Course Overview
This BA (Hons) Marketing course is an exciting CIM accredited degree that explores up-to-date topics like disruptive technologies and encourages you to develop practical creative and digital skills alongside your theoretical marketing understanding.
In your first year, you will study the modern marketing mix to give you a solid overview of marketing. You will complete assessments based on real-life marketing problems. Throughout your studies, you will investigate the psychology of consumer behavior and the contemporary world of branding before analyzing the components of digital marketing campaigns and specializing in areas of luxury marketing. You may also study modules in global marketing and agency life alongside your final year consultancy project or traditional management project. You will use industry tools like Photoshop, InDesign, video editing software, and Google Analytics across your modules. You can work towards achieving your CIM Certificate in Marketing after your first year while you explore other key business topics including human resources, accounts, law, or project management.
Key Facts
- Full-time- 3 years Full Time, 4 years Full Time with sandwich placement
- Start Date- September
Entry requirements
- UCAS – 96-112 tariff points from A levels or combination with AS / EPQ / BTEC/ Cambridge Technical.
- A-Levels- BBC-CCC
- BTEC/Cambridge Technical DMM – MMM
- GCSEs C or better in English language and mathematics.
- Access to HE Diploma- Pass with 12 level 3 credits worth of English units at Merit.
- IB- 28 points with English Higher at 4.
- IELTS- 6.0 overall with no element lower than 5.5.
Careers
You could work in:
- Brand management
- Advertising
- Public Relations
- Customer management
- International marketing
- Digital marketing
After your degree, we encourage you to continue your learning with the industry’s professional body: The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM). When you graduate you will automatically qualify for an exemption on one module on the PG Certificate or Diploma levels of the CIM professional marketing qualifications.
Course Content
- Business Information Systems
- Enterprise Awareness
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
- Introductory Law for Managers
- Management and Organisations
- Social Media
- Marketing Principles and Practice
- Academic and Professional Skills (APS)
- Digital Campaign Planning
- Brands and Branding
- Luxury Marketing
- Research Skills for Business
- Professional Graduate
- Agency Life
- Work Placement (Short)
- Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
- Global Business Today
- Marketing Consultancy Project
- Strategic Marketing Management