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Marketing Descriptions

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Marketing

1000-level units of study

MKTG1001 Marketing Principles

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
Note: The Intensive July session of this unit is only available to Study Abroad students. All other students should enrol in Semester 1 and Semester 2 sessions.
This unit examines the relationships among marketing organisations and final consumers in terms of production-distribution channels or value chains. It focuses on consumer responses to various marketing decisions (product mixes, price levels, distribution channels, promotions, etc.) made by private and public organisations to create, develop, defend, and sometimes eliminate, product markets. Emphasis is placed on identifying new ways of satisfying the needs and wants and creating value for consumers. While this unit is heavily based on theory, practical application of the concepts to "real world" situations is also essential. Specific topics of study include: market segmentation strategies; market planning; product decisions; new product development; branding strategies; channels of distribution; promotion and advertising; pricing strategies; and customer database management.
MKTG1002 Marketing Research

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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Marketing research is an essential research activity which provides objective, accurate and timely information to entities (e.g. government, businesses and not-for-profit organisations) to help reduce the uncertainty and risk associated with decision-making. This unit introduces students to the preparation and planning work required when initiating a marketing research project. Conducting market research requires a thought process to formulate research questions, and propose a research strategy adhering to best practices that answer the research questions posed. Particular emphasis is given to the initial stages of the market research process involving problem identification, problem contextualisation and conceptualisation, developing a research proposal, conducting exploratory research through secondary data and administering a pilot survey as well as conducting some basic analysis.

2000-level units of study

MKTG2112 Consumer Behaviour

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This unit examines the psychological, social, and cultural aspects of consumer behaviour on the marketing decisions of public and private organisations. Concepts and principles are drawn from disciplines such as cognitive psychology, social psychology, sociology, anthropology, and demography to discover and understand various aspects of consumer behaviour. Specific topics of study include: cultural, demographic and psychographic influences; reference group influences; household decision processes and consumption behaviour; consumer perception and learning; motivation, personality and emotion; consumer attitudes; and purchase decision processes.
MKTG2113 Marketing Insights

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 and MKTG1002 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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Fundamental to marketing is a requirement to understand the environment and how to establish an on-going connection with customers in order to meet ever-changing needs and wants more effectively. Marketing insights address such dynamism and interplay in the marketplace by engaging in applied research to generate insights and conveying them in a meaningful and useful way to aid marketing decisions. This unit equips students with the practical knowledge and technical skills necessary to see through the entire research process involving project planning, collecting and analysing data, and generating insights. Particular focus is given to the use of different qualitative and quantitative research strategies for data collection, including: secondary data collection, observation and projective techniques, questionnaire design, and experimental design.

3000-level units of study

MKTG3110 Digital Marketing

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This unit explores how marketing campaigns are designed, conceptualised and executed digitally. Particular attention is given to techniques unique to digital technologies and the networked nature of social media platforms. Their applications to marketing strategy specifically to do with brand building, target audiences, public relations and communications are covered with an aim to equip students to understand the digital consumer journey.
MKTG3112 Marketing Communications

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This unit of study offers an introduction to an overview of current theory and practice in marketing communications. It will include aspects of advertising in the main media (television, radio, print, outdoor, cinema), sales promotion, personal selling and new media, such as the Internet. It will provide students with a sound theoretical/conceptual foundation as well as the strategic/practical perspectives of Marketing Communications planning and implementation.
MKTG3114 New Products Marketing

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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New products and services are crucial to successful growth and increased profits in many industries. The goal is to help students learn how to develop and market new products and services in both the private and public sectors. A product development assignment is carried out to reinforce the material covered and to provide realistic examples of how new products are designed, tested and launched.
MKTG3116 International Marketing

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This unit introduces students to international marketing using the marketing concept. It firstly considers environmental factors and then studies how marketing strategies are affected by those environmental factors. It gives students an awareness and understanding of international marketing concepts and highlights their importance in a rapidly changing global economy. Additionally, the unit develops students' skills in designing and implementing marketing strategies in diverse international contexts.
MKTG3118 Marketing Strategy and Planning

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This unit focuses on strategic and managerial aspects of marketing. It covers the development of innovative, business models; segmentation, positioning and lifecycle strategies; key aspects of managing and organising marketing activities, and measuring performance. The central theme is how marketing strategy and its management can create superior and sustainable value for both customers and shareholders. Assessment will reflect this strategic decision-making approach, requiring students to take on the roles of marketing advisors and managers.
MKTG3120 Building and Managing Brands

