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Marketing

Dakota County Technical College

Associate's DegreeAcademic

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Marketing professionals use their attention to detail and communication skills to create marketing messages that address their customer needs through various communication methods. Marketers develop strategies to benefit both internal audiences and external customers. Their ability to work in fast-paced environment, deadline- oriented environments is due to marketers being independent thinkers.

Credits

60 credits

Format

In-Person

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Minnesota

    Minnesota

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Reading ComprehensionSpeakingCritical ThinkingActive LearningSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningMonitoringPersuasion

Knowledge

Sales and MarketingEnglish LanguageAdministration and ManagementCustomer and Personal ServiceCommunications and Media

Abilities

Oral ComprehensionWritten ComprehensionOral ExpressionWritten ExpressionDeductive ReasoningFluency of IdeasInductive ReasoningSpeech ClarityOriginalityProblem Sensitivity

Tasks

  • Identify, develop, or evaluate marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, m
  • Formulate, direct, or coordinate marketing activities or policies to promote products or services, w
  • Evaluate the financial aspects of product development, such as budgets, expenditures, research and d

Technology

Document management softwareDevelopment environment softwareVideo creation and editing softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareWeb page creation and editing software

Tools

Desktop computersLaser facsimile machinesNotebook computersPersonal computersPersonal digital assistants PDAPhotocopiersScannersTablet computers

Work Values

Working ConditionsAchievementRelationshipsIndependenceRecognitionSupport
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

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Occupations matched to this program, with median wage, top wage, growth, and openings
SOCOccupationMethodWageGrowthOpenings
Match confidence: medium11-2021.00Marketing Managerstitle_inference$161,030 median+6.56%2,670
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Associate's Degree)

  • Marketing strategies — formulate draft recommendations based on market characteristics, cost factors, and company objectives with moderate oversight.
  • Pricing strategies — develop and propose options that balance firm profitability goals and customer satisfaction using competitive benchmarking data.
  • Marketing campaigns — coordinate execution across advertising and promotion teams, managing timelines and deliverables in a mid-sized organizational environment.
  • Sales forecasting models — apply to evaluate product line profitability and identify emerging market trends with limited supervisory review.
  • Return-on-investment projections — prepare for new product initiatives by analyzing historical expenditure data and financial performance reports.
  • Marketing and sales staff performance — evaluate through structured reviews and provide day-to-day guidance to support individual development goals.
  • Web page creation and data base query software — use routinely to update campaign content, pull audience segmentation data, and monitor digital performance metrics.
  • Stakeholder communications — deliver persuasive oral and written presentations to internal teams and external partners advocating for marketing recommendations.
  • Product development consultations — participate in cross-functional discussions to align packaging, design, and feature decisions with market positioning strategies.
  • Market trend analyses — monitor and synthesize industry publications and competitive intelligence sources to inform quarterly planning decisions.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

Student Outcomes

Performance metrics for this program

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Completion Rate
43%
Placement Rate
72%