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Marketing

Entry requirements


A level

A,B,B

All subjects accepted. Two AS-levels may be considered in place of one A-level.

Access to HE Diploma

D:30

Pass relevant diploma with 45 credits at Level 3, including 30 credits at Distinction.

Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal

D3,M2,M2

Considered alongside other qualifications.

GCSE/National 4/National 5

GCSE Mathematics and English Language at grade 4/C required.

International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme

30

Pass Diploma with 30 points overall with a minimum of grade 4 in SL Maths Analysis and Approach, grade 3 in HL Maths or grade 5 in SL Maths Application and Interpretation if not held at GCSE. Must include a minimum of grade 4 in English A or 5 in English B if minimum of grade 4/C not held in English Language at GCSE.

Qualification Accepted. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information: [email protected]

Preferably Business. Considered alongside other qualifications.

Considered alongside other qualifications.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

DDM

Full Diploma with DDM, Diploma in Business preferred.

Qualification Accepted. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information: [email protected]

Qualification Accepted. Please contact the Admissions Team for further information: [email protected]

T Level

D

In either: Accounting or Finance or Management and Administration.

UCAS Tariff

128

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About this course


Course option

3years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Marketing

Why do we love brands so much? How does the marketing of products, services and experiences impact our daily lives? This degree combines management studies with marketing analysis, from traditional advertising to cutting-edge digital techniques.

Be among the first to study at our new £16 million Brookfield campus, with state-of-the-art learning and facilities exclusive to Leicester School of Business students.

Our Marketing BA will expose you to the realities of the managerial experience in both the public and private sectors. You will combine your studies of management with a specialist focus on marketing management, digital and social media marketing and marketing intelligence. This allows you to acquire a wide range of critical and analytical skills, along with a range of communication and team-working skills, which will be directly transferable to the workplace whatever career you choose to follow.

This course explores how markets culturally and economically work, and provides a broader approach to studying marketing than simply explaining how businesses use marketing techniques.

Consumption in society is shaped by the cultural, political, technologically digital-focused factors that influence marketing practices and this programme will prepare you to engage with these issues in critical, practical ways. You will be inspired to explore the ethical and sustainable responsibilities of organisations and you will explore the role of digital and social media in our lives as consumers and content creators.

Our Marketing BA is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing. You can take advantage of the module exemptions during or up to five years after graduating with a 2:2 classification or higher. All you have to do is sign up as a studying member with CIM and pay for your assessment fees on existing modules.

In addition all of our management degrees are dual accredited with ILM, the UK's leading Leadership and Management Awarding Organisation. This means you can gain ILM's Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management subject to passing the relevant modules.

The first year of this degree is shared with the following BA degrees:

Business and Management BA
Human Resource Management BA

This means that you will have the option to switch to any of our business management BA degrees at the end of your first year.

Our courses will provide you with an in-depth understanding of contemporary management techniques, and will allow you to develop the skills to become an effective and socially responsible manager in local and global arenas, whether in public, private or third sector organisations and enterprises.

Modules

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Assessment methods

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Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£9,250
per year
England
£9,250
per year
Northern Ireland
£9,250
per year
Republic of Ireland
£9,250
per year
Scotland
£9,250
per year
Wales
£9,250
per year

The Uni


Course location:

University of Leicester

Department:

Leicester School of Business

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

58%
Marketing

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Marketing

Teaching and learning

50%
Staff make the subject interesting
68%
Staff are good at explaining things
68%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
58%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

58%
Library resources
81%
IT resources
63%
Course specific equipment and facilities
53%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

Who studies this subject and how do they get on?

70%
UK students
30%
International students
54%
Male students
46%
Female students
66%
2:1 or above
6%
First year drop out rate

Most popular A-Levels studied (and grade achieved)

B
C
B

After graduation


The stats in this section relate to the general subject area/s at this university – not this specific course. We show this where there isn't enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Marketing

What are graduates doing after six months?

This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.

£24,000
high
Average annual salary
93%
low
Employed or in further education

Top job areas of graduates

20%
Sales, marketing and related associate professionals
13%
Business, research and administrative professionals
11%
Business, finance and related associate professionals

Want to join a fast-moving, diverse industry that's at the cutting edge of tech? Try marketing! A lot of the jobs are in London, but graduates don't just go to work in advertising agencies — all sorts of industries do their own marketing these days, and with the rise of digital and mobile technology, a lot of marketing is done in quite innovative ways using a wide range of methods. Common industries (apart from advertising and PR) include recruitment, online retail, higher education, banking and IT. A lot of jobs in this industry are handled through recruitment agencies, so if you get in touch with them early, that might give you a headstart for some of the jobs available. But be careful — unpaid working is not the norm in the marketing industry, but it is more common than in most sectors.

What about your long term prospects?

Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.

Marketing

The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.

£22k

£22k

£27k

£27k

£33k

£33k

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.

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