The Marketing and Advertising Department of the College of Business now offers a minor in Professional Selling, with a business-to-business perspective. The UALR business school minor in professional selling may be just what you need to be successful in your career…wherever that career takes you. Professional, hands-on, and taught by sales professionals, the sales minor program is supported by numerous local and national firms who, not coincidentally, hire hundreds of sales professionals each year.
The minor can be obtained with 18 credit hours (6 courses) as follows:
Required
MKTG 3350 Principles of Marketing (prerequisite to the following):
MKTG 3353 Professional Selling
MKTG 4351 Sales Management
MKTG 4355 Advanced Selling techniques
Choose 2 from the following
MKTG 3361 Physical Distribution
MKTG 4370 Business-to-Business Marketing
PFSL 4395 Cooperative Education I
MKTG 3300 Professionalism for Sales and Marketing
Admission Requirements
Any person who is admitted to a UALR Bachelor’s degree program is welcome to obtain this minor in addition to their major.
Graduation Requirements
The Sales Minor will be conferred upon graduation with a baccalaureate degree, and after completion of the requirements for the minor with a 2.5 cumulative GPA.
Non-business majors begin the program with either MKTG 3350 — Principles of Marketing, or PFSL 3300 — Professionalism for Sales and Marketing. Courses are structured and offered so that with planning, the program should be completed within 12 months.
