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SOU's Certificate in Interactive Marketing/eCommerce

After graduating from SOU last summer, I decided to improve my marketable skills in both Web Design and Marketing, so I started SOU's Certificate in Interactive Marketing and Electronic Commerce (CIMeC). I pleasantly found that many of the classes I took for my bachelors in business where prerequisites or core classes for this certificate.

I am now waiting for two classes (Direct Marketing and Internet Marketing & eCommerce) to be offered so I can complete my certificate. Below is a list of the course curriculum and those classes which I have either completed, currently taking, or still need to take.

  • Prerequisites
    • Business Computer Applications (BA 131) Took as part of my BS in Business.
    • Elementary Statistics (MTH 243) Took as part of my BS in Business.
    • Principles of Marketing (BA 330) Took as part of my BS in Business.
    • Computer Science I (CS 200) or
      Web Development I (CS 210)       waived due to years of web dev experience
  • Core Requirements (24 credits)
    • BA 384 Adv Business App of Databases or CS360 Databases (4) Took Fall 2009
    • BA 435/535 Direct Marketing (4)
    • BA 436/536 Internet Marketing & eCommerce (4)
    • CS 257 Comp Science II or CS 295 Web Development II (4) Taking Winter 2010
    • AM233 Introduction to Multimedia (4) Took Summer 2009
    • AM 337 Web Authoring (4) course no longer offered
  • Electives (8 credits)
    • BA/CS 407 Special Topics (4)1
    • BA 409 Practicum (4)1,2
    • BA 428 Applied Business Research (4)1,2
      Took as part of my BS in Business.  All business research was developed and chronicled online on a "Research Project" website I developed for the business we conducted the research for and for Prof. Donna Lane and my research partner.
    • BA 499 Business Planning (4)1,2
      Took as part of my BS in Business.  The business plan developed was for a web-based web development business.
    • AM 334 Design for Multimedia (4)
    • AM 338 Web Interface Design, Graphics, and Animation (4)
    • Art 344 Graphic Design (4)2
    • Art 351 Digital Interactive Studio (4)2
    • CS 380 Visual Basic (4)
    • CS 432 Client-Server (4)2
    • CS 433 Corporate Web Development (4)2

1 Must be in a related area and approved in advance by the certificate advisor.
2 These courses have one or more prerequisites that are not included in the certificate curriculum, but are included in corresponding major or minor requirements.

Strike-through means:
I took the course while obtaining my BS in Business.

Yellow-highlight means: Class yet to be taken.

Green-highlight means: Current class.

Red-highlight Strike-through means: Class completed.