BUS-42453 credit hours

Consumer Decision-Making: A Marketing Perspective

Business and Administration · 3 hrs Lecture

Offered: Every Year

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BUS-4245 prerequisites

7 courses appear in this chain, up to 4 levels deep. 4 are needed whichever route you take: BUS-1201BUS-1202BUS-2210BUS-3240

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BUS-3240Consumer Behaviourmin C+

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BUS-2210Fundamentals of Marketingmin C+

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BUS-1201Introduction to Business I

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Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S

Applied Mathematics 40S

equivalent

BUS-1202Introduction to Business II

any one of

Pre-Calculus Mathematics 40S

Applied Mathematics 40S

equivalent

both with a minimum grade of C+

any one of

ECON-1201Quantitative Methods for Economics and Business

any one of

Pre-Calculus Math 40S

Applied Math 40S

an equivalent course

MATH-1301Applied Mathematics for Business & Administration

any one of

Applied Mathematics 40S

Precalculus Mathematics 40S

MATH-0042Mathematics Access II

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A minimum grade of 65% in Pre-Calculus 30S

a minimum grade of C+ in MATH-0041

permission of the Department Chair

course with a minimum grade of C+

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students must have met their university writing requirement with a minimum grade of C+

or exemption

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students must have met their university writing requirement with a minimum grade of C+

or exemption

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Description

This course moves beyond fundamentals of marketing, delving deeper into consumer decision-making. Using a series of readings from the Journal of Consumer Research, and other leading journals in marketing, this course examines factors (i.e., mood, level of arousal, retail atmosphere variables) that influence consumer decision-making. Furthermore, students apply the research findings to help create public policy implications for a number of relevant groups in society including consumers, marketers and businesses. Students utilize the research of relevant groups in society including consumers, marketers and businesses. Students utilize the research findings to help create a framework for understanding the thought processes underlying consumers' decisions.

Requisite courses

BUS-3240(3) with a minimum grade of C+ [prerequisite(s)]; and students must have met their university writing requirement with a minimum grade of C+ (or exemption) [prerequisite(s)].

Lecture

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