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MKTG-4304: Marketing Communications

Description: Theory and application of an organizations marketing communications function. Includes traditional and digital channels. Development of a marketing communications plan, situation analysis, setting communication goals, creating message strategy, implementing the strategy using promotional mix variables, planning traditional and social media, and determining the communication budget. Junior standing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (MKTG-3104H or MKTG-3104) and (MKTG-4204H or MKTG-4204)

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 36

Average GPA: 3.39 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.92%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.15%

Steve C Matuszak202433.3%59.3%6.5%0.4%0.0%0.5%3.2412
Jieru Xie202070.4%28.7%0.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.652
Haribabu Ravella202250.0%33.3%8.3%0.0%8.3%0.0%3.121
Rowena C Crabbe202156.1%40.7%3.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.487
Thomas W Reilly202451.0%43.5%5.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.472
Shilpa Madan202354.5%40.8%4.4%0.3%0.0%0.0%3.428
Jumaily Abdul Rahman Al202448.3%47.3%3.6%0.9%0.0%0.0%3.432
Laurel E Schirr202073.3%26.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.692

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Summer I 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Summer I 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Summer I 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Winter 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W