COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The basic objective of this course is to provide you, the student, with an introduction to contemporary marketing research methods, procedures, and practices. This course likewise seeks to develop an understanding of the role in which marketing research plays in the strategic planning and implementation of the mission of the marketing function and the firm as a whole. The thrust of this course will be a mixture of both theoretical and applied aspects of the marketing research function. As such, this course will be fairly quantitative in nature and will be based upon mathematical and statistical training you have received in earlier required course work.

PREREQUISITES:
The specified prerequisites are a grade of C or better in Principles of Marketing MKTG 3310, Consumer Behavior MKTG 3410 and Statistics for Business and Economics STAT 2610. A 2.2 GPA is also required for matriculation in this course. You are expected to come into this course with a sound working knowledge of these course materials as well as other required prerequisites. If you find yourself deficient in any of these areas, it is YOUR responsibility to overcome your deficiencies. Obviously, if you have not successfully completed any of the stated prerequisites for this course, you will not be permitted to continue to be enrolled in this course.

COURSE FORMAT:
This course will be taught on a lecture/discussion format. Your daily class assignments are on the Course Calendar and you are expected to come to class sufficiently prepared to add substantively to the class discussion. This will require that you not only read the assigned material or have performed the assigned exercises but also UNDERSTAND what you have read or done. On several occasions throughout the quarter you will be given non-graded, outside assignments for expository purposes.

Due to the nature and complexity of this course, you will be ill advised to be truant from class. Nor would it be advisable to be a "passive learner" and expect to successfully complete this course without sufficient pre-class preparation on your part.

GRADE DETERMINATION :
Three in-class examinations will be administered during the course of the semester. If an examination is missed, the timely receipt of a verifiable university approved excuse is expected of the student. If in question on this check the Auburn University Bulletin. Upon the timely receipt of a valid excuse, the student will be permitted to take the make-up exam at a mutually agreeable time but within two weeks of the regularly scheduled examination (University Policy). Should one miss a scheduled exam without a verified university approved excuse, a grade of zero (0) will be assigned for that exam.

Each in-class examination will be worth a maximum of 100 and the comprehensive final examination will be worth 200 points. Thus each scheduled in-class exam counts twenty percent (20%) of your Semester Grade and your final counts for forty percent (40%). As your instructor, I reserve the right to administer extra credit "pop quizes" at any time during the quarter. Your presence is required to receive any extra points awarded toward the determination of your final course grade. Course grades will be awarded according to the following schedule:

NOTE:
It is the policy of Auburn University to provide accessibility to its programs and activities and reasonable accommodations for persons defined as having disabilities under the American with Disabilities Act of 1990. Students desiring additional information should contact the Program for Students with Disabilities, 1244 Haley Center, 844-2096. It is the student's responsibility to initiate this process with the ADA office.