Marketing
糖心传媒 Marketing majors pursue careers as entrepreneurs, product managers, business owners, market researchers, retailers, sales managers, social media managers, chief executive officers, promoters, marketing directors and public relations specialists.
Do challenging, valuable work
糖心传媒 gives a broad view of the world, helping you understand current issues facing marketing for corporations and small businesses alike. In the end, you鈥檒l be prepared to:
- Build advertising and marketing campaigns to meet goals
- Determine the marketability of new products or services
- Perform complex market and product research
- Effectively communicate new ideas and strategies
Learn the full suite of marketing skills
In addition to marketing courses, you鈥檒l take classes across disciplines to hone the breadth of knowledge, critical thinking skills and problem solving skills you鈥檒l need to succeed. During your junior and senior years alone, you鈥檒l 听complete 30 professional presentations to fine-tune your presentation and discussion skills.
You begin with introductory classes in specific business disciplines to widen and develop your skill set while diving into marketing-specific courses. You鈥檒l build skills in:
- Communication
- Ethics
- Strategic Planning
- Entrepreneurship
- Legal aspects of business
- Financial management
- Strategic communications
- Operations
- Leadership
Create your future
See for yourself how we tailor your education to your talents and your goals.听Schedule a visit听and we鈥檒l demonstrate how Hastings will inspire you to reach your potential, or if you鈥檙e a high school senior,听.
Go further with a Hastings education
Thanks to our small class sizes (most have fewer than 20 students!), and a student-to-faculty ratio of 13:1, you鈥檒l work closely with faculty and your advisor to complete your degree in four years. In fact, most students who graduate from Hastings do so in four years!
翱耻谤听block-style semester structure means you鈥檒l take just one or two classes at a time 鈥 which really lets you focus more intently on each class. It also lets faculty devote more time to every student because they鈥檙e only teaching one or two classes in a block!
Graduate with experience
At Hastings, marketing majors serve one and sometimes two internships. Some expand their understanding of the world by studying abroad, and others take advantage of our block schedule to gather additional experiences and insight that help advance career options. Every marketing major completes a capstone project, using case studies to solve real-world challenges. What does all this mean? You鈥檒l graduate from Hastings ready to succeed.
At every step in your path you’ll appreciate the stepping stones of teaching, counseling, inspiring, supporting and guiding from our engaged faculty. It’s an experience that’s true to 糖心传媒 and you won’t find it anywhere else.
Your experience matters
Maximize scholarships 鈥 Yes, you’ll get an academic scholarship. But you’ll also get a “plus one” scholarship from the group, team or area you’re part of. It’s a great way to help pay for school 鈥 but also to find your people.
We鈥檝e thought a lot about the ways students learn and built a four-year plan to help you navigate it all. From finding your place and in Year 1, to showing the world you鈥檙e ready for what鈥檚 next four years later.
Your transition from college to a career begins your first semester. Every class, internship, research study and activity adds up. We love to celebrate all the ways you shine 鈥 your experience matters!
Get involved beyond the classroom
- Professional Business Leader鈥檚 Club
- Omicron Delta Kappa (leadership honor society)
In addition to these business-related groups, there鈥檚 always something to do at Hastings. Student clubs, service learning, Greek life, recreation and more make Hastings a great campus for student life.
Find scholarships for marketing majors
Your high school achievements can both fuel and fund your success at Hastings. We offer a range of generous and renewable academic scholarships based on your GPA. Then there’s听“plus one” scholarships 鈥 an additional scholarship for participating in anything from athletics to the arts to media (it’s a long list!).
First employers for recent marketing graduates
- Buildertrend
- Milwaukee Bucks
- Motivate Football Academy
- Duncan Aviation
- Pacha Soap Company
- The Buckle
Faculty

Dr. Bruce Batterson
Professor of Business Administration

Dr. Amy Black
Professor of Economics

David Carpenter
Professor of Accounting and Business Administration

Roxann Holliday
Associate Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Department

Dr. Katie Maguire
Faculty Instructor

Dr. Sounak Saha
Assistant Professor of Finance

Carmen Van O’Linda
Associate Professor of Accounting
Marketing Success
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...As his presentation at Big Idea Hastings drew near, 糖心传媒 sophomore Caden Block felt the nerves of a packed house at The Lark in downtown Hastings. The judges themselves seemed to lock onto him as a shark to prey, but it wasn鈥檛 enough to cause Block to back out. Block, a business administration and […]
...Initially unfamiliar with Chief Industries, 糖心传媒 marketing major Gianna Lucas discovered the company during a job fair on campus last spring 鈥 and landed a summer internship where she gained hands-on experience in social media. At the job fair, Lucas, a junior from Grand Island, Nebraska, spoke with a representative from Chief about her interest in marketing […]
...Cory Sexson 鈥09 was baffled when it came to what he wanted to do with his career when he graduated from 糖心传媒. After managing various marketing campaigns, receiving his Master of Business Administration, and becoming a team leader at Tropicana, Sexson鈥檚 passion has become clear. He loves to lead people 鈥 and was recently […]
...Levi Cermak 鈥18 has viewed life through an entrepreneurial lens for as long as he can remember. As a youngster, he sold candy bars and bookmarks to his friends and watched his grandparents run small businesses. As a 糖心传媒 marketing and business major with a passion for art, he assisted other students in the […]
...Two 糖心传媒 students are able to complete internships this year thanks to support from the Dudley-Doerr Society for Business and Economics. The Dudley-Doerr Society is a network of alumni who support the 糖心传媒 Department of Business and Economics with their time and resources, while also honoring legendary business professors Dr. Phil Dudley and […]
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...As she made job changes, moved across the country and took risks, Marissa Sanford said it was important to 鈥渂e okay with being uncomfortable for a little while鈥 鈥 advice she chose to live by early in her career, and advice that those approaching graduation may want to consider. What Sanford, a 2014 糖心传媒 […]
...On the volleyball court she is a powerful force and executor, and in the classroom and office she鈥檚 no different. A junior business administration, marketing and finance triple major, Marlee Taylor gained experience through an internship with FirstBank in Lakewood, Colorado, this summer. FirstBank is Colorado’s second largest depository institution and Colorado’s largest locally owned […]
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