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Are you a highly motivated, enthusiastic person? If so, chances
are good that you’d enjoy sales, sales management, or marketing.
Professional selling is one of the fastest growing segments of the
business world, and the department
of consumer sciences and retailing in the School of Consumer
and Family Sciences boasts one of the few selling and sales management
programs in the country.
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Testimonial
"The classes I took at Purdue apply to what I’m doing
today. They really stressed teamwork. I felt I was ready to
work in sales just from what I learned in the classroom."
Jamalyn Peigh, 1997 Consumer and Family Sciences graduate
Account executive
McLeod U.S.A.
Indianapolis, Indiana
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Career Options
Almost every industry staffs salespeople, which means graduates
have many career options and can choose jobs that best suit their
personal interests. And besides being versatile, sales careers have
a good long-term outlook — in many corporations, selling is
the first step up the ladder to middle- and upper-level management.
Coursework
- accounting
- business
- communication
- consumer behavior
- customer relations
- leadership strategies
- marketing
- professional selling
- sales management
Learn from Experience
- Shadow a salesperson for a day.
- Role-play sales presentations under the guidance of an instructor.
- Serve as a salesperson for a direct selling company that specializes
in selling cutlery. You’ll learn by doing as you deliver
20 sales presentations and even receive commission on your sales.
- Apply selling theories by completing 140 hours of outside selling
and writing a paper about the experience.
- Become active in professional selling activities on a national
level by joining Purdue’s chapter of Phi Sigma Epsilon, a
national fraternity for sales and marketing management.
Where You Might Work
- chemical companies
- food manufacturers
- insurance companies
- pharmaceutical companies
- real estate brokerages
Applying for Admission to Purdue
For information about applying to Purdue University, to apply online
or request an application, campus visits, housing information, estimated
expenses, orientation, and other admission information, visit the
Office of Admissions’
Web site.
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