Lower …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2025-Present)
This Transfer Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2025 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option The Transfer Degree Road Map on this page presumes the completion of lower division General Education, Title 5 (United States History and Government), and lower division core requirements for this major. See General Education Rules for more information. Lower …
[ View Faculty ]Business Administration/Marketing Option (2025-Present)
This 4-Year Degree Road Map applies to the following catalog year(s): 2025 Business Administration, B.S./Marketing Option YEAR 1: 1st Semester Course Units MATH 103 or MATH 150A or MATH 255A completed with a grade of “C” or better (meets GE Basic Skills: Area 2 Lower Division Mathematical Concepts and Quantitative Reasoning) 3-5 MATH 103L (if …
[ View Faculty ]Connett, Brian I.
(1990) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.Com. 1982, University of South Africa; M.B.A. 1985, University of the Witwatersrand; Ph.D. 1991, University of Pretoria; Fellow of the Institute of Marketing Management [South Africa].
[ View Faculty ]Curren, Mary T.
(1990) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.B.A. 1976, M.B.A. 1981, Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D. 1987, University of California, Los Angeles.
[ View Faculty ]Dommeyer, Curt
(1978) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.A. 1969, University of California, Santa Barbara; M.B.A. 1971, Santa Clara University; Ph.D. 1980, University of Cincinnati.
[ View Faculty ]Fu, Ning
(2020) Assistant Professor of Marketing. B.A. 2006, Xiamen University; M.A. 2013, University of Texas at Dallas; Ph.D. 2020, Binghamton University.
[ View Faculty ]Gross, Barbara L.
(1996) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.S. 1977, Ambassador College; M.B.A. 1983, California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D. 1992, University of Southern California.
[ View Faculty ]Heisley, Deborah D.
(2000) Department Chair of Marketing; Professor of Marketing. B.S., B.A. 1982, University of Arizona; Ph.D. 1990, Northwestern University.
[ View Faculty ]Hennessey, Judith E.
(1980) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.A. 1975, M.A. 1977, Ph.D. 1980, University of Louisville.
[ View Faculty ]Huang, Dongling
(2016) Professor of Marketing. B.A. 1998, M.A. 2001, Peking University; Ph.D. 2008, University of Texas at Dallas.
[ View Faculty ]Im, Taehoon
(2024) Assistant Professor of Marketing. B.A. 2012, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.S. 2015, Harvard University; Ph.D. 2022, Rice University.
[ View Faculty ]Kiesler, Tina L.
(2001) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.A. 1982, University of Michigan; Ph.D. 1990, University of California, Los Angeles.
[ View Faculty ]Lammers, Harold B.
(1977) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. A.B. 1972, M.A. 1975, Ph.D. 1976, University of Missouri.
[ View Faculty ]Liu, Dong
(2020) Associate Professor of Marketing. B.A. 2009, Nanjing Tech University; M.A. 2012, Nanjing University; M.B.A. 2014, University of Missouri, Columbia; Ph.D. 2020, University of South Florida.
[ View Faculty ]Marketing
The Marketing minor allows non-Marketing majors to pursue secondary interests in marketing. This minor is not available to Marketing majors.
[ View Faculty ]Marketing
Mission To be leaders in (1) educating a diverse student body to create and implement effective and responsible marketing strategies and (2) conducting and disseminating impactful research. Vision We will be a force for facilitating exchanges among organizations and customers that improve economic prosperity and contribute to societal well-being.
[ View Faculty ]Mishra, Rajan
(2024) Assistant Professor of Marketing. B.Tech. 2012, KIIT University; M.S. 2020, Ph.D. 2024, Purdue University.
