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Requirements for the Marketing Major

Completion of the following required courses:

BUSN 260 Financial Accounting
BUSN 261 Managerial Accounting
BUSN 301 Management
BUSN 321 Marketing
BUSN 340 Business Law
BUSN 341 Financial Management
BUSN 495 Strategic Management (MWI)
ECON 210 Principles of Economics

  • Completion of at least 3 Linfield Marketing electives above BUSN 341. These courses must be taken through Linfield.
  • Completion of Mathematics and Statistics requirements.

Linfield Marketing Electives

BUSN 420 Sales and Sales Management
BUSN 421 Advertising Management
BUSN 426 International Marketing
BUSN 427* Topics in Marketing
BUSN 435 International Business Law
BUSN 480** Independent Study
BUSN 487** Internship

*may be repeated with different content
**if the topic/internship is closely related to marketing as determined by the advertising instructor.

Marketing major electives may include one course from the following:

PSYC 200 Social Psychology

Departmental Quantitative Requirements

Students enrolling in business courses must demonstrate the following quantitative prerequisites:

  1. To enroll in courses numbered BUSN 200-340, a student must have taken MATH 105 (intermediate algebra) or a higher level mathematics course.
  2. To enroll in most courses numbered BUSN 341 and above, a student must (a) complete MATH 162 Finite Math with Calculus or equivalent, and (b) complete MATH 140 Introduction to Statistics or equivalent.

Departmental Policy on Prerequisites

The Department presumes that students will have taken the applicable prerequisite(s) when registering for courses. Prerequisites may be waived when the Department Chair deems that a student’s background or other extenuating circumstances render the applicable prerequisite(s) unnecessary. This approval must be obtained prior to registration for class.

Meeting Marketing Course Requirements by Transfer Credits

Required courses such as Marketing, Management, Business Law can be satisfied by approved transfer courses. In instances where content of a course is not clear from its title, you may be asked to provide additional information in the form of a catalog description or syllabus.