Learn more about marketing, both the programs and the discipline.
We hope you join a community of peers, professors, staff and alumni that comprises the Marketing Academic Area at the Jindal School. The Marketing learning community is close-knit and deeply knowledgeable. As a Marketing student you engage with a wealth of insight and experience that can challenge you and help you realize your potential as a professional and as a person.
Use this Marketing resource page to get in-depth information about academic and specialized programs, faculty seminars, conferences, careers, community activity and more!
Marketing Program Resources at the Jindal School
Academic Programs – Primary
The Marketing academic area offers one bachelor’s, one master’s and one PhD program.
Online Degrees
Academic Programs – Additional
The Marketing area also offers accelerated pathways to adding more degrees as well as professional programs and concentrations.
Faculty and Advisory Board
Discover how Marketing area faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community.
Community Activity
Marketing area students, faculty and staff are engaged in the community through center activity, events and more.
Marketing Resource Articles
Discover how Marketing faculty are researching, publishing, speaking and engaging in the business community. The authors of these articles also include Marketing students, staff and friends
Now Is a Good Time to Help a Nonprofit Organization
By being part of the UT Dallas community, we know we are blessed with support, resources and connections — but most of all hope.
Capstone Senior Projects Provides Real-World Solutions for an Array of Clients
The Professional Program in Marketing (PPM) is a program that provides supplemental workshops and professional opportunities while also encouraging participation in rigorous courses. This elite program was the brainchild of a past Capstone Senior Project Marketing (MKT 4395) course.
How Our Marketing Students Land Over 150 Internships Every Year
The BS in Marketing program’s required internship is important for acquiring needed experience to land that first job. It’s also a crucial part of our trilogy experience, which includes completion of an internship, 100 hours of community engagement experience and a capstone senior project course.
What You Learn From Capstone Senior Projects
Capstone Senior Projects give students a taste of real-world situations. Students gain experience working with corporations in the community, showcasing their expertise and professionalism.
Students’ Work Played a Part in a Corporate Acquisition
In May 2019, Shannon Cotts won the DFW AMA Collegiate Marketer of the Year award for her outstanding data analysis provided to startup business Fixd, a Dallas-based home warranty and service repair business.
What Does a Brand Manager Do?
Marketing Career Focus: Brand Management
A brand manager is responsible for the overall image of a product or person. Key elements of the job are researching the marketplace to determine where the product or client fits in.
Research Isn’t Just for Science Majors — It’s for Marketing Majors, Too!
While a BS in Marketing program student, Claudia Kwee had a chance to conduct a research project and present it at an educators’ conference in Houston.
Marketing Blogs & News
Find advice and resources you need as a current or prospective student in marketing.
Summit Addresses Sales Pros’ Ambitions to Move Into Leadership Roles
The Jindal School of Management’s Center for Professional Sales hosted a daylong summit with nearly a dozen keynote speakers, workshops, discussions and executive briefings, all geared to help sales professionals move into leadership roles.
UT Dallas Excels at DECA Conference—With Freshmen Leading the Way
Freshmen members of the UT Dallas DECA chapter won all the first-, second- and third-place prizes the chapter earned at the 2019 DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Fla. In all, 34 UT Dallas students competed at the event.
Marketing Career Focus: Product Management
What does a product manager do? In his book, Inspired, Marty Cagan, software engineer and founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group, defines the job of the product manager as “to discover a product that is valuable, usable and feasible.”
Undergrad Marketing Students Win Corporate Social Responsibility Award
For student and faculty work assisting nonprofits, the Jindal School’s undergraduate program in marketing won the 2021 Corporate Social Responsibility Marketing Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Marketing Association.
Jindal School Assistant Dean Awarded Congressional Veteran Commendation
The head of the Jindal School’s Career Management Center has been recognized for his service in the military and as a veteran. Assistant Dean Tom Kim earned a commendation from the Texas 26th Congressional District, where he grew up and now resides.
