Digital and Social Media Marketing
This course introduces students to digital and social media marketing. Students explore principles, strategies, tools, and tactics related to consumers, branding, advertising, and promotions. Students explore how success is measured in a digital and social media marketing campaign. This course emphasizes ethics, laws, and security. Students also investigate business and marketing plans, as well as careers in digital and social media marketing. This course reinforces mathematics, science, English, and history and social science Standards of Learning. Computer/technology applications and DECA activities enhance the course. DECA, the co-curricular student organization, offers opportunities in leadership, community, and competitive events.
Course Sequences
A combination of this course and those below, equivalent to two 36-week courses, is a concentration sequence. Students wishing to complete a specialization may take additional courses based on their career pathways. A program completer is a student who has met the requirements for a CTE concentration sequence and all other requirements for high school graduation or an approved alternative education program.
- Fashion Marketing (36 Weeks)
- Fashion Marketing, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Introduction to Fashion Careers (18 Weeks)
- Introduction to Fashion Careers (36 Weeks)
- Lodging Management (36 Weeks)
- Marketing Management (36 Weeks)
- Opportunities in Global Trade (36 Weeks)
- Opportunities in Global Trade, Advanced (36 Weeks)
- Principles of Business and Marketing (36 Weeks)
- Principles of Business and Marketing (18 Weeks)
- Sports and Entertainment Management (36 Weeks)
- Sports and Entertainment Marketing (36 Weeks)
- Travel and Tourism Marketing (36 Weeks)
- Travel, Tourism, and Destination Marketing (36 Weeks)
Industry Credentials (Only apply to 36 week courses)
- A*S*K Fundamental Marketing Concepts Assessment
- Business of Retail: Operations and Profit Examination
- College and Work Readiness Assessment (CWRA+)
- Customer Service and Sales Certification Assessment
- National Career Readiness Certificate Assessment
- Workplace Readiness Skills for the Commonwealth Examination
Career Clusters
| Pathway | Occupation |
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| Marketing Communications |
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| Marketing Management |
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| Marketing Research |
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| Merchandising |
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| Professional Sales |
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