Bachelor of Business with a Major in Marketing

Marketing Manager

You'll be at the core of planning, managing and implementing marketing campaigns designed to support business growth. Coordinate key stakeholders, and optimise campaigns for the highest return on investment.

Digital Marketing Specialist

Plan and execute digital marketing campaigns designed to target smartphone and computer users. You'll apply digital marketing principles to measure your campaign success and implement a schedule for digital content.

Social Media Manager

Create exciting social media plans for individuals and organisations. You'll come up with fresh content, and work with influencers, agencies, product managers and business owners.

Market Research Analyst

Become an expert in consumer behaviour and market trends. You'll use this specialist knowledge to help guide advertising campaigns and ensure they reach their target market.

Marketing Coordinator

Every day is different in this role; assist in coordinating marketing budgets, online and offline marketing campaigns and provide insights to guide future business goals.

Account Manager

Be the face of the company as a key contact point to important clients. You'll manage their goals and expectations, creating valuable and lasting relationships.

Brand Manager

Shape the face of your business or organisation. You'll curate the public perception of your brand, ensuring that it is always fresh and up-to-date with market trends.

Business Development Manager

Your role is all about the future - new customers, new markets, new products and new processes. You'll plan and strategise development, helping your company to reach their business goals.

Higher education

Completion or partial completion of an approved tertiary qualification (including diplomas, advanced diplomas, associate degrees and degrees). Additional performance criteria and prerequisite requirements may also apply.

Diploma entry pathways

Pathways allow students to progress from one qualification to another where the first course is recognised as an entry requirement and provides advanced standing to the second.

Credit available may vary depending on the major selected within any given degree but in most instances you may receive up to 8 unit credits.

Our Course Consultants will step you through the process of entry and credit using previous study.

Secondary education

2022 Guaranteed Entry ATAR: 60

Successful completion of the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or its equivalent, such as an interstate or international Year 12 qualification.

VCE prerequisites:

Units 3 and 4: a minimum study score of 25 in English (or equivalent) or 30 in English (EAL).

Work and Life

Applicants without a formal qualification but with significant and relevant work experience and appropriate English language skills, or a suitable Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) result, will be considered if they can demonstrate that they can undertake the course with a reasonable prospect of success.

Credit transfer

Credit is granted in recognition of previous study and/or experience and allows students to gain advanced standing towards their course. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for credit.

Applicants who have completed a Diploma in a related discipline may be eligible for credit of up to 8 units; the equivalent of a third of the course. Students admitted to the course with prior tertiary studies that satisfy part of the academic requirements of this course may be eligible for academic credit of up to 16 units.

Recognition of Prior Learning

Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) allows students to gain credit (advanced standing) towards their course in recognition of skills and knowledge gained through work experience, life experience and/or formal training. Applicants are assessed on a case-by-case basis. Speak to a Course Consultant about applying for RPL.

Build brands and tell stories. Create memorable relationships with your customers. Keep up with rapidly changing technologies. The Marketing major will give you highly sought-after skills to jet set your marketing career.

Taught by experienced marketing professionals, this course will inspire you to keep up with constantly innovating marketing practices. Undertake meaningful assessments preparing you for the workforce, such as developing strategies for live clients, use cutting-edge tools such as Google Analytics to interpret data, create inspiring social media strategies and even develop a marketing plan for your own unique concept. You’ll learn to find your voice and discover how marketing can influence the sustainability of our planet.

Recommended Study Pattern

A total of 24 units are taken to complete the Bachelor of Business with a major in Marketing, including six core business units, two capstone units, eight Marketing major units and eight electives. In capstone units you combine the skills you'll learn throughout your degree and apply them to practical scenarios to solidify your knowledge. You'll collaborate with your peers and solve real business problems, giving you the confidence to step into the workforce with practical experience.

Core Business units

Learning and Communicating for Innovative Business Practice (COM10011)

Financial Information for Decision Making (ACC10007)

Economic Principles (ECO10004)

Introduction to Business Information Systems (INF10003)

Introduction to Management (MGT10001)

Fundamentals of Marketing (MKT10007)

Capstone units

Advanced Innovative Business Practice (BUS30024)

Industry Consulting Project (BUS30009)

Marketing major units

Frontiers of Digital Marketing (MKT20032)

Marketing Research and Analytics (MKT20019)

Integrated Marketing Communication (MKT20021)

Marketing and Innovation (MKT20031)

Consumer Behaviour (MKT20025)

Marketing Strategy and Planning (MKT30016)

Innovative Branding (MKT30017)

Marketing Insights (MKT30018)

Recommended electives

Planning for Career Success (CAR10001)

Sports/ Advertising/ Media (MDA20011)

Events Management (PUB30001)

Critical Thinking in Management (MGT10002)

Public Relations Theory and Practice (PUB20002)

Big Data Management (INF20016)

Organisational Behaviour (MGT20007)

Other Elective options can be viewed on the Swinburne Online website.

Professional Placements

Professional Placements are subject to a competitive selection process. International students may be eligible for a Professional Placement where a relevant Professional degree exists. S International students who successfully gain a placement through the selection process will be required to change courses to the relevant Professional degree, in order to complete a placement and should consider any visa and extended study duration implications prior to applying.

Students who undertake a 12-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 375 credit points comprising of:

• Eight [8] core units of study (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study from the Marketing discipline major (100 credit points)
• Four [4] units of study from the Professional Placement Co-Major (100 credit points); and
• Six [6] units of study comprising an advanced minor, and/or Minor and/or electives (75 credit points)

Students who elect to undertake a 6-month professional placement are subject to the following course rules and must complete 325 credit points comprising:

• Eight [8] core units of study (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study from the Marketing discipline major (100 credit points)
• Two [2] units of study from the Professional Placement Co-Major (50 credit points); and
• Six [6] units of study comprising an advanced minor, and/or Minor and/or electives (75 credit points)

Award Requirements

To qualify for the award of Bachelor of Business (Marketing) students must complete 300 credit points comprising of:

• Eight [8] prescribed Bachelor of Business core units of study (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study from the Marketing discipline major (100 credit points)
• Eight [8] units of study (100 credit points) comprising of a second major or co-major, and/or advanced minor and/or minor/s, and/or electives

Students have the opportunity to undertake a WIL Professional Placement. A unit of study can only be counted once. Where there are overlaps between majors and/or minors, students in the first instance choose another unit from the list of units available in the major/minor.