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MECO6934: Social Issues Marketing
2024 unit information
Social Issues Marketing integrates marketing concepts with other approaches to influence behaviours that benefit individuals and communities. Examples include smoking cessation, HIV prevention and recycling. Key elements include research, theory, competition and segmentation. This unit builds students' knowledge of how social issues marketing can be used to facilitate behaviour change and improve social outcomes, including health, environment, economic and education programs. It will include how to design, manage and communicate social and behaviour change programs in Australia and internationally.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Media and Communications
| Code | MECO6934 |
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| Academic unit | Media and Communications |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. analyse the influence of theories, models and benchmarks of social marketing on social and behaviour change
- LO2. evaluate social marketing campaigns on their use of strategy and effectiveness toward their respective contexts and publics
- LO3. demonstrate an understanding of the practical challenges of social and behaviour change programs in Australia and internationally
- LO4. develop advanced problem-solving and creative skills that can support social marketing aims
- LO5. apply learned knowledge to professional practice by assessing and improving a social marketing case.
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Semester 2 2024
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Normal day | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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