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Integrated Marketing Education (IME), the honors sequence in Marketing, gives a select group of undergraduate students a hands-on opportunity to develop skills in marketing management while interacting with a Chicago area business. The real world focus of IME is an outgrowth of DePaul's strong links to the Chicago business community.

Instead of a series of classes that address a single marketing function, the IME curriculum features courses that address marketing issues in the way that managers are likely to encounter them. The stage is set for life-long learning in the marketing profession.

IME students are selected on a competitive basis. The evaluation is based on an interview, writing sample and performance in previous marketing and other coursework. Classes are limited in size and offered only once per year.

Program Requirements Quarter Hours
Business Core Requirements​ 60
Liberal Studies Requirements 72
​Major Requirements 38
​Open Electives 22
Total hours required 192

Learning Outcomes

Core Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • ​​Use analytical and reflective skills in decision-making.
  • Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
  • Recognize legal and ethical issues confronting them.
  • Contribute to the performance of a group within a business setting.
  • Know the differences among global economies, institutions, business practices and cultures.
  • Acquire knowledge of the functional areas of business and the interrelationships among the functional areas within a business.​​

​Program Specific Outcomes

Students will be able to:

  • Create a value proposition.
  • Distinguish features and benefits of products and services.
  • Describe how external factors and demographic change affect demand for products and services.
  • Identify marketing problems and develop appropriate solutions by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data.
  • Create a marketing plan.
  • Use marketing methodologies/tools to make strategic decisions.

College Core Requirements

Business Core Requirements

All undergraduate students in the Driehaus College of Business complete foundational courses in the areas of accountancy, economics, finance, management, and marketing. The core curriculum also includes courses that emphasize the increasingly quantitative and technological nature of business, the importance of the entrepreneurial mindset, and how students can use their business education to address important social challenges.

Course Requirements

For a student to complete the Bachelor of Science in Business, the following Business Core courses totaling at least 60.0 hours are required:

Course Title Quarter Hours
Business Core Courses
ACC 101INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING I 14
ACC 102INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING II 14
BUS 101INTRODUCTION TO DRIEHAUS: BUSINESS FUNDAMENTALS AND THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET4
BUS 102BUSINESS ANALYTICS4
BUS 103BUSINESS FOR SOCIAL GOOD4
ECO 105PRINCIPLES OF MICROECONOMICS4
ECO 106PRINCIPLES OF MACROECONOMICS4
FIN 310INTRODUCTION TO FINANCE4
MAT 137BUSINESS STATISTICS4
MGT 300PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT4
MGT 301PRINCIPLES OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT4
MKT 301PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING4
Business Technology 2
Select one of the following:4
BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS AND DESIGN
Business Communication 3
Select one of the following:4
EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION
Global Business Perspective 4
Select one of the following:4
EUROPEAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
RADICAL RESPONSES TO CAPITALISM
TOPICS IN GLOBAL ECONOMIES
UNDERSTANDING CHINA'S ECONOMY
ECONOMICS OF LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY ECONOMICS
ECONOMICS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
INTERNATIONAL FINANCE
GLOBAL IPOs & VENTURE CAPITAL
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR
GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
MARKETING ACROSS CULTURES: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON MULTICULTURAL MARKETS
MARKETING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
WORK IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD
A course taken as part of a term-long study abroad program
1

Strobel students take specially designated sections of all required ACC classes, including ACC 101 and ACC 102 (excluding ACC 250, ACC 300, ACC 301).​

2

Actuarial Science and Economic Data Analytics majors must take CSC 241.

MIS majors must take MIS 360.

3

MKT majors and Sales minors must take MKT 276.

4

A course taken for Global Business Perspective that is in a student's major or minor field must be completed with a minimum grade of C- .

Business Core Timeline

  • BUS 101BUS 102 and BUS 103 are intended to be completed by students during their first year of enrollment in the college.  
  • Business core requirements may be prerequisites to other courses.
  • Planning is essential to a student’s graduation timeline.
  • Academic advisors work with students to co-create customized degree completion plans and assist with balancing course load.

Business Ethics

All undergraduate students in the Driehaus College of Business complete a course in Business Ethics. It is recommended students take MGT 248 or PHL 248 in Philosophical Inquiry or MGT 228 or REL 228 in Religious Dimensions in the Liberal Studies Program (or University Honors Program) Requirements.

Second Majors and Minors

The addition of a second major or minor may affect the Business Core classes required for a student. Meet with an academic advisor to confirm requirements.

Business Technology requirement for all business majors (except Management Information Systems majors)

  • Business Technology requirement may be replaced by CSC 243.

Math requirement for all business majors (except Actuarial Science majors)

Business Communication Requirement

Students majoring in Marketing must complete MKT 276 for the Communication requirement.

