Certificate of Proficiency | 16 credits minimum

Management, Marketing, and Legal Studies Division
Taylorsville Redwood Campus BB 109
General Information (801) 957- 4073
Program Information (801) 957-4470
Program Website
Academic and Career Advising
Academic Advisor Taylorsville Redwood Campus BB 132A, (801) 957-4323

Program Faculty
Assistant Professors: Ahmad Kareh, Joel Watson

Program Description
The Certificate of Proficiency in Advanced Marketing provides the specialized skills needed for students to enter a specific area of the marketing field or advance more rapidly into a marketing area.

Career Opportunities
There are many options for careers in marketing. Marketing can be defined as being the intermediary function between product development and sales. The great thing about marketing is that it is a function that is needed in every company in every industry, so career potential is unlimited.

The marketing field covers a broad range of career paths, from the creative to the analytical:

• At the entry level, you find media buyers responsible for purchasing advertising time and materials.
• At smaller companies, marketing specialists handle that task, and they also provide promotional copy and package design and help with marketing strategy.
• Public relations assistants help relate a company’s goals to the public, through press releases, research, press coordination and events.

These entry-level marketing career paths may lead to a job in product or brand management, in which you would be responsible for the success of a brand in a competitive marketplace. Or you may decide to go into market research, the information-gathering arm of marketing. Experienced marketing professionals often start their own businesses or go into senior positions at companies or marketing firms. The marketing field is demanding and competitive, but offers great rewards for those with talent and the drive to excel.

The Certificate of Proficiency in Advanced Marketing provides complete competence in an entry-level position in Marketing Management. The Certificate of Proficiency in Advanced Marketing is designed to build upon or “stack” onto the Certificate of Proficiency in Marketing Essentials. This Certificates of Proficiency may be used as stackable credentials for the Marketing Management AAS or the AAS in Business Administration degrees.

Estimated Cost for Students
In addition to SLCC tuition and fees http://www.slcc.edu/cashiering/tuitionfees.asp, the estimated cost of books is $300 per semester.

Estimated Time to Completion
Approximately one semester.

Note: This Certificate of Proficiency is not eligible for financial aid. However, courses within the certificate may be eligible if taken as part of a financial aid eligible program. The certificate is financial aid eligible, if you plan to stack it with other certificates, which will lead to a Certificate of Completion or AAS degree. Please check with the Financial Aid Office to determine if your classes are eligible.

Program Student Learning Outcomes	Related College-Wide Student Learning Outcomes
	1 - Acquire substantive knowledge 2 - Communicate effectively 3 - Develop quantitative literacies 4 - Think critically & creatively 5 - Become a community engaged learner 6 - Work in professional & constructive manner 7 - Develop computer & information literacy
Use appropriate marketing terminology in writing and orally one a level appropriate for a second year student.	1
Create effective presentations that include visual and oral communication methods and deliver to peers. Communicate effectively and think critically while working in teams.	2
Gather and analyze information using technology, library resources, and other modalities.	3
Conduct primary and/or secondary research.	4