Coventry University - Advertising and Digital Marketing BA (Hons)

Coventry University

Advertising and Digital Marketing BA (Hons)

The course has a particular focus on online communication and customer engagement across a variety of digital platforms and organisational settings including global multi-national organisations, national public and private sectors, small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs), non-profit, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and charities.

You can expect to gain expertise and confidence in search engine optimisation, content management, creative integrated communications, social media marketing, big data analysis, campaign planning and channel management as well as knowledge and application of key concepts and practice within the broader marketing discipline.

The January start for this course is condensed in Year 1. Please see the ‘How you’ll learn’ section below for more details.

Entry Requirements


A Level :

ABB-BBB


BTEC :DMM


IB Diploma :

31-30 points


GCSE requirement m

inimum 5 GCSE's graded 9-4 / A* - C including Maths and English.




IELTS: 6.0 overall (with at least 5.5 in each component area)



Career Prospects

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be able to:

  • apply appropriate business concepts, models or techniques to analyse marketing problems.
  • source, analyse and apply appropriate marketing information to support decision making.
  • present ideas and findings and communicate effectively to an audience in written, verbal or electronic format, using appropriate business media and IT applications.
  • identify and analyse relevant sources of marketing information and research techniques across different contexts and cultures.
  • appreciate current contemporary issues including sustainability, ethics and CSR in marketing and digital marketing.
  • effectively use specialist tools in digital and social media marketing using appropriate software.
  • apply appropriate techniques to solve a range of different business management problems, including those of a financial nature.


Course Details

This course has a common first year.

The common first year enables you to work alongside students doing similar courses to you, to widen your knowledge and exposure to other subject areas and professions. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with other students, so you can share your insights and experience which will help you to develop and learn.  

If you discover an interest in a specific subject you have studied, upon successful completion of your first year, you could swap degrees with another course in your common first year (subject to meeting progression requirements).  

Common first year courses 

  • Advertising and Digital Marketing BA (Hons)
  • Business Administration BBA (Hons)
  • Business and Human Resource Management BA (Hons)
  • Business and Marketing BA (Hons)
  • Business Management BA (Hons)
  • Event Management BA (Hons)
  • International Business Management BSc (Hons)
  • Marketing BA (Hons)
  • Sport Management BA (Hons)

In the first year, the curriculum is shared across related courses allowing you to gain a broad grounding in the discipline before going on, in the second and third years, to specialist modules in your chosen field. 

Year One

Foundations of Management - 20 credits
Organisation Behaviour - 20 credits
Marketing, Digital and Social Media - 20 credits
Business Decision-Making Using Data Analysis - 20 credits
Entrepreneurial Ideation - 20 credits
Entrepreneurial Thinking - 20 credits

Year Two

Designing a Research Proposal - 20 credits
Marketing Insight - 20 credits
Consumer Behaviour - 20 credits
Integrated Marketing Communications - 20 credits
Advertising and Digital Marketing - 20 credits
Creative marketing - 20 credits

Final Year

Project - 40 credits
Advertising and Digital Marketing Strategy - 20 credits
Digital Customer Experience - 20 credits


Optional modules

Choose two from the following five optional modules:
Sustainable Marketing - 20 credits
Big Data - 20 credits
Global Marketing - 20 credits
Social Media and Influencer Marketing - 20 credits
PR and Event Management - 20 credits

*The information’s are correct at the time of publishing, however it may change if university makes any changes after we have published the information. While we try our best to provide correct information, It is advisable to call us or visit university website for up to date information.

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