​Global Business Perspective

If a MKT course or IB 350 is shared between Global Business Perspective and the Marketing major, additional hours of Open Elective credit are required.​

Grade Minimum Requirements for Marketing Honors Major

A minimum grade of C- is required for the following: ACC 101, ACC 102, BUS 101, BUS 102, BUS 103, BUS 202, ECO 105, ECO 106MAT 137, MKT 301, MKT 276, and any MKT course used for Global Business Perspective.

Liberal Studies Requirements

Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.

Plan of Study Grid
First Year ProgramHours
Chicago Quarter
LSP 110
DISCOVER CHICAGO
or EXPLORE CHICAGO
4
Focal Point
LSP 112 FOCAL POINT SEMINAR 4
Writing
WRD 103 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I 1 4
WRD 104 COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC II 1 4
Quantitative Reasoning
Not Required
Sophomore Year
Race, Power, and Resistance
LSP 200 SEMINAR ON RACE, POWER, AND RESISTANCE 4
Junior Year
Experiential Learning
Required 4
Senior Year
Capstone
BUS 392 SENIOR SEMINAR 1 4
1

Students must earn a C- or better.

Learning Domains

Arts and Literature (AL)

  • 3 AL Courses Required

Historical Inquiry (HI)

  • 2 HI Courses Required

Math and Computing (MC)

  • Not Required

Philosophical Inquiry (PI)

  • 2 PI Courses Required1

Religious Dimensions (RD)

  • 2 RD Courses Required1

Scientific Inquiry (SI)

  • 1 Lab Course Required

Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI)

  • 1 SCBI Course Required
1

PHL 248 / MGT 248 is required in PI or REL 228 / MGT 228 is required in RD.

Notes

Specified required courses within Liberal Studies may have grade minimums (e.g. C- or better). Please consult your advisor or your college and major requirements.​

Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a general elective or the Experiential Learning requirement.

In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.

Major Requirements

Course Requirements

In addition to MKT 301, a student majoring in Integrated Marketing Education (IME), Honors Marketing is required to complete the following courses totaling at least 38.0 hours plus 4.0 hours to be shared with Business Core (42.0 hours total):

Course Title Quarter Hours
MKT 250NAVIGATING MARKETING CAREERS2
MKT 276EFFECTIVE BUSINESS COMMUNICATION (taken in Business Core)4
MKT 310CONSUMER BEHAVIOR4
MKT 356MARKETING ANALYSIS AND PLANNING8
MKT 357MANAGEMENT OF MARKETING8
MKT 358MARKETING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT4
MKT 393MARKETING INTERNSHIP4
Select two elective from the following:8
INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING RESEARCH
STRATEGIC TOOLS FOR MARKETERS
PRINCIPLES OF ADVERTISING
SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
CONTENT MARKETING
SEARCH ENGINE MARKETING & ANALYTICS
MARKETING FOR THE SOCIAL GOOD
MARKETING ACROSS CULTURES: A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE ON MULTICULTURAL MARKETS
SPORTS SPONSORSHIP MARKETING
NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
STRATEGIC MARKETING MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL MARKETING
SALES FUNDAMENTALS
SALES STRATEGY & TECHNOLOGY
SCIENCE OF RETAILING
ANALYTICAL SALES
CASES IN CATEGORY MANAGEMENT
SPORTS SALES
SOCIAL IMPACT SALES
SHOPPER INSIGHTS IN MARKETING
SERVICE MARKETING
DIGITAL MARKETING ANALYTICS AND PLANNING
MOBILE MARKETING
SPECIAL TOPICS
INDEPENDENT STUDY
CANNABIS BUSINESS-THE SOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT & PRACTICE
BEHIND THE SCENES WITH CHICAGO SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS
SPORTS MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SEMINAR

Business Communication Requirement

MKT 276 must be completed by students majoring in Marketing and serves as the Communication requirement in the Business Core.

Second Marketing Concentration

A student majoring in Marketing may have more than one Marketing concentration.
Exception: students with Marketing Standard concentration cannot have a second Marketing concentration.

While a student may complete more than one Marketing concentration, at least 50% of the courses used for the completion of a second concentration must be unique to the completion of that concentration.

Open Electives

Open elective credit (22.0 hours) is also required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.

Global Business Perspective

If a MKT course or IB 350 is shared between Global Business Perspective and the Marketing major, additional hours of Open Elective credit are required. Any MKT or IB 350 course must be passed with C- or higher.

Experiential Learning

MKT 393 is required in the Marketing Honors/IME major. Consult with academic advisor regarding options for Experiential Learning.

Graduation Requirements

All Marketing (MKT) courses and any other courses used toward the Marketing major must be completed with a minimum grade of C- and with a combined GPA of 2.000 or higher. ​​​