Program Overview

Professional Sales Certificate

The Professional Sales Certificate is an academic certificate program that offers a skillset to launch students into a professional sales career in any industry. It consists of 21-22 units, many of which are required in the Business Administration degree or the Marketing concentration.

Required Courses

• BUS 211 - Business Statistics Unit(s): 4
• BUS 230A - Financial Accounting Unit(s): 4
• BUS 360 - Introduction to Marketing Unit(s): 4
• BUS 463 - Sales Management and Personal Selling Unit(s): 4
• BUS 493 - Advanced Topics in Professional Sales Unit(s): 2 (offered through the School of Extended and International Education)

Elective Course

• (Choose one of the following courses):
  • BUS 391 - Cross-cultural Communication and Negotiation Unit(s): 4
  • BUS 367 - Consumer Behavior Unit(s): 4
  • BUS 499MK - Internship in Marketing Unit(s): 3-4

Program Details

• Enrollment in the Professional Sales Certificate program must be approved by the Chair of the Marketing, Wine Business, and Operations Management Area.
• As in the Business Administration degree program, there are prerequisites for many of the courses. Check the course descriptions in the catalog for these prerequisites.