Semester 1, 2022 Online | |
Units : | 1 |
Faculty or Section : | Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts |
School or Department : | School of Business |
Grading basis : | Graded |
Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Examiner: Michael Gardiner
Requisites
Pre-requisite: MKT1001
Co-requisite: MKT3001 or CMS3009 or PRL3012 or PRL2012
Overview
This course will provide marketing students with the opportunity to work on a project solving real-life marketing problems and to apply their knowledge and skills in a supervised and structured format. Students can work in teams or as individuals (if team work is not possible) to complete this course.
This course seeks to explore at an advanced level the intersection between theory and practice as it relates to the discipline area of marketing. Students will work with pseudo clients to define business issues in terms of marketing problems. Students will be required to conduct secondary research, analyse data and to apply theoretical frameworks to propose solutions for the marketing problems identified.
Course learning outcomes
On successful completion of this course students should be able to demonstrate:
- academic and professional literacy through applying, synthesising, and evaluating information to resolve marketing problems;
- advanced management, planning and organisational skills to develop all aspects of the project by the required timelines and to a professional standard;
- a high level of critical cultural and interpersonal literacies through the interaction with clients and team members to achieve an outcome that is professional and applicable;
- creativity, initiative, judgement and enterprise in the development of solutions for marketing problems that are cognisant of the client鈥檚 resources and external constraints.
Topics
Description | Weighting(%) | |
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1. | Topics and projects will be determined in consultation with staff from the discipline area of Marketing. Projects will provide evidence of the student鈥檚 ability to apply marketing principles and theory to solve real-life marketing problems for clients. | 100.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
Description | Weighting (%) |
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ASSIGNMENT 1 | 15 |
ASSIGNMENT 2 | 55 |
ASSIGNMENT 3 | 30 |