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EXC 3415 Marketing Management - RE-SIT-EXAMINATION

EXC 3415 Marketing Management - RE-SIT-EXAMINATION

Course code: 
EXC 3415
Department: 
Marketing
Credits: 
7.5
Course coordinator: 
Auke Hunneman
Course name in Norwegian: 
Marketing Management - RE-SIT-EXAMINATION
Product category: 
Bachelor
Portfolio: 
Bachelor - Common Courses
Semester: 
2023 Autumn
Active status: 
Re-sit exam
Level of study: 
Bachelor
Resit exam semesters: 
2023 Autumn
2024 Spring
Resit exam info

The course was taught for the last time in spring 2023. A re-sit examination is offered in autumn 2023 and for the last time in spring 2024. There will be no requirement for approved work requirements to be able to take the re-sit examination when the course is phased out.

Teaching language: 
English
Course type: 
One semester
Introduction

This course introduces you to basic concepts of marketing. The aim of marketing is to create value for customers and to capture value from customers in return. Taking a manager's perspective, we discuss the process by which today's companies try to attract and keep the right profitable customers - from understanding customer needs, to designing customer-driven marketing strategies and integrated marketing programs, to building customer relationships and capturing value for the firm. Finally, we discuss the trends and forces affecting the marketing function itself.

Learning outcomes - Knowledge

After finishing the course, students should be able to understand and execute important marketing activities such as marketing research, market segmentation and positioning, branding, pricing, innovation, and marketing management. Particular emphasis will be given to sustainable marketing practices which should enhance long-term value for both buyers and businesses.   

Learning outcomes - Skills

Students should be able to apply the acquired knowledge to real-life marketing problems and to critically evaluate the marketing policies employed by actual companies.

General Competence

Student should critically reflect on marketing's role in society as a whole by evaluating the sustainability of a company's marketing actions.

Course content

The course covers the following three broad topics:

  1. Defining marketing and the marketing planning process.
  2. Understanding the marketplace and consumers.
  3. Designing a customer-driven strategy and marketing mix.

A more detailed course outline will be published on It's learning and discussed during the first class.

Teaching and learning activities

The course objectives will be reached through a combination of lectures and students working on assignments.  

Coursework requirement
During the course three individual tests will be given of which two need to be passed in order to take the final written exam. Further information on the organization of the mandatory assignments will be given in class.

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

Re-sit examination
After the course has been phased out, there are no longer required to work requirements to take the re-sit exam.

Qualifications

Higher Education Entrance Qualification

Disclaimer

Deviations in teaching and exams may occur if external conditions or unforeseen events call for this.

Required prerequisite knowledge

No particular prerequisites.

Assessments
Assessments
Exam category: 
Submission
Form of assessment: 
Structured test
Invigilation
Weight: 
100
Grouping: 
Individual
Support materials: 
  • Bilingual dictionary
  • Monolingual dictionary, English-English
Duration: 
3 Hour(s)
Exam code: 
EXC34151
Grading scale: 
ECTS
Type of Assessment: 
Ordinary examination
Total weight: 
100
Student workload
ActivityDurationComment
Teaching
36 Hour(s)
Submission(s)
4 Hour(s)
Preparation for assignments
Prepare for teaching
120 Hour(s)
Examination
40 Hour(s)
Term paper
Sum workload: 
200

A course of 1 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of 26-30 hours. Therefore a course of 7,5 ECTS credit corresponds to a workload of at least 200 hours.