Department of Marketing
Welcome to the Department of Marketing
The Marketing Department offers programs of study in Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communication, Professional Sales, Business Education and Advanced Data Analytics. The curriculum is sensitive to, and compatible with, private sector and societal demands. The academic programs are rigorous and challenging, and the faculty utilize an active learning, or high-student-involvement approach in their classes. The Business Education program is recognized by students, alumni, educational agencies, accrediting organizations, and professional groups as a premier program emphasizing excellence.
The Professional Sales Institute
The Professional Sales Institute at Illinois State University advances the profession of personal selling and sales leadership by providing high-quality education, research, and consulting programs for students and business professionals.
Based in the state-of-the-art College of Business, the Institute represents a unique partnership between the business sector and higher education and is recognized as a premier resource for university students and sales professionals in the nation. As a top five nationally known program, the Professional Sales Institute is one of only 10 that is professionally accredited and is a member of the University Sales Center Alliance.
The Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation Professional Sales Learning Center
The Learning Center provides opportunities for students to hone their individual presentation, negotiation, and relationship management skills.
The Center provides video systems for both individual and group sales presentations including video editing, playback, and an area for debriefing. This suite of rooms represents our most advanced learning support environment.
The Focus Group Room
The Focus Group room in the College of Business provides observation and multimedia capabilities that allow students to pursue marketing research through conducting group interactions with videotaping and presentation capability. This specialized facility represents one of the most advanced learning labs between Chicago and St. Louis.
Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Sequence Career Resources
The Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) Sequence Career Resources web page includes advice and resources to help students pursue a career in IMC. This link includes information on the IMC Sequence and faculty as well as links to job sites, resume writing, IMC internships and entry-level jobs, information about careers in ad agencies as well as bios of our successful IMC alums.
Business Education
The Business Education major at Illinois State University combines the solid foundation of a business degree with preparation of teachers in business, marketing and computers. It is the only program in Illinois approved by the Illinois State Board of Education and accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) to offer a degree program that qualifies graduates for certification in business for grades K-12.
Advanced Data Analytics
The Marketing faculty have designed the Advanced Marketing Analytics (AMA) Sequence to allow Marketing Majors to concentrate their coursework in preparation for marketing roles that may require more analytical rigor which has become prevalent. The use of analytics is expected to grow rapidly.