The Marketing Department is home to a faculty with expertise and talents in a range of subjects in business. In addition to top notch instruction, our faculty contribute to the body of knowledge with research published in the discipline's top academic journals.
Students earning an emphasis in marketing will learn about the strategies, tactics and business processes involved in researching markets, deciding which markets and segments to pursue, identifying what unique value to provide and then assembling the products, services, people and partner firms needed to build, communicate and deliver that value. The Marketing Department is focused on preparing students for careers in marketing, retail, promotion, sales, marketing research and analytics.
| Faculty and Staff | Marketing Advisory Board |
| PhD Students | Marketing Seminar Series |
Undergraduate Programs
BSBA With An Emphasis in Marketing
The marketing major is designed for those students who are seeking an in-depth knowledge of the tools, concepts and practice of modern marketing.
Certificate in Sales and Customer Development
The Certificate in Sales and Customer Development prepares undergraduate students for careers in the highly professional and dynamic field of sales. Through the certificate's required coursework and internship, students acquire vital skills as well as knowledge of current best practices in the sales profession and sales management.
Undergraduate Certificate in Marketing Analytics
The Undergraduate Certificate in Marketing Analytics will help develop cutting-edge skills in data analysis and data management to solve marketing problems.
Graduate Programs
PhD Program with Concentration in Marketing
This four-year program trains and prepares students for an academic career at institutions having both teaching and research missions.
Graduate Certificate in Marketing Analytics
The Graduate Certificate in Marketing Analytics will deepen your understanding of Big Data that inform marketing strategies, tasks, and decisions.
Centers & Institutes
Center for Sales and Customer Development
The Center for Sales and Customer Development (CSCD) serves as a dynamic environment for preparing future leaders in the sales profession by enhancing educational, research, and professional opportunities for students and faculty at the University of Missouri.
Coming Up
Research in Marketing
Co-opting Artificial Intelligence as an Opportunity for Financial Service Professionals
Exploring unexamined issues regarding trust in B2B relationships
In the News
‘Meant to be a marketer’: Trulaske alumna guides Nissan campaigns, branding through transformative times
By Stephen Schmidt
Long before Allyson Witherspoon, BS BA ’99, traveled the globe as a top-level marketing executive, she took a class in international advertising as a junior at the Trulaske College of Business majoring in accounting.
Marketing professor earns top honor in consumer research
By Stephen Schmidt
It was a day in October 2019 like almost all the others that involved working on research and lecture preparation for Marsha Richins, professor of marketing at the Trulaske College of Business. Then the texts came pouring in.
‘A warrior for his students:’ Marketing professor recalls time spent in classroom
By Stephen Schmidt
The anecdotes are plentiful, colored with vacation destinations — yet during his time as an assistant teaching professor in the Marketing Department of the Trulaske College of Business, Don Meyer, BS Ed ’78, made it a point of not divulging too much about his time as an international marketing executive for Anheuser Busch to his students.
For doing so could possibly go against one of the main pillars of his teaching philosophy: being relatable.