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MKTG-3504: Advertising

Description: Survey of advertising principles and its applications. The course covers advertising history, the impact of advertising on society, and ethical and regulatory issues. The process of creating and placing advertising is explored including advertising objectives, budgeting, media planning and mix, creative objectives and strategy, copy execution and production, and copy testing. Junior standing required.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: MKTG-3104 or MKTG-3104H

Required By: ADV-3004, ADV-3014, ADV-3024

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 82

Average GPA: 3.37 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.88%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.25%

Jonathan E Littlefield200438.6%54.5%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.252
Jane E Machin201230.0%55.2%10.4%3.0%0.0%1.3%3.182
Chung Kue Hsu202150.8%41.8%6.3%0.7%0.1%0.3%3.4047
Julie L Ozanne200516.2%65.6%17.7%0.4%0.0%0.0%3.005
Ivon Rodriguez202297.4%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.961
Anjala S Krishen200671.2%26.5%1.1%0.0%1.3%0.0%3.612
Donna Wertalik201254.3%43.4%2.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.499
Yu Hu200760.3%34.9%2.4%1.3%1.1%0.0%3.522
Paula C Peter200656.9%34.3%7.7%1.2%0.0%0.0%3.382
Haribabu Ravella202347.1%36.3%10.7%4.4%0.7%0.7%3.213
Laurel E Schirr201329.3%50.4%20.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.144
Steve C Matuszak202114.0%74.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%3.071
Jumaily Abdul Rahman Al202475.0%23.4%1.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.731
Blair L Kidwell200446.7%26.7%20.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%3.071

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