Full time
1 year
OCT-24
MSc - Master of Science
Business Communication Skills Marketing
Taught
COURSE OVERVIEW
Marketing communications are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Our MSc Marketing Communications explores and investigates the marketing communications business, how marketing communications work, how to plan a marketing communications campaign, and ethical considerations when implementing marketing communications in practice.
You will learn about organisational decision-making processes and how to define and solve marketing communications problems. You will also examine how marketeers formulate and implement policies, programmes and strategies, and consider marketing communications theory and practice in a range of industries and organisations, so you can identify appropriate practical tools.
TEACHING
Teaching may include formal lectures, seminars, and practical classes and tutorials. Formal lectures are used in most degree programmes to give an overview of a particular field of study. They aim to provide the stimulus and the starting point for deeper exploration of the subject during your own personal reading. Seminars give you the chance to explore a specific aspect of your subject in depth and to discuss and exchange ideas with fellow students. They typically require preparatory study.
CAREERS AND EMPLOYABILITY
Graduates can pursue career paths in advertising, media and event marketing, public relations, management, market research, and in local and national government. Possible professions include:
advertising executive
marketing executive
distribution officer
public relations officer
sponsorship officer
public affairs consultant
advertising copywriter.
For this course (per year)
£14,850
For this course (per year)
£23,220
Our standard postgraduate entry requirement is a second-class honours degree (2:2 or above) from a UK university, or an equivalent international qualification.
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Full time | 1 year | OCT-24