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	2025-26 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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		Total Supporting Course Credits: 6
 Related Instruction Courses
 Total Related Instruction Credits: 20
 Total Program Credits: 90
 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
 | Last Updated |    |   | Description |  Professional Sales AAS |   | Academic Plan |  RROPSAPT |   | CIP Code |  52.1803 |   
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