Please feel free to forward on to interested students.
I would like to share with you the exciting news that the College of Media will be launching a new Media Sales Certificate Program this upcoming fall. This new program will provide students with a valuable set of skills which could help them towards developing a career in the advertising/media sales industry.
All of the new sales-related courses have been approved and the curriculum has been set. The program will consist of 15 credit hours and will require the following courses:
MDIA 270 (Introduction to Media Sales)
BTW 271 (Persuasive Writing)
MDIA 320 (Sales Management)
MDIA 370 (Advanced Media Sales)
MDIA 495 (Internship/Individual Study)
The program is open to any undergraduate students on campus, regardless of major. As of now we are promoting the program and courses to students and asking interested students to sign up for the first class, MDIA 270, which is available this fall. In the near future an application process will be established with selection criteria and students will need to apply and be accepted into the sales program.
Please pass this news onto your students and direct any specific questions about the program to me. Our goal is to promote this program to as many students as possible by the end of the semester. To help with this, there will be an information session held on Tuesday, April 30th, from 6:00-7:00pm in 231 Greg Hall. This will allow students to get a better understanding of the courses and program as whole. A flyer with details of the information session is attached. Also, there is a story on the new program on the front page of the Daily Illini today (4/22).
The feedback so far from students, alumni and potential corporate partners has been phenomenal. We are looking forward to getting this program up and running and continuing to provide new and unique ways for students to learn about the advertising and media sales industry.
Should you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Brett Clifton
Brett Clifton
Director of the Media Sales Certificate Program
College of Media
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign