DRE 2007 Consumer Research

DRE 2007 Consumer Research

Course code: 
DRE 2007
Department: 
Marketing
Credits: 
6
Course coordinator: 
Luk Warlop
Course name in Norwegian: 
Consumer Research
Product category: 
PhD
Portfolio: 
PhD Marketing courses
Semester: 
2018 Spring
Active status: 
Active
Level of study: 
PhD
Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This advanced graduate seminar is designed to familiarize students with the streams of research in psychology and marketing that may aid in the understanding of processes underlying the influence of various marketing strategies on consumer behavior. The focus in the course will be on gaining a clear understanding of current theoretical and methodological approaches to various aspects of consumer behavior, on how basic research in consumer psychology may complement and advance basic research in psychology and marketing, and on how to develop testable hypotheses and theoretical perspectives that build on the current "state of the art."

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

The learning objective is to acquire advanced knowledge in the area of consumer research. 

Learning outcomes - Skills

Development of skills in conducting advanced research in the field of consumer research. The students should be able to develop an original and important research idea that extends the theoretical knowledge in the field, and further how the research idea can be empirically tested. Finally the participant should be able to communicate theoretical and practical research to the academic community, to the business community, and to students in the area of consumer research.

Learning Outcome - Reflection

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Course content

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Learning process and requirements to students

Participants in the seminar will meet for 8 sessions.

During the seminar, each participant will be required to take part in several assigments, that are designed to help with digesting the material and its implications for one’s own research program.  These assignments include (1) and individual presentation of an assigned research paper including serving as a moderator in the group discussion of this paper, (2) as part of an assigned team formulate a critique of an assigned paper for a class debate, (3) on several occasions develop and orally present short research proposals inspired by the assigned readings.  One of the ideas coming out of these presentations should be developed in a full-fledged research proposal.

Course grades will based on the assignments, participation in seminar discussions, and the research proposal.  
 

Software tools
No specified computer-based tools are required.
Additional information

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Qualifications

Enrollment in a PhD programme is a general requirement for participation in PhD courses at BI Norwegian Business School.
External candidates are kindly asked to attach confirmation of enrollment in a PhD programme when signing up for a course. Other candidates may be allowed to sit in on courses by approval of the course leader. Sitting in on a course does not permit registration for the course, handing in exams or gaining credits for the course. Course certificates or confirmation letters will not be issued for sitting in on courses.

Required prerequisite knowledge

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Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Activity
Form of assessment: 
Presentation and discussion
Weight: 
50
Grouping: 
Individual
Comment: 
Participation in class discussions, involvement in assignments, quality of contributions to class.
Exam code: 
DRE20073
Grading scale: 
Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Resit: 
All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Written submission
Weight: 
50
Grouping: 
Individual
Duration: 
3 Month(s)
Comment: 
Individual Paper/Essay. The paper should be original work, and be written specifically for this course.
Exam code: 
DRE20073
Grading scale: 
Point scale leading to ECTS letter grade
Resit: 
All components must, as a main rule, be retaken during next scheduled course
Exam organisation: 
Continuous assessment
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Total weight: 
100
Sum workload: 
0

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 6 ECTS credits corresponds to a workload of at least 160 hours.