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Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Business and Marketing Management

Entry requirements

Here's what you will need to get a place on the Business and Marketing Management course at University of Sunderland.

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T Level

M

Tuition fees

LocationFees
England£9,250 per year
Scotland£9,250 per year
Wales£9,250 per year
Northern Ireland£9,250 per year
EU£16,500 per year
International£16,500 per year

Course summary

What this course is about

UCAS code: NN1N

Here's what University of Sunderland says about its Business and Marketing Management course.

Experience a field that now, more than ever, impacts upon everyone’s lives. Gain the specialist skills and knowledge to prepare yourself for an exciting career in marketing. Graduate ready for the industry with this professionally accredited course.

BA (Hons) Business and Marketing Management forms part of our suite of business courses. Compared to the core Business and Management course, it has a greater focus on skills and knowledge related to marketing, including marketing management, planning and strategy, marketing communications, consumer behaviour and internet marketing. The course is accredited by the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and gives you exemption from its first two levels of study and certain modules at the Professional Diploma level. This programme allows for a focus on current trends in business and marketing.

The course focuses on professional and personal development from a range of perspectives addressing elements of ethical, sustainable, responsible and digital business practices. In addition, experiential learning elements throughout the programme will be shaped by industry and learning will be enhanced through the digital and technological approaches.

The course has a range of employability modules across all years which help you strengthen the six key attributes of being capable, enquiring, creative, enterprising, ethical and global in outlook.

Course details

Qualification

Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

Department

Business

Location

Sir Tom Cowie Campus | Sunderland

Duration

3 Years

Study mode

Full-time

Subjects

• Marketing

Start date

September 15, 2025

Application deadline

January 29, 2025

The modules you will study

Essential Study and Employment Skills Introduction to Marketing Introduction to HRM and Talent Development Introduction to Accounting and Finance Introduction to Managing and Leading People Introduction to Business Operations and Services Personal and Professional Development Quality Management for Organisational Excellence Business ESR Digital Marketing Marketing Management and Metrics Integrated Marketing Communications Work placement (optional) Developing the Reflexive Practitioner Strategic Marketing Psychology of Consumers in a Digital Age Critical and Emerging Themes in Marketing Branding and Reputation Management Marketing Research in Practice

How you will be assessed

Our assessment methods often include coursework and are designed to help consolidate learning. Other methods include assessed case studies and business simulations, presentations, reports, essays, tests and time-constrained assessments.

University of Sunderland reviews

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Based on 86 reviews from University of Sunderland's students and alumni
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4 star
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3 star
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2 star
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I do like Sunderland for the most part, the people are mostly nice, it's diverse and there's a wide range of shops, but I do feel like there's not nearly enough stuff here compared to other cities. The campuses are very nice, especially the media centre.

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The university has a store called StudyPlus where you can buy a bunch of essential and non-essential items using either your own money or money granted to you by the university. You can apply for various bursaries and I was granted the low-income bursary. This was paid through StudyPlus but you coul...

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Oh boy. I've technically been at the university for three years but I'm only in my first year due to dropping out of my foundation year, then re-joining the next year. This is all due to severe mental health issues that the university have been aware of since the start but have done absolutely n...

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I don't live in a university accommodation and was never shown the library so have not used this, but I will say that I've had a lot of experience with the well-being team and they're very hit or miss. The first two years, I received no help and they even admitted that they weren't helping me enough...

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National Student Survey (NSS) scores

The NSS is an annual survey where final-year students are asked to rate different aspects of their course and university experience.

Here you can see ratings from University of Sunderland students who took the Business and Marketing Management course - or another course in the same subject area.

Marketing

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How often does your course challenge you to achieve your best work?

83%

med

How good are teaching staff at explaining things?

92%

med

How often do teaching staff make the subject engaging?

75%

med

How often is the course intellectually stimulating?

75%

med

To what extent have you had the chance to bring together information and ideas from different topics?

92%

high

How well does your course introduce subjects and skills in a way that builds on what you have already learned?

67%

low

How well has your course developed your knowledge and skills that you think you will need for your future?

75%

med

To what extent have you had the chance to explore ideas and concepts in depth?

58%

low

To what extent does your course have the right balance of directed and independent study?

83%

med

How well have assessments allowed you to demonstrate what you have learned?

75%

low

How fair has the marking and assessment been on your course?

83%

med

How often does feedback help you to improve your work?

50%

low

How often have you received assessment feedback on time?

75%

low

How clear were the marking criteria used to assess your work?

83%

med

How easy was it to contact teaching staff when you needed to?

50%

low

How well have teaching staff supported your learning?

83%

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How well were any changes to teaching on your course communicated?

58%

low

How well organised is your course?

58%

low

How well have the IT resources and facilities supported your learning?

73%

low

How well have the library resources (e.g., books, online services and learning spaces) supported your learning?

75%

low

How easy is it to access subject specific resources (e.g., equipment, facilities, software) when you need them?

58%

low

How clear is it that students' feedback on the course is acted on?

50%

low

To what extent do you get the right opportunities to give feedback on your course?

58%

low

To what extent are students' opinions about the course valued by staff?

55%

low

How well does the students' union (association or guild) represent students' academic interests?

50%

low

During your studies, how free did you feel to express your ideas, opinions, and beliefs?

73%

low

How well communicated was information about your university/college's mental wellbeing support services?

50%

low

Student information

See who's studying at University of Sunderland. These students are taking Business and Marketing Management or another course from the same subject area.

Marketing
Mode of study
Full-time90%Part-time10%
Gender ratio
Female53%Male47%
Where students come from
International27%UK73%
Student performance
2:1 or above73%
First year dropout rate21%
Number of students130
Most popular A-levels studied
SubjectGrade
Business StudiesC
HistoryC
English LanguageB
Media StudiesA
PsychologyD
Source: HESA

Graduate prospects

What graduates do next

We have no information about graduates who took Business and Marketing Management at University of Sunderland.

Earnings after graduation

Earnings from University of Sunderland graduates who took Business and Marketing Management - or another course in the same subject area.

Business and management

Earnings

£16.4k

First year after graduation

£21.2k

Third year after graduation

£25.9k

Fifth year after graduation

Shown here are the median earnings of graduates at one, three and five years after they completed a course related to Business and Marketing Management.

Source: LEO

Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree

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