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3+1 BBA/MBA

Marketing

  • Academics
  • Undergraduate Studies
  • College of Business
  • Business / Management
  • Marketing

Dual Marketing Degree Highlights

Find a better future with an undergraduate degree in marketing and an MBA degree.

Looking for a great career that combines creativity and analytical thinking? A marketing career could be just what you’re looking for. Not only is marketing a very fast-growing industry, but it’s also a career that poses many unique challenges and allows you to use a lot of different skills on the job. Our 3+1 business and marketing degree and MBA program helps you learn the skills you need to start building or enhancing a marketing career. Our marketing classes are led by marketing professionals who have years of experience working in the industry.

  • This 3+1 marketing degree provides an exciting pathway for you to gain a marketing bachelors and an MBA degree in four years.
  • Through a combination of online learning and hands-on experience, you’ll be able to learn all about the principles of marketing and sales, as well as the business concepts and technical skills you’ll need to help you reach your career goals.
  • By the time you complete this dual business marketing degree, you’ll have the skills and education it takes to gain employment or advance your career in marketing management, promotional strategy, retail merchandising, market research and sales management.
  • The 3+1 BBA/MBA in marketing at Baker College is accredited by the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE).
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At a glance
135
Credit Hours
4
Years (Avg.)
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Marketing classes are taught exclusively through Baker Online. Plus, general education and prerequisite courses are typically available through Baker Online, Online Live, and on all campuses throughout Michigan.

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Why Earn a Degree in Marketing?

Marketers provide the link between businesses that have goods and services to sell and customers who want to purchase them. The marketing process involves a variety of activities, including research, strategic planning, product development, sales management and marketing communications. Students in this marketing program participate in active learning and demonstrate an understanding of basic business principles using case studies, business simulations, computer technology, spreadsheets, written reports, problem analysis, professional presentations, ethical values, a global perspective and human relations skills through individual and team activities in class and in business situations. This business marketing degree offers a solid background in the concepts of marketing and business.

A business and marketing degree can lead to a career in such areas as marketing management, marketing research, personal selling and sales management, retail merchandising and management and promotional strategy and management.

Marketing Degree Curriculum

The Baker College 3+1 BBA/MBA in marketing is a 4-year, IACBE-accredited program consisting of 135 credit hours.

Sample Courses

Digital Marketing I

Description
Explores how digital advertising and social media fit into the marketing process. Introduces the concept of building brand communities by interactive, two-way communication through the objectives of theory, tactics, media and planning. Topics include strategic communication planning, digital media, social media, customer relationship management, ethics and digital marketing careers.

The Marketing Environment

Description
Concentrates on the marketing concept and its impact on the strategic decision-making process of the firm. This course emphasizes planning and managing marketing activities of multi-product firms and provides an understanding of the fundamental issues which influence marketing decisions. The specifics of implementing a marketing plan are discussed. In addition, the effects of a diverse global marketplace and sources of marketing research are discussed.

Strategy in a Global Environment

Description
Provides the capstone course for the MBA program. It builds upon and integrates the theories, skills and knowledge from previous courses. Students have the opportunity to make strategic decisions that affect performance and long-term viability of business enterprises. Students will analyze the business strategies of current public corporations. Students will also complete a decision-making business simulation.
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In Their Words
“I chose Baker for the curriculum. They look at what you’re going to need, and a lot of MBAs are general. ...I felt that a lot of the things that I was doing in school, I could directly translate into what I was doing in the hospital.”
Brad Lukas
Baker College Alum

Program Locations

This program is offered at the following campus locations:

The Online Campus
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Additional Business Marketing Degree Requirements

Assuming a student will choose the MBA Business Administration major, upon completing a marketing bachelors, they will need to complete additional courses to receive an MBA degree. Students will have the option of choosing another major upon admission into the MBA program. If so, the academic plan will change accordingly. Once admitted, you will be allowed to take up to 15 MBA credit hours in your junior and senior years to fulfill the Business Elective courses requirements. The MBA credit hours will apply toward both the undergraduate business and marketing degree and MBA requirements. Please contact us for admission criteria and submit applications to the Center for Graduate Studies upon completion of 60 credits toward your undergraduate degree in marketing. A minimum 3.0 GPA is required.

Marketing Management Degree Outcomes & Performance

Our quality-focused, market-driven and rigorous marketing management degree curricula will establish and enhance core business knowledge and the ability to anticipate and react to societal changes, as well as provide students with technological proficiency, the ability to make ethical decisions and the communication skills that embody the professional acumen graduates need to make positive contributions to their chosen fields.

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Accreditation

External peer review is the primary means of assuring and improving the quality of higher education institutions and programs in the United States. This recognition is accomplished through program accreditation, approval or certification. The College of Business at Baker College has received specialized accreditation for its business programs through the International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) located at 11960 Quivira Road in Overland Park, Kansas, USA. For a list of accredited programs please view our IACBE member status page. International Accreditation Council for Business Education (IACBE) logo - Member with Accredited Programs

This page was last revised on November 7, 2025.
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On Campus Unavailable

Core courses for this degree program are not offered on campus.

For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available on campus each semester.

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Courses for this degree program are available through Baker Online.

100% online, this format offers flexible scheduling with 8-week semesters

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Unavailable on Online Live

Core courses for this degree program are not offered through Online Live.

For those interested, a selection of general education and prerequisite courses are available through Online Live each semester.

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