JSOM Team Finishes Second in Adobe Analytics Challenge
A trio of JSOM graduate marketing students finished second and earned $14k in the Adobe Analytics Challenge, a business case competition. “Their win highlights the quality of our digital courses,” MS in Marketing Program Director Alex Edsel said.
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Julie Haworth
Dr. Julie Haworth, director of the BS in Marketing program, discusses her own interest in marketing and how she is “head cheerleader” for marketing students.
Strategic Management Online Contest Grows in Popularity, Gains No. 4 Winner
Efforts to get more Jindal School undergraduate and graduate students to enter an online contest based on their strategic management course yielded more entrants and more top finishers. One Jindal School student finished No. 4 in the world.
Analysis for Consumer & Shopper Insights Jobs
Marketing Career Focus: Customer Insights
Customer insights is an emerging area for marketing professionals who are not modelers, statisticians or data scientists. They often work more on the analysis and recommendation side of the profession.
‘Fearless’ Strategist Honored with Marketing Legends Award
Jindal School’s Marketing Legends Award honoree David Meerman Scott, an early advocate of social media and the strategist who coined the term “newsjacking,” advised his audience on the right ways to stand out and be fearless as a marketer.
JSOM Students Click With AdWords Competition
A Jindal School of Management student team placed second in North America and 12th globally in Google AdWords Global Online Marketing Challenge last spring. The team’s campaign had a “click-through rate” of 5.58 percent; the benchmark is 2 percent.
A Message from Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul
Jindal School Dean Hasan Pirkul reaches out to students, faculty, staff, alumni and supporters with an update on the state of the school as classes resume following spring break and during the coronavirus outbreak.
What Exactly Is E-Commerce?
Marketing Career Focus: E-Commerce
Overview of skills needed for e-commerce managers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS or Master of Science in Marketing at UT Dallas. The digital marketing track has 4 core courses covering interactive and digital marketing, digital sales strategy, campaign management lab, and marketing web analytics and insights, plus 9 electives.
Web Analytics as a Key Skill or Profession for Marketers
Overview of skills needed for web analytics managers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS or Master of Science in Marketing, Digital track. Our web analytics course covers all the basics of web analytics using the Adobe and Google analytics platforms.
How To Excel At Showing Your Skills
If you’re an undergraduate student, you’ve probably thought once or twice about what you’ll do when you’re ready to apply for internships. Haven’t gotten there yet? Read Prithvi’s interview to gain insight.
Job Analysis for Digital Marketing – Mobile Marketing
Overview of skills needed for mobile marketing managers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS or Master of Science in Marketing at UT Dallas. The mobile marketing professional must understand the web and app ecosystems.
JSOM to Prepare for Sales and Lead Development Jobs
For business school students, insight on the future of the job market is helpful, and we have the scoop. Entry-level sales roles are on the rise. Learn more about what you need to get one of these roles post-graduation.
What Is Marketing Automation?
Marketing Career Focus: Marketing Automation
Overview of needed skills for marketing automation careers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS Marketing at UT Dallas. Our program is one of the few in the nation to offer a specific course in marketing automation and campaigns.
Student Spotlight: Saher Lakhani
Saher Lakhani is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Global Business and Bachelor of Science in Marketing double-major at the Naveen Jindal School of Management and she is expected to graduate in Spring 2024.
What is Social Media Marketing?
Marketing Career Focus: Social Media Marketing
Overview of skills needed by social media marketing managers and how these map to the courses offered at the MS or Master of Science in Marketing at UT Dallas. Our program not only offers in-depth courses in social media but also in related areas.
Read more Master’s in marketing Blogs and News Stories
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Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Marketing?
Bachelor’s Degree Program
Build your understanding of marketing fundamentals and learn skills in communication, branding, analytics and more.
BS in MarketingMaster’s Degree Programs
Master the skills that empower you to understanding customer needs and the competitive environment.
MS in Marketing
PhD with Marketing Concentration
Develop strong research skills that are especially relevant for students interested in an academic career.
PhD in Marketing