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Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS

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Course summary

The MSc Marketing & Consumer Behaviour will equip you with a comprehensive grounding in approaches to understanding consumer preferences, judgements and decision-making.

  • You'll learn how to use this knowledge to improve organisational strategy and success, in terms of targeting, product placement, advertising, marketing, influencing and protecting consumers.
  • We will enhance your employability by fostering the development of the real-life and job-relevant competencies and skills that are required to succeed in today's competitive job market. You will be provided with the strong knowledge base and hands-on research experience needed for succeeding in today's competitive job market.
  • You will develop the skills necessary to conduct independent research and to understand:
the psychological and cultural processes underlying consumer behaviour the psychology of consumer preferences and choices psychological theories of attitude change, persuasion, and influence the psychology and strategy of branding how to create and sustain customer experience behavioural economics (including the psychology of pricing) the psychological impact of various types of media and advertising

Modules

Compulsory modules You'll take the following compulsory modules, including a 60-credit in-depth research project in your particular area of research interest: Consumer Behaviour Psychology of Marketing and Advertising Behavioural Data Science Marketing Strategy Creating Customer Experiences Consumer Culture Research Project (Dissertation) Optional modules You can also choose up to 30 credits of option modules. The list of approved modules will include those run by the Institute of Management Studies and by other departments at Goldsmiths that have modules relevant to Marketing & Consumer Behaviour. A list of modules will be published annually by the department, and may include the following: Digital Marketing and Branding Marketing Analytics Design Thinking Developing Business Skills Innovation Case Studies Project Management Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.


Entry requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject or equivalent. Appropriate work experience will be considered in place of an undergraduate qualification on a case-by-case basis. This may include (but not be limited to) sufficient experience within a design agency, and/or marketing or advertising department. We accept a wide range of international qualifications. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.


Fees and funding

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Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Goldsmiths, University of London - UCAS