Automotive Marketing

Automotive Marketing/Management

The dual Automotive Marketing/Management major focuses on the various aspects of the automotive marketing function including dealership advertising, finance and insurance, budgeting and forecasting, parts and service, and used car management. A computer simulation in which class members are challenged to rescue a troubled dealership is completed during the final term.

Automotive Marketing/Banking and Finance/Management

The triple major in Automotive Marketing/Banking and Finance/Management provides students with up-to-date, relevant, and challenging course work that prepares them to meet the high demands of a complex field. Graduates with this degree will be prepared to join automotive finance/insurance-related industries, the wholesale/retail sectors of the automotive industry, the financial area of corporate businesses, banks, and trust departments, and the financial planning/investment industry.

The Only Program Like It

In 1963, the National Automobile Dealers Association (N.A.D.A.) selected Northwood University as the college to develop the only collegiate degree program in Automotive Marketing. In active cooperation with automobile firms, Northwood continues to prepare students for interesting and challenging careers in all aspects of automobile distribution, sales, and service. Northwood University is dedicated to preparing students for careers in the 23,000 new car dealerships that emerge each year. In addition to approximately 700,000 auto dealership jobs, there are numerous positions in the distribution and marketing departments of auto manufacturers and distributors.