UNT Undergraduate Catalog Marketing and Logistics

Marketing and Logistics*

*Name change pending approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Marketing, MKTG = 0365

2650. Global Marketing Concepts. 3 hours. Introduction to the multicultural and multiracial world from a marketing perspective. Course is intended to provide useful tools for assessing and addressing diversity in the business and marketing environment. Cannot be used to meet business foundation, business professional field, or business supporting field requirements. Satisfies the Cross-cultural, Diversity and Global Studies requirement of the University Core Curriculum.

3010. Professional Selling. 3 hours. Professional selling principles and practices for business applications. Principles of communication, listening, selling yourself and a business sales model. Students develop and present two sales presentations. Satisfies the COBA business foundation communication requirement. Satisfies the communication requirement of the University Core Curriculum. Open to all majors.

3650. Foundations of Marketing Practice. 3 hours. Survey of marketing concepts and practices and overview of the range of activities performed by marketing managers. Topics include the identification of market opportunities, strategic marketing planning, product/service development and management, price setting and management, establishing and managing distribution channels, and structuring promotional programs. Prerequisite(s): junior standing.

3660. Advertising Management. 3 hours. Advertising for business executives; creation of primary demand, stimuli, promotional programs, media selection, appropriation and evaluation. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

3700. Marketing Tools and Skills. 3 hours. Students learn several practical tools that are used in the analysis and interpretation of marketing data to aid marketing manager in decision making. "Mini" cases, problems and exercises are employed in a "hands on" manner to illustrate these tools in the context of market opportunity analysis, market segmentation, and planning and implementing a marketing mix. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (may be taken concurrently, but completion of 3650 is recommended).

3710. Marketing Research and Information Technology. 3 hours. Examination of marketing information technologies and marketing research. Students learn why and when to do marketing research, the types and sources of primary and secondary data available, methods for collecting data, the construction of data gathering instruments (e.g. questionnaires), the use of measurement scales, basic sampling, and data analysis techniques. Class emphasizes the use of secondary data sources, especially on-line, electronic sources of marketing information. Prerequisite(s): MSCI 3700 and MKTG 3700 (may be taken concurrently).

3880. Personal Professional Development. 1 hour. Emphasis is on career development including preparation of professional resumes, developing interviewing skills, and utilizing UNT Placement Office facilities and services. Guest speakers from various industrial settings familiarize students with professional opportunities in marketing. Prerequisite(s): Should be completed prior to enrollment in MKTG 4890.

4120. Buyer Behavior. 3 hours. A survey of individual and organizational decision making in the acquisition, consumption and disposition of goods and services, with selected applications in market segmentation, marketing communications and marketing management. Topics include consumer and organizational behavior models and decision processes; internal influencing forces of motivation, perception, learning, personality, lifestyle and attitudes; external influencing forces of culture, subculture, demographic, social class, reference group and household. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4140. Credit Management. 3 hours. Consumer and commercial credit; economic and social impact of credit; state and federal legislative developments; credit management in retail and commercial firms. Prerequisite(s): junior standing.

4260. Global Logistics Management. 3 hours. Analysis and design of domestic and international logistics systems. Topics include transportation, warehousing, inventory control, materials handling and packaging, and plant and warehouse locations. Emphasis on concepts and practices that provide firms with global competitive advantage. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650) or consent of department.

4280. Global Marketing Issues and Practice. 3 hours. Students examine marketing decision making in an international context. Course emphasizes issues and concepts relevant to firms competing in the global market place, including problems and opportunities arising from the economic, legal/political, sociocultural, geographic and technological environments. Specific topics include multinational distribution, international product adaptation and cross-cultural consumer behavior. Requires a project emphasizing using and refining secondary data collection skills. Students may be required to work in a group context. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650. Credit not awarded for both MKTG 2650 and MKTG 3650.

