Advertising BA (Hons)
University of South Wales
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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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Cardiff

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SEP-25

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3 Years

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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

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The BA ( Hons) Advertising course at USW Cardiff will help prepare you for a career in the dynamic, exciting industry that is Advertising. This degree programme, based in the heart of Cardiff, will give you the opportunity to engage with agencies from day one.Our highly experienced course team teaches you all aspects of advertising, from how to generate social media content and final campaign outputs (across all media platforms), to consumer behaviour, marketing and psychology. Industry ...Read more

The BA ( Hons) Advertising course at USW Cardiff will help prepare you for a career in the dynamic, exciting industry that is Advertising. This degree programme, based in the heart of Cardiff, will give you the opportunity to engage with agencies from day one.Our highly experienced course team teaches you all aspects of advertising, from how to generate social media content and final campaign outputs (across all media platforms), to consumer behaviour, marketing and psychology. Industry engagement with client-led, ‘real world’ projects and regular guest speakers supplement the curriculum, allowing you to build a portfolio of creative, strategic-led projects over the three years.When you graduate, you will be ready for industry, leaving university with a wide range of creative and strategic skills, all of which are transferable. Among these are: interpersonal communication, problem-solving, critical thinking, adaptability, project management and leadership skills.At USW we prepare you for your future career from day one of the course. You’ll explore the full range of careers in the industry from the creative, stragtegic, business to working with diverse clients, you'll work with the advertising industry throughout your degree, and we'll support you to gain valuable experience through internships, work experience and placements .

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56/101
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95th
What students say
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Tina Marie
24 Feb 25

Love that the classes challenges me to expand my portfoli with live briefs and that I'm ready for hire when I graduate. In some of the classes we are pressed for time vs the..Read more

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Karl
20 Feb 25

The Atrium is a brilliant campus that has provided me with opportunity to work across courses collaboratively as well as providing me with loads of industry contacts and opened..Read more

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CCC Grades / Points required

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Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):

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T Level:

Pass (C and above) Grades / Points required

To include a related subject such as Business, Psychology, Sociology, English, Maths, Politics, and Media Studies

Pass Access to HE Diploma with a minimum of 96 UCAS Tariff points to include a related subject such as Business, Psychology, Sociology, Media, English, Maths, Politics, and Media Studies

To include a related subject such as Business, Psychology, Sociology, English, Maths, Politics, and Media Studies

To include a related subject such as Business, Psychology, Sociology, , English, Maths, Politics, and Media Studies

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Tina Marie
24 Feb 25
Advertising BA (Hons)
Love that the classes challenges me to expand my portfoli with live briefs and that I'm ready for hire when I graduate. In some of the classes we are pressed for time vs the...
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Karl
20 Feb 25
Advertising BA (Hons)
The Atrium is a brilliant campus that has provided me with opportunity to work across courses collaboratively as well as providing me with loads of industry contacts and opened...
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University of South Wales
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With more than 23,000 students and 2,700 staff, the University of South Wales (USW) is one of the largest universities in Wales, and...

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