Bachelor of Science in Business - Marketing (Digital Marketing)

DePaul University

Digital marketer, showing a 39% growth rate, has become one of the most important job titles in the marketing industry. Estimates are that marketers’ communications budgets will exceed 120 billion by 2021 and advertising through digital means will represent 29% of that figure. A significant point relative to DePaul’s student and employment base is that the state of Illinois is the third ranked employer of people with digital backgrounds. All organizations, for-profit and not-for-profit, large and small, need digital marketing to be successful. The Marketing Department offers the Digital Marketing Concentration for students to prepare to succeed in this industry. The ultimate goal of an organization is to satisfy the needs and wants of its customers profitably. The Marketing Department offers a variety of courses designed to develop and sharpen student skills to analyze and solve marketing problems. Successful marketing requires the ability to know how and when to do research, how to analyze markets and behavior, and how to develop products and services that satisfy or even anticipate customers’ needs. The purpose of the undergraduate program in Marketing is to prepare students for successful marketing careers by teaching them the knowledge and skills to identify marketing problems and develop solutions that meet customer needs.