Sep 19, 2024  
2024-25 Catalog 
    
2024-25 Catalog

Professional Sales, AAS


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Professional sales degree students will be prepared for careers in retail sales, customer service positions, related merchandising, and professional sales. Completing courses in selling, retail management, e-commerce, and marketing, students are provided with the knowledge and training necessary to become an efficient salesperson within any team and business operation.

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Program Requirements


Program Outcomes


  • Interpret and use oral instructions to complete assigned tasks; speak clearly and produce written documents for a diverse group of customers, coworkers and managers utilizing current business terminology.
  • Use leadership and interact on an interpersonal level with diverse groups.
  • Identify, evaluate and apply industry specific business principles. Make informed decisions within the parameters of legal requirements and societal expectations.
  • Use the most recent technology in business applications.
  • Employ workforce readiness skills, including problem solving, organizational planning and time management.
  • Use an understanding of basic business principles and organizational priorities to make decisions about work being performed.
  • Understand the retail cycle and its implementation, which includes customer analysis, sourcing and product design, product development, merchandising and display.
  • Utilize multiple marketing channels of distribution, including wholesale, retail and e-commerce.

Program Notes


  • This information does not substitute for meeting with a faculty adviser.
  • Certificate and AAS degree programs emphasize preparation in specific job skills required for entry-level employment.
  • Not all classes are offered every quarter or at night.
  • Students attending only in the evening must remember it is likely to take longer than two years to complete program.
  • This program offers flexible registration and open-entry enrollment.

Internal Coding


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Description Professional Sales AAS
Academic Plan RROPSAPT
CIP Code 52.1803

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