COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
Market Basics for Advertising ADV 102 Spring 02+02+00 Elective 3 7
Academic Unit: Faculty of Communication
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: The students are expected to:
• Grasp the marketing function in business firms.
• Understand the methods of using marketing knowledge in developing and implementing successful marketing strategies.
Course Contents: This is an elementary-level marketing course that focuses specifically on the key terms, frameworks, and approaches that constitute the contemporary marketing theory as well as its applications in practical business circles.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- Ability to understand basic principles of marketing and key terms
  • 2- Ability to understand self-marketing
  • 3- Ability to understand marketing function, importance of marketing for consumers, developing and implementing business strategies
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: The course consists of 3 basic modules. These are: 1. Marketing Basics 2. The 4 P’s 3. Integrated Marketing Communications (IMC) Modules start with an introduction that reveals the necessity of the concept that will be analyzed within the module. Students are then asked to present their observations and do small projects related to the concept to be able to interiorize the knowledge. Presentations of the projects are graded 50% of the total grade. Written project reports and presentations are graded 50% of the total grade. Grades are assessed by the instructor.


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 Orientation Week (Introduction and course plan)
2 The Marketing Environment and Consumer Behavior Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.3 & ch.5
3 Segmentation, Targeting and Positioning Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.7
4 Marketing and Society, Social Responsibility and Ethics Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.20
5 Module Project Presentation Delivering project reports.
6 Product Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.8
7 Price-Place Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.10-11-12-13
8 Promotion Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.19
9 Module Project Presentation Delivering project reports
10 IMC: Advertising, Sales Promotion and PR Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.15&16
11 IMC: Digital, Social Media and Mobile Marketing Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.17
12 International and Global Marketing Kotler & Armstrong 2018 ch.19 & project paper
13 Module Project Presentation Delivering project reports.
14 Review Week


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Philip Kotler and Gary Armstrong, Principles of Marketing, 17th edition, GE Pearson. 2018


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES



ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Attendance / Participation 12 -
Project 3 50
Presentation / Jury 3 50
Total: 18 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Project32472
Preparation for Presentation / Jury31545
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)8216
Total Workload (hour):175


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12
LO1                        
LO2                        
LO3