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Executive Certificate in Marke...

Executive Certificate in Marketing


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    Advance your career with a marketing certificate.

    In Worcester State’s Executive Certificate in Marketing program, you will learn how to critically evaluate key frameworks used in marketing management, conduct effective market research, and apply key marketing theories to solve marketing problems. You will also prepare to be a leader and decision maker by learning to identify marketing opportunities and prioritize appropriate marketing strategies.

    In addition, the credits you earn in this program can be applied to the Master of Science in Management at Worcester State.

    Prerequisites for the executive certificate in Marketing

    • Complete the following undergraduate marketing courses: Principles of Marketing and Marketing Research.

    • Have three or more years of experience in a marketing-related job role. Application decision will be made by the graduate coordinator in consultation with a department graduate advisory board based on a letter of recommendation and the role description.

    • If the applicant has not taken a marketing class in their undergraduate program, they must complete the undergraduate prerequisites outlined in Option 1. In addition, they will be required to complete graduate-level BA912 Marketing Management.

    Prerequisites and required courses for the Marketing certificate

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    Explore sample courses for the executive certificate in Marketing

    BA-920 Global Marketing Management

    Students examine the types of decisions marketing managers make when expanding and developing foreign markets. Using primarily qualitative methodologies, the course assesses the impact and integration of global economic, social, political, and legal factors in marketing programs and strategies.
    3 credits

    BA-921 Consumer Behavior

    The course investigates the inputs of consumer behavior into marketing by relevant analytical methods and research. Students learn about fundamental theories and concepts in consumer psychology and research of how and why people choose, use, and evaluate goods and services.
    3 credits

    BA-922 Research Methods for Marketing Decisions

    Students are trained in the concepts and techniques used in marketing research for problem-solving and decision making in marketing including methods of primary data collection such as structured and unstructured interviews, focus groups, and surveys.
    3 credits

    BA-923 Integrated Marketing Communications

    Designed for students who will become decision makers in almost any company concerned with consumer/customer communications, this course examines the formulation of advertising and other promotional mix elements in the integrated marketing communications program of an organization.
    3 credits

    Take the next step towards a certificate in Marketing

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