Professional Selling
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Duration
4 Years
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Format
In-Seat
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Location
Charleston
This program helps address a growing national need for highly skilled sales professionals through a program that gives students the tools to understand and use sales principles to help businesses sell products and services, advance the cause of non-profits, create strategies for marketing agencies, and work in a wide range of industries that utilize these skills.
Students gain a foundational understanding of sales processes combined with applied, practical learning opportunities through direct interaction with partner companies, ensuring that graduates are equipped and motivated to be high-performing sales professionals with the knowledge, skills, and contacts to secure post-college sales roles.
Note: Students receive a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in Professional Selling.
Freshman applicants with a 2.5 or higher high school GPA and transfer students with a 2.0 or higher cumulative college GPA are eligible for general admission to UC, and will gain entry into this program. Students may apply online or download the admissions application.
Program Highlights
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The Henry B. Wehrle Jr. Sales Center includes facilities for sales simulations, labs, symposia, workshops, applied projects, corporate partnerships, student internships, sales competitions, and other engaging activities for the sales program
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Our Sales Advisory Board comprised of corporate partners and sales leaders assures program provides real life, current curriculum and quality instruction
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Students can join the Student Sales Club to sharpen skills, meet other students, and compete in sales competitions
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Instruction is provided by experienced sales professionals, including an executive-in-residence
Program Outcomes
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Students can earn professional certifications – incorporated into the curriculum – from Google Analytics, HubSpot, and Salesforce
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Skills developed through the program can translate to a wide range of professions, including sales, non-profit organizations, fundraising, and more, where the art of persuasion is an asset
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Students will be able to demonstrate sales leadership potential
Meet the Faculty
Meet the Faculty
Assistant Professor of Business and Professional Sales Program Director