4520. Marketing Channels and Strategic Partnerships. 3 hours. An examination of strategic issues involved in managing marketing channels. Topics include channel design, supply chain management and the external channels environment. Marketing channel strategy is extended to the use of strategic alliances and other collaborative distribution relationships for global competitive advantage. Special attention is afforded to resource and technology interdependencies, exchange governance and relationship benchmarking. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4530. Global Distribution Alliances and Partnerships. 3 hours. Students are introduced to the economies of business relationships and networks, and are charged with critically assessing how these economies can be used to capitalize on market entry and expansion opportunities. Course requires students to prepare and present a case study of a real-world distribution alliance or partnering arrangement. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4560. Business Transportation Management. 3 hours. Principles of transportation covering the role of transportation systems; environmental and economic impacts; modal components; managerial and economic aspects of the various modes, with applications to both domestic and international operations. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 and 4260.

4600. Retailing. 3 hours. Principles and methods; store location and layout; sales promotion; buying and pricing; personnel management; credit; stock control. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4620. Technology-Based Direct Response Marketing. 3 hours. Direct response marketing to businesses and consumers is increasingly important. Emphasizes the use of technologies to market to customers through the World Wide Web, interactive television, computer software, electronic kiosks and showrooms, and direct mail. Students develop a World Wide Web page for a firm as a project. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4630. Strategic Retailing Issues. 3 hours. An examination of the broader trends in markets, globalization, technology, finance, and human resources impacting retail decisions. Using studies of actual firms, current articles, and cases, students develop a strategic focus to corporate policies, resource allocations, customer markets and the competitive environment. Particular attention is given to technological advancements in areas of the World Wide Web, VSAT and terrestrial telecommunications. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 and MKTG 4600 or consent of department.

4650. Sales Management. 3 hours. Basics of first-level management in a sales setting. Topics include planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling the sales operation. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4710. Advanced Marketing Research. 3 hours. Limited to students with superior academic standing and requires the recommendation of marketing faculty. The course involves conducting a complete semester-long market research project with a business client. Student teams identify the client's information needs and the appropriate sources of data, design the data collection instrument, select an appropriate sample, implement the data collection process, analyze the data, write and present a "consultant's report." Involves extensive use of statistical and graphics software and packages. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3710 and consent of department.

4750. Marketing of Services. 3 hours. An examination of the selection, application and monitoring of marketing services. Focuses on challenges in adjusting marketing techniques to meet the service needs of organizations. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3650 (non-business majors may complete MKTG 2650).

4800. Internship. 3 hours. Supervised work in a job related to student's career objective. Prerequisite(s): student must meet the employer's requirements and have consent of the department chair. Pass/no pass only.

4810. Special Topics in Marketing or Logistics. 3 hours. Investigation, analysis and discussion of a variety of topics that are important in marketing and logistics. Topics may include supply chain management, transportation, logistics, distribution and channel management, product development and management, sales management, consultative and team selling, promotion, market segmentation and opportunity analysis, and strategic pricing. Prerequisite(s): completion of 9 hours of upper-division marketing courses.

4860. Advanced Logistics Management. 3 hours. Application of logistics decision-making tools and skills as they apply to inventory, transportation, and warehouse management. Course stresses hands-on application of analytical tools useful in logistics; analysis of the characteristics of logistics system elements and their interrelationships within a company; developing skills to analyze technical logistics problems; and developing executive-level communications skills leading to the concise statement of problems and proposed solutions. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 4260.

4880. Advanced Marketing Management. 3 hours. Application of concepts, tools and procedures employed by practicing marketing managers. Specific attention is given to product development and management, promotion development and management, channel selection and management, physical distribution management and price setting and management. Students acquire skills in the essentials of case analysis and written as well as oral presentation of their analysis. Oral presentations may be made using electronic media. Groups may be required for case work. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 3700 and MKTG 3710.

4890. Applied Marketing Problems. 3 hours. Capstone marketing course. Students work in team settings to develop a comprehensive marketing plan. The marketing plan requires students to integrate a wide range of marketing principles and practices. The integrated marketing plan requires students to identify market opportunities and challenges, formulate actionable plans to address organizational strengths and weaknesses, and execute a marketing mix strategy. Requires both oral and written presentation of the marketing plan. Prerequisite(s): MKTG 4880 and graduating senior status.

4900. Special Problems. 1-3 hours each