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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Marketing

VCU

Community college:
Associate of Science: Business Administration (Thomas Nelson Community College)
Thomas Nelson Community College
Thomas Nelson Community College
Program description

The major in marketing gives students a broad working knowledge of contemporary marketing philosophy and practice. The general marketing concentration provides students an understanding of the processes of creating and communicating value for customers, clients and society at large. Judicious selection of courses will also allow students to tailor their program of study to their individual backgrounds, interests and career aspirations. The courses in the major provide a mix of educational approaches, including lecture and discussion, case problems, and in-field experience. Graduates of this program will find career opportunities in marketing management, advertising, sales, marketing research, public relations, retailing and other areas of business.

Career opportunities

A major in Marketing prepares students for careers in marketing research, product and brand management, advertising and marketing communication, experiential and digital marketing, sales, and retail or logistics management. 

Marketing researchers gather and analyze data on consumers, competitors, trends, and the success of marketing efforts. The growth of data analytics means a rising need for marketing research skills. Brand managers develop a brand’s lasting and positive impact on the marketplace by strategically aligning all advertising, promotion, pricing, product, packaging, and distribution decisions. Product managers develop a strategic vision for delivering value to customers that is unique relative to competitors’ offerings and manages the product line’s designers and engineers. Product designers create product or service innovations. Advertising and marketing communications develop the primary creative force for messages and strategically where and when to communicate them. Experiential marketing engages consumers with a brand through active participation in events and customer experiences. Digital marketing creates content or brand experiences, interacts with customers or communicates marketing messages via websites, mobile platforms, or social media. Sales develops relationships with clients and create solutions for them that will grow their business in a mutually satisfactory manner. Retail and logistics managers are in charge of the systems of delivering products to consumers or business customers through stores and online or physical distribution channels. 

Bachelor-level job titles
  • Account Executive/Manager
  • Brand Analyst
  • Business Dev. Representative
  • Client Services Coordinator
  • Communications Specialist
  • Content Strategist
  • Digital MKTG Coordinator/Specialist
  • Media Buyer, Analyst
  • MKTG Asst./Associate/Coordinator
  • MKTG Research Analyst/Specialist
  • Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Specialist
  • Social Media Specialist/Coordinator
Graduate and professional level job titles
  • Business Development Manager
  • Chief Marketing Officer
  • Consultant
  • Market Research Director
Contact information

 

VCU Transfer Center

Telephone: (804) 827-1349

Email: transferinfo@vcu.edu

Transfer Advising Request

VCCS Transfer Planning Checklist


Office of Admissions

Telephone: (804) 828-1222 or (800) 841-3638

Email: ugrad@vcu.edu
Apply Here.

Guaranteed transfer admission requirements

Completion of associate degree
Minimum GPA of 2.5
All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better

Highest level of math required
  • MATH 200 or SCMA 212 or BUSN 212
  • STAT 210 or SCMA 301
Science required
  • Core only
Foreign language requirements
  • No
Additional tuition/fees
  • Yes
GPA requirements (to progress/graduate in the major)
  • 2.5 to declare major/2.0 to graduate

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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Marketing

Thomas Nelson Community College (Associate of Science: Business Administration)

MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
Explore Year 1
  • Attend New Student Orientation.
  • Register for SDV 101.
  • Use Navigate to schedule an appointment with your advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Start your math sequence and pass ENG 111-112.
  • Cultivate relationships with your professors.
  • Attend cultural events at community college and/or VCU and celebrate diversity.
  • Attend VCU’s annual Intercultural Festival or another community intercultural event.
  • Browse careers related to Marketing through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad’s Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Build a LinkedIn profile.
  • Take a career assessment through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Practice independent living skills (such as money management, self-care, time management, and personal responsibility).
  • Familiarize yourself with the Career Services offered at Community College and VCU and explore Career Pathways on the VCU website.
Experience Year 2
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Research scholarship opportunities and explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
  • Explore the VCU School of Business website to become familiar with upcoming course offerings, syllabi and professors.
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Attend VCU cultural events, including the monthly Global Café, VCU Diversity Scholars in Research week, or School of Business-related events.
  • Find out about VCU REAL.
  • Attend Career & Internship Fairs at community college or VCU to explore your interests.
  • Plan to complete at least two internships (job experiences) before your senior year of college.
  • Create a draft resume and bring it to career services advisor or workshop for review.
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Using LinkedIn, connect to at least 10 people. Check out the VCU alumni page in My Network.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
  • Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.

