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MKTG8002 – Marketing Communications

2020 – Session 2, Special circumstance

Notice

As part of Phase 3 of our return to campus plan, most units will now run tutorials, seminars and other small group learning activities on campus for the second half-year, while keeping an online version available for those students unable to return or those who choose to continue their studies online.

To check the availability of face to face activities for your unit, please go to timetable viewer. To check detailed information on unit assessments visit your unit's iLearn space or consult your unit convenor.

General Information

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Unit convenor and teaching staff Unit convenor and teaching staff
Dr. Stephanie Yimin Huang
Contact via stephanie.huang@mq.edu.au
2pm-3pm, Tuesday (Zoom Consultation)
Credit points Credit points
10
Prerequisites Prerequisites
Admission to MMktg or MKTG696 or MKTG6096 or MGNT607 or MGNT609 or MKTG6009
Corequisites Corequisites
Co-badged status Co-badged status
This unit is co-badged with MKTG7002.
Unit description Unit description

Marketing communications are an integral part of an organization’s overall marketing activities and play a critical role in determining its success in the market. Today, marketing professionals face new opportunities, but also significant challenges in communicating with consumers in an evolving media landscape and dynamic interactions between consumers and brands.

This unit develops students’ skills to apply marketing communications theories and concepts to identify and analyse firms marketing communications. Students will learn to obtain and analyse data and interpret findings to make evidence-based decisions for planning effective marketing communications campaigns. Students will learn to communicate marketing communications ideas orally and in written forms to potential audiences.

Important Academic Dates

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  • ULO1: Apply marketing communications theories and concepts to identify and analyse firms’ marketing communications
  • ULO2: Obtain and analyse data and interpret findings to make evidence-based decisions for planning effective marketing communications campaigns
  • ULO3: Communicate marketing communications ideas professionally and technically to potential audiences.

General Assessment Information

Late assessment submissions must also be submitted through the appropriate submission link in iLearn. No extensions will be granted unless an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late. Late submissions will not be accepted after solutions have been discussed and/or made available.

Note: Further information on submitting an Application for Special Consideration can be found at https://students.mq.edu.au/study/my-study-program/special-consideration

Assessment Tasks

Name Weighting Hurdle Due
Quiz 20% No From Week 2 to Week 10
Advertising Critique 20% No Week 4 and onwards
IMC Campaign Development 60% No Week 5, 9 and 13

Quiz

Assessment Type 1: Quiz/Test
Indicative Time on Task 2: 3 hours
Due: From Week 2 to Week 10
Weighting: 20%

 

Weekly quizzes will be built on weekly teaching materials to ensure students devote quality time to readings teaching materials and learning is not interrupted.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply marketing communications theories and concepts to identify and analyse firms’ marketing communications
  • Obtain and analyse data and interpret findings to make evidence-based decisions for planning effective marketing communications campaigns
  • Communicate marketing communications ideas professionally and technically to potential audiences.

Advertising Critique

Assessment Type 1: Presentation
Indicative Time on Task 2: 20 hours
Due: Week 4 and onwards
Weighting: 20%

 

This individual assignment brings real-life experiences to the learning about creative evaluation of advertisements, aiming to develop students’ critical, analytical and integrative thinking. Students are required to select an advertisement according to the theme provided in the lecture and critically evaluate it and present their evaluation to the class.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply marketing communications theories and concepts to identify and analyse firms’ marketing communications
  • Obtain and analyse data and interpret findings to make evidence-based decisions for planning effective marketing communications campaigns
  • Communicate marketing communications ideas professionally and technically to potential audiences.

IMC Campaign Development

Assessment Type 1: Project
Indicative Time on Task 2: 40 hours
Due: Week 5, 9 and 13
Weighting: 60%

 

This is an individual assignment that requires students to prepare a marketing communications plan in response to a brief. This assignment targets the development of students; problem-solving, research and analytical skills.

 


On successful completion you will be able to:
  • Apply marketing communications theories and concepts to identify and analyse firms’ marketing communications
  • Obtain and analyse data and interpret findings to make evidence-based decisions for planning effective marketing communications campaigns
  • Communicate marketing communications ideas professionally and technically to potential audiences.

1 If you need help with your assignment, please contact:

  • the academic teaching staff in your unit for guidance in understanding or completing this type of assessment
  • the Writing Centre for academic skills support.

2 Indicative time-on-task is an estimate of the time required for completion of the assessment task and is subject to individual variation

Delivery and Resources

MKTG8002  will be delivered online with a combination of pre-recorded lectures and weekly Zoom workshops for activities. All the course materials, including lecture recordings, required readings as well as assessment briefs and support, are available on the iLearn site for this unit. All of your learning activities and assessment tasks will take place in iLearn using learning technologies and tools such as Echo360, Turnitin and Zoom. You will not be required to attend campus for any of your learning activities or assessment tasks until further notice.

Textbook:

Lawrence Ang (2014), Principles of Integrated Marketing Communications, Cambridge University Press

Supplementary Readings for each week are available on iLearn.

Unit Schedule

Please refer to iLearn.

Policies and Procedures

Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:

Students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.

If you would like to see all the policies relevant to Learning and Teaching visit Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central).

Student Code of Conduct

Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct​

Results

Results published on platform other than eStudent, (eg. iLearn, Coursera etc.) or released directly by your Unit Convenor, are not confirmed as they are subject to final approval by the University. Once approved, final results will be sent to your student email address and will be made available in eStudent. For more information visit ask.mq.edu.au or if you are a Global MBA student contact globalmba.support@mq.edu.au

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