Business and Management (Marketing) - Professional Placement Year - BA (Hons)

Bath Spa University

- Develop a broad base of specialist marketing skills including social media marketing and branding. - Choose either a ten-month or ten-week work placement and apply what you’ve learned in the real world. - Join our exceptional community of close-knit students and supportive and experienced academic staff. From creating attention-grabbing ideas to harnessing the power of influencers, this hands-on Business and Management course will develop you into an effective marketeer. Explore the strategies behind some of the best marketing campaigns and develop the toolkit to take your ideas to the next level. Work with industry-leading, creative and dedicated staff in our close-knit Business School. Whether you’re a Marketing Director in the making or a budding entrepreneur, our Business and Management (Marketing) course will give you a good grounding in the theory and practice of modern marketing.

A Professional Placement Year (PPY), traditionally known as a sandwich year, is where you undertake a period of work with an external organisation for between 9-13 months. The placement occurs between your second and final years of undergraduate study. You can engage in multiple placements to make up the total time and are required to source the placement(s) yourself, with support from the Careers team.