[ View Faculty ]MKT 304. Principles of Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: For non-business majors (including non-business majors with a marketing minor): either (1) ECON 160 and a college-level statistics course; or (2) ECON 160 and BUS 104. For business majors, BUS 312 is a co/prerequisite. This core course provides an overview of marketing. Topics include researching and evaluating domestic and global marketing environments and customer …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 346. Marketing Research (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304 and a college-level statistics course. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This core marketing course introduces concepts and skills for conducting qualitative and quantitative marketing research. Topics include problem definition and developing research questions, secondary research, primary research design (exploratory, descriptive, and causal), data collection methods, sampling, questionnaire design, data …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 348. Consumer Behavior (3)
Prerequisite: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This core marketing course provides a foundational understanding of consumers based on psychological, social and cultural theories. It examines how consumer behavior impacts businesses and relates it to marketing strategy. Topics include: consumer needs, wants and motivations; learning, memory and knowledge; personality and attitudes; …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 350. Consumer Information in the Digital Age (3)
Prerequisite: Completion of the lower division writing requirement. This marketing course explores the use of consumer information by firms, governments, and other consumers, emphasizes the social and ethical issues that arise, and examines potential problems and solutions. Topics include: the history and guiding principles for collecting, disseminating, and utilizing consumer information; how new technologies affect …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 356. Marketing Metrics and Insights (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course emphasizes analytical skills with practical applications and developing actionable insights. Students acquire extensive hands-on experience using metrics-driven techniques to support marketing decisions. Topics include marketing metrics frameworks; data processing techniques and tools; database management of customers and segments; analysis of email, social …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 440. Integrated Marketing Communications (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. Marketing communications are a critical component of the marketing mix. This course covers the fundamentals of advertising, promotion, and other aspects of integrated marketing communications as these relate to conceptualizing, designing, and implementing product and brand promotional campaigns. Topics include: branding; segmentation, targeting and …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 441. Professional Selling (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course examines the traditional sales process and the modern inbound approach with pipeline management–how to convert leads into customers and guide them through purchasing decisions. It utilizes a leading customer relationship management (CRM) software brand, and students may earn that software certification. Topics include …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 442. Business-to-Business Communications (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course examines how businesses can communicate with partners, suppliers and sellers for effective engagement, meaningful relationships and mutual success. Business-to-business (B2B) communications include strategies, marketing activities, customer relationship management (CRM), and sales. Topics include customer acquisition, marketing and product orientations, marketing channels, strategic …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 443. Retail Management (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course examines retailing from the perspective of the retail owner and manager. Topics include: multichannel and omnichannel distribution strategies; store, non-store, and electronic retailing; retail location, layout, and design; merchandise management (stock and inventory control, pricing, style merchandising); information systems; departmentalization; human resource …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 445. International Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course covers international business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) marketing; foreign environmental scanning (including political, legal, economic, technological, social, and cultural environments); multinational competition; research in foreign markets; e-commerce across borders; country of origin image and product branding; international pricing issues; integrated marketing communications …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 447. Logistics and Transportation Management (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304 and SOM 306. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course provides an overview of the principles involved in the design, operation and management of transportation and logistics systems. It introduces managerial implications for firms that market transportation goods and services. Topics include components of logistics systems, material handling and …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 448. Digital Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course explores the principles and practice of digital marketing and focuses on internet technologies to promote, sell, and distribute goods and services. Topics include website design principles, web analytics, on-site and off-site search engine optimization, paid search ads, display ads, email marketing, social …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 449. Marketing Strategy (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304, either MKT 346 or MKT 348, and graduating senior standing. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This capstone requirement for marketing majors focuses on the advanced application of marketing principles for effective marketing strategy. The course emphasizes strategically important decisions with significant implications and relevance for marketing decisions in competitive …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 452. Pricing Strategy (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. Price is a critical component of the marketing mix. This course analyzes forces that impact the success of pricing strategies. Topics include basic pricing theory; pricing strategies for different markets and companies; key concepts related to costs, profits, consumer behavior, and markets; pricing methods …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 453. Marketing Channels Strategy (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. The channel is a key component of the marketing mix. This course covers channel concepts and focuses on designing and managing distribution channels for products and services as part of an integrated marketing mix that delivers strategic value. Topics include intermediaries, channel environment, customer …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 459. Social Media Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisite for business majors. This course focuses on using social media as a marketing tool to reach consumers. Students learn how to use various tools to conduct research, develop marketing campaigns and increase the company’s competitive advantage. Topics include marketing with leading social media platforms, conducting a social …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 496A-Z. Experimental Course-Marketing (3)
Prerequisite: BUS 312 for Business majors. Course content to be determined. (See subtitles in appropriate Schedule of Classes.)
