Join the Sales Concentration

Professional Sales students take the following four classes:

MKT 3358: Professional Selling
This class teaches the basics of the selling profession and introduces students to action learning through sales role-play presentations, corporate sales presentations, and writing a sales letter.

MKT 3360: Sales and Sales Management
This class covers sales force recruiting, training and management, sales budgeting and forecasting, and territory management. Case studies are included.

MKT 4396: Directed Study in Sales
This class includes three components that take students to the next level in understanding the intricacies of selling, including the use of technology for increased productivity, prospecting, and developing specific account strategies.

MKT 4392: Sales Internship
The final learning experience is an internship in the sales profession, reinforcing classroom concepts and providing real-world experience.

To get approved for MKT 4392 Sales Internship please fill out this form: Student Inquiry Form - Sales 

Learn more about the Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.) in Marketing – Professional Sales Concentration, including required courses, electives, and degree requirements, in the official Texas State University Degree Plan.

For marketing majors, a sales concentration replaces marketing electives; for non-marketing majors, the courses count as free electives. Either way, sales courses do not extend your degree plan.