Food Marketing & Logistics Certificate
The Food Marketing & Logistics Certificate (FMLC) requires that students take a minimum of 17 credit hours of graduate business courses, including completing a business project that has a focus on a food or Consumer Package Goods (CPG) industry firm. In addition to the 6-credit business project, students must take 8 credits of required courses, and an elective course. The elective course will be chosen from a prescribed set of graduate business courses. Students completing the program will receive a Food Marketing & Logistics Certificate from PSU.
Students completing the program will obtain an understanding of the macro- competitive dynamics of the industry; understand the industry structure, key players and value chain; and will understand issues in customer driven supply chain and purchasing. Elective classes will allow students to fit topics from their functional areas that are relevant to the industry. The business project course offers students an opportunity to put their skills to work in a real industry sponsored practical experience.
Required courses
- MKTG 535 Consumer Products Marketing (4)
- ISQA 558 Purchasing & Logistics in the Food Industry (4)
- BA 506 Business Project (6)
Elective courses
Students must additionally choose at least one elective course from the following list:
- MKTG 547 Distribution strategies (3)
- MKTG 551 Managing Marketing Information (3)
- MKTG 552 e-Services Marketing (4)
- MKTG 567 Sales Force Management (4)
- ACTG 551 Accounting Information Systems (4)
- ACTG 552 Strategic Cost Management (4)
- FIN 553 Financial Analysis & Business Valuation (4)
- ISQA 518 Electronic Commerce (3)
- ISQA 507 Negotiations (4)
- MGMT 554 Negotiations and Conflict Resolution (3)
- MGMT 555 Management of Organizational Change (3)
Please note: A student may request a substitute elective course, only if it can be demonstrated that it will better strengthen the students program and approval from the program director is obtained.
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