Career Opportunities

Sales Management Marketing AAS graduates are often employed as department managers, store managers, retail sales associates, hospitality managers, customer service representatives, supervisors, business-to-business salespeople, and business owners. Graduates work in the areas of wholesale, industrial, and commercial sales, management, or marketing.

Suggested Technical Studies Semester I

NumberTitleCredits
BUSM1260Applied Business Mathematics3 Credits
SAMG1200Principles of Marketing3 Credits
SAMG1206Strategic Customer Service3 Credits
SAMG1211Professional Sales Fundamentals3 Credits
SAMG1236Professional Development2 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester II

NumberTitleCredits
CPTR1210Introduction to Computers3 Credits
SAMG1215Principles of Management3 Credits
SAMG1221Branding and Promotion3 Credits
SAMG1251Financial Strategy Fundamentals 3 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester III

NumberTitleCredits
SAMG1241Internship I2 Credits
SAMG2255Professional Sales Strategies3 Credits
SAMG2270Managing Human Resources3 Credits
SAMG2280Sales Force Management3 Credits

Suggested Technical Studies Semester IV

NumberTitleCredits
SAMG2245Marketing Strategies3 Credits
SAMG2266Internship II2 Credits
SAMG2285Entrepreneurship3 Credits

General Education - MinnState requires AAS degrees to contain at least 15 MnTC credits in at least 3 different Goal Areas

NumberTitleCredits
MnTC Goal Area 1Oral Communications3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 1Written Communications3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 5History, Social and Behavioral Sciences3 Credits
MnTC Goal Area 6Humanities and the Fine Arts 3 Credits
MnTC AllMnTC General Education Electives3 Credits