Explore
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Attend New Student Orientation.
  • Register for SDV 101.
  • Use Navigate to schedule an appointment with your advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Start your math sequence and pass ENG 111-112.
  • Cultivate relationships with your professors.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Attend cultural events at community college and/or VCU and celebrate diversity.
  • Attend VCU’s annual Intercultural Festival or another community intercultural event.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
  • Browse careers related to Marketing through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Explore the community college’s iGrad’s Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
  • Build a LinkedIn profile.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Take a career assessment through the Virginia Wizard.
  • Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
  • Practice independent living skills (such as money management, self-care, time management, and personal responsibility).
  • Familiarize yourself with the Career Services offered at Community College and VCU and explore Career Pathways on the VCU website.

Experience
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
  • Meet with your academic advisor.
  • Be prepared for academic challenges in your classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
  • Research scholarship opportunities and explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
  • Explore the VCU School of Business website to become familiar with upcoming course offerings, syllabi and professors.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
  • Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options.
  • Consider learning a foreign language to open doors to international organizations and future study.
  • Attend VCU cultural events, including the monthly Global Café, VCU Diversity Scholars in Research week, or School of Business-related events.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
  • Find out about VCU REAL.
  • Attend Career & Internship Fairs at community college or VCU to explore your interests.
  • Plan to complete at least two internships (job experiences) before your senior year of college.
  • Create a draft resume and bring it to career services advisor or workshop for review.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
  • Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
  • Using LinkedIn, connect to at least 10 people. Check out the VCU alumni page in My Network.
  • Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
  • Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
  • Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.

Recommended courses
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2020-2021

Bachelor of Science: Marketing

Thomas Nelson Community College (Associate of Science: Business Administration)

Thomas Nelson Community College courses
Course Title Equivalent course Credits Requirements
SDV 101 Orientation to Business UNIV 101 1 Elective
ENG 111 College Composition I Note: students with credit for AP English Language and Composition will only receive credit for UNIV 111 at VCU and should take ENG 112 to fulfill the VCU composition requirement. UNIV 111-112 3 General education
MTH 161 PreCalculus I MATH 141 3 General education
ITE 115 Introduction to Computer Applications INFO 160, 161, 162 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Laboratory Science I Select 1 sequence: BIO 101, CHM 101, GOL 105, GOL 111, PHY 101, PHY 141, PHY 201 VCU equivalent 4 General education
ENG 112 College Composition II UNIV 200 3 General education
MTH 261 Applied Calculus BUSN 212 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Laboratory Science II Take second course in the sequence selected previously: BIO 102, CHM 102, GOL 106, GOL 112, PHY 102, PHY 142, PHY 202 VCU equivalent 4 General education
ECO 201 Principles of Economics: Macroeconomics ECON 211 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ACC 211 Principles of Accounting I ACCT 203 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ECO 202 Principles of Economics: Microeconomics ECON 210 3 Major (Business Foundation)
ACC 212 Principles of Accounting II ACCT 204 3 Major (Business Foundation)
PHI 220 Ethics PHIL 201 3 General education
BUS 216 Probability & Statistics for Business and Economics SCMA 301 3 Major (Advanced Business Core)
BUS 100 Introduction to Business (substitute for BUS 200) BUSN 201 3 Major (Business Foundation)
Social Science Select 1: PSY 200, SOC 200, PLS 135, 241 VCU equivalent 3 General education
Humanities Select 1: ENG 200-level literature; PHI 101, 111; ART 101, 102; MUS 121; REL 231, 232 VCU equivalent 3 General education
CST 100 Public Speaking BUSN 225 3 Major (Business Foundation)
BUS 281 Managing in Global Organizations BUSN 2XX 3 Elective
BUS 241 Business Law BUSN 2XX 3 Elective
Thomas Nelson credits transferred to VCU 60
VCU courses
Course Title Credits Requirements
INFO 166 Digital Literacy: Database Skills 1 Major (Business Foundation)
BUSN 325 Organizational Communication 3 Major
BUSN 499 Business Knowledge Exam 0 Major
FIRE 311 Financial Management 3 Major
MGMT 303 Creativity and Ideation 3 Major
MGMT 310 Managing People in Organizations 3 Major
MGMT 434 Strategic Management (capstone) 3 Major
MKTG 301 Marketing Principles 3 Major
BUSN 323 Legal Environment of Business 3 Major
INFO 360 Business Information Systems 3 Major
MGMT 319 Leadership 3 Major
MKTG 310 Information for Marketing Decisions 3 Major
SCMA 320 Production/Operations Management 3 Major
MKTG 302 Marketing Problems 3 Major
MKTG 315 Buyer Behavior 3 Major
MKTG/INTL 320 International Marketing 3 Major
MKTG Approved marketing electives (select five): see VCU advisor for course options. 15 Major
Open electives 2 Elective
Credits completed at VCU 60
Bachelor's degree total 120