COURSE CODE: 8120

Marketing

SCED Code: 12164
Suggested Grade Level: 9, 10, 11, 12
Duration: 36 Weeks
Hours: 140
Credits: 1
Prerequisite: None
OSHA Compliance Required?: No
CTSO: DECA

Students will learn how products are developed, branded, and sold. They will analyze industry trends and gain hands-on experience in the marketing of goods, services, and ideas and be prepared for success in postsecondary education and employment. Topics include professionalism in the workplace, product planning and positioning, promotion, pricing, selling, economic issues, and changes in the marketplace. Contextual instruction and student participation in co-curricular career and technical student organization (CTSO) activities will develop leadership, interpersonal, and career skills. High-quality work-based learning (HQWBL) will provide experiential learning opportunities related to students' career goals and/or interests, integrated with instruction, and performed in partnership with local businesses and organizations.

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Course Sequences

A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.

Career Clusters

Pathway Occupation
Marketing Communications
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Art Director
  • Marketing Communication Manager
  • Marketing Managers
  • Multimedia Artist, Animator
  • Public Information Director
  • Public Relations Managers
  • Sales Managers
  • Trade Show Manager
  • Fundraiser
Marketing Management
  • Advertising and Promotions Managers
  • Brand Manager
  • Chief Executives
  • Entrepreneur
  • Franchisee
  • General and Operations Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Retail Manager
  • Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Manager
Marketing Research
  • Database Administrator
  • Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
  • Merchandising Coordinator
  • Product Planner
  • Marketing Specialist
Merchandising
  • Customer Service Representatives
  • Merchandise Buyer
  • Merchandise Displayer, Window Trimmer
  • Merchandise Manager
  • Operations Manager
  • Retail Manager
Professional Sales
  • Account Executive/Account Manager
  • Entrepreneur
  • Manufacturer's Sales Representative
  • Media Planner, Buyer
  • Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Manager
  • Real Estate Sales Agent
  • Sales Managers
  • Sales Representative
  • Telemarketer
  • Trade Show Manager
  • Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales Representative
  • Advertising Sales Agent
  • Supervisor

Pathway Occupation
Sales & Service
  • Billing Clerk
  • Dispatcher
  • Office Manager
  • Parts Sales Representative
  • Statement Clerk
  • Customer Service Representatives

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