This course focuses on the discipline of marketing and will appeal to those with an interest in brands as commercial products and services, as ideas, and as charities and symbols in a variety of organisational settings. Marketing plays an enormous part in our everyday lives and it is present in almost every exchange of goods and services. For those with creative flair, analytical minds and a love of communicating, our Marketing BA (Hons) course could lead to a potential future career in this exciting field.This course offers you the chance to:Explore areas of sales and marketing from the creative to the analytical – whether that is advertising and brands, consumer behaviour and retailing, or new product development and market research.Develop your awareness and understanding of contemporary marketing and advertising concepts and theories and utilise appropriate analysis tools to investigate a marketing and/or advertising problem and develop appropriate solutions.Gain hands-on experience in - developing marketing plans and strategy, working in teams to create innovative solutions to an advertising brief and then pitching them to a client2.Experience presentations and networking opportunities with practitioners, from both global businesses and small, niche advertising agencies, together with both real and virtual field trips2. Prepare for a future career in marketing with a work placement2.3 years full-time