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BS in Professional Sales

FALL 2006
(All courses are three credit hours unless otherwise specified)

Required Professional Sales Courses:

RPS 205 Professional Selling                                                           
RPS 210 Negotiation                                                               
RPS 300 Global Perspectives in Sales                                
RPS 400 Sales Management                                                
RPS 410 Key Account & Customer Relationship Building           
RPS 450 Advanced Sales                                                      

Total Required Professional Sales Credits                       18 Credit Hours

Professional Sales Program Core Courses:

ACT 211              Financial Accounting                                 
ACT 212              Managerial Accounting                             
LAW 201             Legal Environment of Business
ECON 202          Microeconomics
ECON 210          Business Statistics                                     
FIN 320                Corporate Finance
MGT 200             Principles of Management
MGT 305*            Management Information Systems
MGT 431             Production and Operations Mgmt 
MKT 210              Principles of Marketing 
MGT 460             Business Strategy and Policy   

Exceptions:  Professional Sales majors may substitute RPS 320
(Sales Information Systems & Technology) for MGT 305.

Total Required Professional Sales Program
Core Credits                                                                                    33 credit hours


Directed Electives Course Requirements:

MATH 145     Quantitative Methods for Business II                  
ECON 355    Diversity in Organizations                                      1.5 credit hours
MGT 350       Ethics and Business                                                1.5 credit hours

Plus one from the following:

RPS 420 Financial Services Selling                                           
RPS 430 Sales Forecasting                                                         
RPS 440 Medical and Pharmaceutical Selling                        
MKT 475 Supply Chain Management                                        
RPS 485 Practicum                                                                        
RPS 490 Internship in Professional Sales                                
RPS 399 Selected Topics                                                              1-6 credit hours
RPS 499 Independent Study                                                         1-6 credit hours

Total Directed Electives Credits:                                                9 credit hours

Total of All College of Business Credits:                                 60 credit hours


Required General Education Courses and Electives:

Arts and Communications:
COMM 110 Communication in Action                                        
Plus one course from the following:
COMM 101, ARTH 101, and MUS 120                                      

Humanities:
ENG 110       Writing Effective Prose                                          
ENG 150       Introduction to Literature                                       
Foreign Language 1                                                                                  
Foreign Language 2(see note below)                                       
HIST 101       Foundations of Western Civilization                   
HIST 102       The Western and the Modern World                   
PHIL 110       Introduction to Philosophy

Math and Science:
Math 140       Quantitative Methods for Business                     
Science 1                                                                                          4 credit hours
Science 2                                                                                          4 credit hours

Social Science:
ECON 201    Macroeconomics                                                    
POL 110        Introduction to Politics                                           
PSY 110 or SOC 101 General Psychology or Prin. of Sociology                                                                 

Health /Movement Science:
Select one from the following:
CMHL 120 or PEGE 150                                                               

Racism and Sexism:                                                                       3 credit hours
AACS 150             Racism and Sexism in the United States
AACS 155             Perspectives on Justice and Rasicm
WS 110             Women's Changing Roles
WS 150             Racism and Sexism in the United States                                                                       

General Education Electives:
Select two from specific list                                                             6 credit hours

Non Western Requirement:
Select one from specific list in the current master
schedule                                                                                          

Upper Level Non Business Electives:
Select three from the following list

COMM 121   Communication Theory                                         
COMM 263   Public Speaking                                                     
COMM 360   Interpersonal Communication                             
ENGL 207     Effective Business Writing                                    
PSY 260        Psychology of Business and Industry                 
PSY 322        Group Dynamics (Requires PSY 110)               
or other courses by advisement.

Total Required General Education Credits                             68 credit hours

Total Curriculum Requirements                                              128 credit hours


Minor in Professional Sales


Individuals from other colleges may earn a Minor in Professional Sales
by completing the following coursework:

MKT 210        Principles of Marketing                                          
RPS 205        Professional Selling                                                           
RPS 210        Negotiation                                                              
RPS 300        Global Perspectives in Sales                               
RPS 400        Sales Management                                                
RPS 450        Advanced Sales                                                     

Total Required Credits for Minor Professional Sales          18 Credit Hours

Summary

The Bachelor of Science in Professional Sales has essentially the same Business Program Core as the current College of Business’ Bachelor of Science in Business.

In order to insure students have all the required foundation courses expected of a professional salesperson and business executive the Bachelor of Science in Professional Sales explicitly prescribes most of the courses students are required to take including those in the General Education Core.

The total number of credits for a B.S. in Professional Sales is 128 semester credit hours.