MKT 627 - Current Topics in Marketing

(3 Credits)

The marketing environment is changing fast. These new marketing changes signify a brand new world of proliferating opportunities and proliferating threats. Technological advances are a double-edged sword. They create opportunities and they destroy opportunities. Savvy companies recognize that a major revolution is taking place in markets and marketing. This course will cover current-event articles, case exercises, marketing Internet resources/helpful sites, and videos to illustrate how current developments in marketing and marketing concepts affect the real business world. The course will also show how the World Wide Web and E-Commerce are dramatically altering the marketing landscape. At the same time, this course continues to build on fundamental principles of marketing.

Prerequisite(s): MKT 615 or equivalent.