The minor in sales provides students with the concepts, tools and practices used in the professional fields of personal selling and sales management. Students learn how to create and present sales presentations and how to manage a field sales force, including hiring, training and motivating a sales force. The sales minor provides preparation for a career in personal selling and sales management. Personal selling and sales management are some of the largest and most financially rewarding careers available to college graduates.
A minor in sales consists of MKT 351 , MKT 353 , MKT 456 and nine additional hours of other courses taken from the following: MKT 355 , MKT 358 , MKT 360 , MKT 425 , MKT 454 ; MGT 383 or either MKT 475 or MKT 486 . This minor requires 18 hours, at least nine hours must be completed at SFA, with a minimum 2.0 GPA at SFA and a grade of C or higher in MKT 351 .*