[ View Faculty ]MKT 498A. Internship (1)
Prerequisites: BUS 312 and MKT 304 for Business majors. Corequisite: MKT 498B. MKT 498A and MKT 498B together fulfill the marketing major’s experiential requirement. MKT 498A is the internship course that helps interns apply and integrate marketing principles, marketplace evaluation skills, and tactical expertise from their academic studies during their internship experience. (Credit/No Credit only)
[ View Faculty ]MKT 498B. Internship (2-2)
Prerequisites: BUS 312 and MKT 304 for business majors. Before enrolling in the course, students must secure an internship with a company and have it approved by the Nazarian College Center for Career Education and Professional Development (CEPD). Corequisite: MKT 498A. MKT 498B requires fulfilling CEPD internship requirements and professional development goals with a minimum …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 498C. Field Assignments and Reports—Marketing (3-3)
Prerequisites: BUS 312 and MKT 304 for Business majors (Marketing majors must attain a grade of “C” or higher in MKT 304). Individual study pertaining to present or future career. Consultation with instructor to determine program that includes field assignments and reports. A maximum of 12 units may be earned by combining Field Assignments and …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 499A-C. Independent Study (1-3)
Prerequisites: MKT 304. BUS 312 is a prerequisites for business majors. The Marketing Department chair and a faculty sponsor must approve an independent study project proposal before enrollment. This course is for students capable of independent work who need advanced, in-depth, and specialized study. Independent study requires regular progress meetings and reports with the faculty sponsor …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 640. Marketing Management (3)
Prerequisites: ECON 500; GBUS 600; SOM 591 or equivalent. This course emphasizes the ability to evaluate and create customer-centric marketing management strategies including segmentation, target market selection, developing a value proposition, and building/defending brand equity, within the context of a competitive, dynamic and multi-dimensional global environment. Students make complex decisions regarding the integration of product, pricing, …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 644. Seminar in Consumer Behavior (3)
Prerequisite: MKT 640. Study of recent contributions from the behavioral sciences that provide insight into consumer motivation and consumption behavior. Emphasis is on psychological and sociological models and current research from the literature.
[ View Faculty ]MKT 647. Marketing Research Seminar (3)
Prerequisites: MKT 640; SOM 591 or equivalent. The application of marketing research techniques to business problems. Emphasis is on research design, questionnaire development, data collection techniques and univariate and multivariate statistics.
[ View Faculty ]MKT 656. Marketing Analytics (3)
Prerequisite: BANA 607 or equivalent. This course focuses on using a systematic and analytical approach to marketing decision-making. Most of the frameworks, processes, and analyses developed by marketing researchers, consultants, and managers focus on the four “first principles” of marketing: all customers differ; all customers change; all competitors react; and all resources are limited. This …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 684. Entertainment Marketing, Sales, and Pitching (3)
This course explores general marketing concepts as they relate to the entertainment business. Students are introduced to marketing concepts and strategies including positioning, perceptual mapping, branding, market segmentation, and defining a target audience. By the end of this course, students will understand the basics of developing a marketing plan as well as the critical role …
[ View Faculty ]MKT 699. Independent Study—Marketing (3)
Prerequisites: Permission of graduate advisor and department chair. Only those graduate students who have a current 3.0 or higher GPA may register in a 600-level Independent Study course. No more than 6 units of Independent Study may be taken in any one department, and no more than 6 units may be taken in the College …
[ View Faculty ]Moran, Nora
(2015) Associate Professor of Marketing. B.A. 2001, Fairfield University; M.B.A. 2009, Villanova University; Ph.D. 2015, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
[ View Faculty ]Plutsky, Susan K.
(1983) Professor Emeritus of Marketing. B.A. 1977, New Hampshire College; M.Ed. 1980, Bowling Green State University; Ph.D. 1983, Arizona State University.
[ View Faculty ]Sun, Qin
(2017) Associate Professor of Marketing. B.A. 1999, Beijing Normal University; M.B.A. 2005, California State University, Dominguez Hills; Ph.D. 2009, University of North Texas.
[ View Faculty ]Vigneron, Franck
(2000) Professor of Marketing. B.A. 1992, Zurich University; B.A. 1993, Grenoble University; M.S. 1994, University of Stirling; Ph.D. 1998, University of Sydney.
[ View Faculty ]Walker, Kristen L.
(1993) Professor of Marketing. B.S. 1993, M.P.A. 1995, California State University, Northridge; Ph.D. 2003, University of California, Los Angeles.
[ View Faculty ]Wen, Na
(2018) Associate Professor of Marketing. B.S. 1999, Inner Mongolia University; M.A. 2002, Fudan University; Ph.D. 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology.
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