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EIU's Marketing Minor, open to all majors, gives students real exposure to how products and services are developed, priced, and sold. Customizable coursework in consumer behavior, retail management, and professional sales — plus electives in social media marketing, advertising, and public relations — lets students tailor the minor to their specific career interests, no matter their primary field of study.

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Degree Level
Minor
Delivery
In Person
Credit Hours
18 Total, 18 in Major
Careers
Advertising, Managers
Marketing students at EIU

Why Study Marketing at EIU?

  • No business background required — this minor is explicitly designed for both business and non-business students alike.
  • Choose electives in social media marketing, advertising, sales, or international marketing to shape the minor around what actually interests you.
  • Elective options pull from communication, psychology, and journalism, giving students a well-rounded view of persuasion and consumer behavior beyond a single department.
  • Since marketing activities exist in every kind of organization, what you learn here transfers across industries — private business, nonprofits, and government alike.
  • Courses like Professional Sales and Retail Management build real, usable business skills rather than staying purely theoretical.
"I chose to attend EIU because the school piqued my interest when they first emailed me. The school isn't very popular which is always a plus because going to a known school makes me feel as though my voice won't be heard by the faculty. I also love the fact that EIU is so welcoming, when I visited campus for the first time in April I was nervous that everyone was going to be rude but I got lost and was helped by a student who was glad to point me in the direction I needed to go in."
Mia Brisco
Class of 2029, Marketing major

Hands-On Experience

  • Students develop and deliver actual sales presentations, applying real oral and written communication skills to determine and satisfy buyer needs.
  • Students analyze real internal and external factors that affect retail decisions — pricing strategy, merchandising, and promotional activities.
  • Coursework examines how and why people actually obtain, use, and dispose of products, grounding theory in real buyer psychology.
  • Courses in advertising, public relations writing, and persuasion let students build a genuinely applied specialty that spans departments, not just marketing theory in isolation.
  • Students choose two electives — at least one with the MAR prefix — letting them build hands-on depth in a specific area like social media marketing or sales management.
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Hands-On Experience, Marketing students at EIU

What You'll Learn

The marketing minor offers a broad course of study in the field of marketing applicable to all interested majors. Marketing activities are found in all organizations and the discipline provides students with the ability to apply the knowledge and skills gained from their major with the realities of consumer and business markets. Students pursuing the marketing minor gain skills that prepare them for consumer and business interactions.

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$126,960
Median Salary 4 Years After Graduation

Career Outcomes

  • Advertising & Promotions Managers
  • Marketing Managers
  • Sales Managers
  • Fundraising Managers
  • Fundraisers
  • Market Research Analysts & Marketing…
  • Search Marketing Strategists
  • Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Career Insights

Job Outlook ★ Bright Outlook Grow Rapidly · Openings
Preparation Needed Considerable (4/5)
Personality Fit Enterprising

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Dr. Ayse Costello
Professor
aicostello@eiu.edu
4012 Lumpkin Hall
217-581-8524
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Farhad Sadeh
Chair, School of Business & Associate Professor of Marketing
fsadeh@eiu.edu
4025
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Billy Panther
Head of Panther Pride
Old Main
217-581-2223
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