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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The most important intangible asset of any organisation is its brand or portfolio of brands. Marketers use an array of internal and external communications approaches to deliver the brand's overall value proposition and experience to its key stakeholders and target customers, and thereby build brand equity. Names, symbols, and slogans along with their underlying associations, perceived quality, brand awareness, customer base and related proprietary resources form the basis for brand equity. Most brands fail because of the lack of proper market research and analysis that enables the brand's core values to be articulated, accurate positioning strategies to be developed, and complete alignment to be achieved between internal and external brand building communications. This unit helps students understand the concept of brand equity and the management of brand assets by learning how to strategically create, position, develop and sustain brand equity.
MKTG3121 Advertising: Persuasive Principles

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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All advertising is about changing people¿s behaviour. The more effectively and efficiently brands can change consumer behaviour, the better the advertising. Therefore, this unit on advertising takes the approach of dissecting the psychological principles behind persuasion to change behaviour and then talking through how advertisers use each technique. The unit draws heavily on real-world advertising ideas. The unit first discusses how to define and then understand the dynamics of behaviour change, before looking at how to change behaviour using a variety of techniques. There is not just one way to change behaviour and the techniques act as a toolkit for creating behaviour change.
MKTG3122 Marketing and Sustainable Development

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: MKTG1001 Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
Note: This unit relates directly to how Marketing relates to implementing the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals such as poverty, climate change, gender equality and hunger (https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300). The goal is to facilitate the development of responsible marketing leaders
Marketing plays a critical boundary spanning role between the for-profit firm and its various stakeholders. Marketing is also a critical consideration in developing business strategy. As debates continue on the purpose of for-profit business, specifically the shift from a focus solely on shareholders to various stakeholders (e.g., suppliers, customers, employees and broader society), including calls for responsible business and marketing leaders that tackle grand challenges facing the world (e.g., poverty, gender inequality and climate change), it is important that marketers are proactive in shaping these debates and facilitating changes in marketing practice. This unit is designed to critically evaluate the role of marketing theory and practice in engaging with grand challenges as highlighted by the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., ending poverty, tackling climate change and addressing gender inequality), at a profit. This unit adopts a holistic perspective of marketing and theories from both consumer behaviour and marketing strategy are used to understand how marketers can engage in facilitating the implementation of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals within marketing strategy.
MKTG3400 Industry and Community Project

Credit points: 6 Session: Intensive February,Intensive July,Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: 72 credit points Prohibitions: BUSS3110 or ACCT3400 or BANK3400 or CLAW3400 or FINC3400 or IBUS3400 or INFS3400 or QBUS3400 or WORK3400 or WORK3401 Assumed knowledge: MKTG1001 and MKTG1002 and (MKTG2112 or MKTG2113) Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This interdisciplinary unit provides students with the opportunity to address complex problems identified by industry, community, and government organisations, and gain valuable experience in working across disciplinary boundaries. In collaboration with a major industry partner and an academic lead, students integrate their academic skills and knowledge by working in teams with students from a range of disciplinary backgrounds. This experience allows students to research, analyse and present solutions to a real-world problem, and to build on their interpersonal and transferable skills by engaging with and learning from industry experts and presenting their ideas and solutions to the industry partner.
MKTG3600 Marketing in Practice

Credit points: 6 Session: Semester 1,Semester 2 Classes: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units Prerequisites: Students commencing from 2018: completion of at least 120 credit points including MKTG1001, MKTG1002, MKTG2112 and MKTG2113. Pre-2018 continuing students: completion of at least 120 credit points including MKTG1001 and MKTG2112 and MKTG2113 Assumed knowledge: Students are assumed to understand the key principles of marketing knowledge gained from the core units of the major and be able to apply them in various marketing contexts. Assessment: Refer to the unit of study outline https://www.sydney.edu.au/units
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This capstone unit bridges the gap between theory and practice by integrating knowledge and consolidating key skills developed across the Marketing major. It aims to provide students with practical experience in identifying, analysing, and solving contemporary marketing problems. Much of this unit is dedicated to a problem-based/experiential approach to learning. Students ensure their career-readiness by demonstrating their ability to apply concepts, theories, frameworks, methodologies, and skills to authentic problems and challenges faced in the field of marketing.