Program Overview

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Professional Sales - Undergraduate Certificate

Overview

The Professional Sales undergraduate certificate provides a broad spectrum of employment opportunities when combined with many different majors. It gives students the added edge in job hunting for sales related positions.

Admissions

The university affirmatively strives to provide educational opportunities and access to students with varied backgrounds, those with special talents and adult students.

First-Year Students on the Kent Campus:

First-year admission policy on the Kent Campus is selective. Admission decisions are based upon cumulative grade point average, strength of high school college preparatory curriculum and grade trends. Students not admissible to the Kent Campus may be administratively referred to one of the seven regional campuses to begin their college coursework.

First-Year Students on the Regional Campuses:

First-year admission to Kent State’s campuses at Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas, as well as the Twinsburg Academic Center, is open to anyone with a high school diploma or its equivalent.

International Students:

All international students must provide proof of proficiency of the English language (unless they meet specific exceptions) through the submission of an English language proficiency test score or by completing English language classes at Kent State’s English as a Second Language Center before entering their program.

Former Students:

Former Kent State students who have not attended another institution since Kent State and were not academically dismissed will complete the re-enrollment process through the Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center. Former students who attended another college or university since leaving Kent State must apply for admissions as a transfer or post-undergraduate student.

Transfer Students:

Students who attended an educational institution after graduating from high school or earning their GED must apply as transfer students.

Coursework

Certificate Requirements

• ECON 22060: PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS (KSS) - 3 credit hours
• MKTG 25010: PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING - 3 credit hours
• MKTG 35046: PROFESSIONAL SELLING - 3 credit hours
• or ENTR 37045: SALES IN THE ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE
• MKTG 45047: ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL SELLING - 3 credit hours
• MKTG 45192: SALES INTERNSHIP (ELR) - 3 credit hours

Minimum Total Credit Hours: 15

Graduation Requirements

• Minimum Certificate GPA: 2.000
• Minimum Overall GPA: 2.000

Program Learning Outcomes

Students will gain the skills necessary to succeed in a career in Professional Sales. The Sales certificate is also important to differentiate KSU students competing for jobs with students from other universities.

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