Cardiff Metropolitan University
UCAS Code: N502 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
Grade combinations totalling 112 points considered with a minimum CCC
Pass the Access to HE Diploma with 45 credits at level 3 to reach a minimum of 112 points, grade combinations accepted
GCSE/National 4/National 5
Five GCSEs at grade C or above/grade 4 or above to include English Language and Maths. For Welsh applicants we will accept either GCSE Mathematics or Mathematics-Numeracy. Five Scottish National 5 subjects at grade C or above to include English Language and Maths.
A minimum tariff of 112 to include 2 x H5
112 points with a minimum of two H2 grades. Minimum grade H4 considered within points
OCR Cambridge Technical Diploma
OCR Cambridge Technical Extended Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Grade combinations totalling 112 points considered with a minimum DD
T Level
UCAS Tariff
112 points to include minimum CCC
Welsh Advanced Skills Baccalaureate considered as the third subject
Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate considered as the third A level
About this course
Developed with and accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), our BA (Hons) Advertising and Marketing Management degree at Cardiff Met ensures you gain the latest industry knowledge and practical skills with our industry-aligned curriculum.
Our CIM ‘Accredited Degree’ status also provides you with the opportunity to gain exemptions from CIM Certificate and Diploma in Professional and Digital Marketing qualifications.
Designed to develop creative advertising strategists, our degree focuses on creative ideation techniques to generate innovative advertising solutions, data-driven decision-making and ethical advertising practices.
Learn how to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of advertising and marketing – understand consumer behaviour, develop expertise in digital advertising and strategic communication and learn to think creatively and adopt the latest tools in modern integrated B2B and B2C advertising campaigns.
We’ll equip you with the adaptability and critical thinking skills needed for senior management roles within the advertising and marketing industry, ensuring you are industry ready. Get hands-on with specialist industry software and put theory into practice during your Advertising in Practice module in your second year.
Our lecturers, who are both research-active and industry-experienced, will teach you the essential skills you need for the workplace after graduation.
You will have the opportunity to join our ‘Met Marketers’ society and CIM Student chapter to engage in creative and entrepreneurial activities. Take on the global CIM The Pitch competition and tackle a real-life marketing challenge set by a leading charity, where top finalists get the chance to pitch their ideas directly to the client.
You will leave us as an industry ready professional with a wide base of marketing knowledge, specialist advertising expertise and real-world experience to stand out in the graduate job market.
We offer this degree with two study options. You can choose three years full-time or four years full-time which would include a one-year industry placement between years two and three that will give you hands-on experience in a real-life working environment. This year in industry gives you practical skills that many employers seek, giving you a competitive edge upon graduation.
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Want to join a fast-moving, diverse industry that's at the cutting edge of tech? Try marketing! A lot of the jobs are in London, but graduates don't just go to work in advertising agencies — all sorts of industries do their own marketing these days, and with the rise of digital and mobile technology, a lot of marketing is done in quite innovative ways using a wide range of methods. Common industries (apart from advertising and PR) include recruitment, online retail, higher education, banking and IT. A lot of jobs in this industry are handled through recruitment agencies, so if you get in touch with them early, that might give you a headstart for some of the jobs available. But be careful — unpaid working is not the norm in the marketing industry, but it is more common than in most sectors.
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