Parallel Major

My name is Imani Smith, and my current major is Criminal Justice. My parallel major would be Business Marketing. At first my major was public health but as I continued with my classes I came to the conclusion of public health isn’t for me. So originally my parallel major is Criminal Justice. Now that, that is my major I had to think of another back up which is Business.

I choose marketing as my parallel because in high school I did “fashion marketing” and I actually liked it. The whole experience was fun I just didn’t know if I wanted to go to school for that. It was something I was interested in but not sure on. Now that I’m in college I don’t see why I shouldn’t give it a shot.

Interesting Facts About Major:

Digital marketing concentration, which equips graduates with the knowledge base and skill set to leverage digital marketing platforms such as social media and search engines.

Marketing analytics and research concentration, which produces graduates for fast-growing career opportunities in the field of deriving deep customer insight and effective marketing strategy from data; also, suitable for students interested in pursuing a graduate degree in marketing or related areas;
Professional sales concentration, which prepares graduates for a successful career in business-to-business sales.

For completion of a major in marketing, a student must have a minimum overall grade point average of 2.00 in all course taken toward the major.

Jobs offered with this degree:

Marketing Manager
Sales Representative
Marketing specialist
Sales Manager
Human Resources Specialist
Etc…..

Create Plan:

I would have to take Gen. Ed. Classes as every freshman would at ODU. Then I should start taking classes like (MKTG 407) Marketing research, (MKTG 368) Marketing Internship, (MKTG 404) Sales Management, and way more.
You could get jobs in retail to have experience with this major. Anything dealing with buying or selling stuff would be great for this major.
My advisor would be Michelle Carpenter.