Marketing In Bachelor of Communication

Qualifications

Overview

Our continuous exposure to advertising and sales pitches leads us to believe that marketing activities begin only when goods or services have been produced. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. Marketing is concerned with the analysis of customer needs and securing information needed to design and produce goods or services that match buyer expectations.



Strategic research methods, advertising and promotion, merchandising, sales, and management of products and services are utilised in the process, which applies to profit-oriented firms as well as not-for-profit organisations.

Why study Marketing at UC?

  • UC is ranked first in Aotearoa New Zealand for research in Marketing and Tourism (Te Amorangi Mātauranga Matua | Tertiary Education Commission 2018 PBRF assessment) and our lecturers are regular recipients of teaching awards at UC.
  • Students are encouraged to get involved in annual UC-wide competitions, such as entré for young entrepreneurs, and communities such as the UC Centre for Entrepreneurship | Te Pokapū Rakahinonga. Students regularly enter and succeed in inter-university business challenges too. All these opportunities allow Marketing students to build their new product and service development, planning, project management, and teamwork skills, as well as gain real-world experience and make connections with businesses and the community.
  • Internships and company-related projects taken as part of your studies count towards your degree and help enhance your résumé. Students have worked with a diverse range of organisations, such as Animates, Burgerfuel, Creatrix Ltd, Deep South Ice Cream, Golden Eagle Brewery, Harvey Cameron, Riccarton House, Top Hi-Fi, and others.

Recommended preparation

There are no formal requirements for those wishing to study Marketing. An interest in human behaviour and social sciences such as psychology, sociology, political science, and education is advantageous.

Good communication skills, both written and interpersonal, are important. Those who have studied English-rich subjects eg, English, classics, media studies to an advanced level at school will benefit from the skills they have developed.

A sound understanding and previous study of statistics is also useful.

Courses

UC offers a major and a minor in Marketing as part of the Bachelor of Commerce.



You can also study this subject as a minor within the Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership.

Marketing major

To complete a major in Marketing within the Bachelor of Commerce, you will need to take the following courses throughout the degree:

100-level

  • MKTG 100 Principles of Marketing

200-level

  • MKTG 201 Marketing Management
  • MKTG 202 Marketing Research
  • MKTG 204 Consumer Behaviour
  • MKTG 205 Services Marketing and Management or MKTG 230 Business, Society and the Environment

300-level

  • Four 300-level MKTG courses (excluding MKTG 317–349)

For the complete three-year Bachelor of Commerce Marketing major degree plan, see the UC Business School | Te Kura Umanga website.

Marketing minor

For the Marketing minor in the Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Sport Coaching, or Bachelor of Youth and Community Leadership, you will need to take these courses throughout your chosen degree:

100-level

  • MKTG 100 Principles of Marketing

200-level

  • MKTG 201 Marketing Management
  • MKTG 202 Marketing Research
  • MKTG 204 Consumer Behaviour

300-level

  • One 300-level MKTG course

Contact us

School of Humanities and Creative Arts

Phone +64 3 369 3377
Email [email protected]

Location
See the School’s website for up-to-date location details.



Postal address
College of Arts | Te Rāngai Toi Tangata
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand