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MMK101 - Marketing Fundamentals

Year

2025 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Chris Dubelaar
Trimester 2: Chris Dubelaar
Trimester 3: Allison Ringer
Prerequisite:

Nil

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: MMK277, MMKM101
Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 2 hour on-campus seminar each week.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour recorded lecture and 1 x 2 hour online seminar (recordings provided) each week.

Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Content

Marketing is the most dynamic area of business and the glue that holds organisations together – it connects organisations with the world, and opens up new and exciting job opportunities. Marketing is the only discipline that generates revenue for organisations by creating value for consumers, while capturing value for the organisation through building relationships with customers. MMK101 focuses on the creativity involved in the marketing process, ranging from understanding consumer needs to designing customer-driven integrated marketing strategies using the marketing mix. If you are creative, strategic and a critical thinker, then marketing is for you!

Learning Outcomes

ULO These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can:

Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs)

ULO1

Identify the principles and practices of marketing management in a complex and dynamic environment.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Develop, justify and apply marketing solutions to real-world [authentic] problems.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO3

Source, synthesise, and cite relevant marketing, theoretical and empirical literature.

GLO3: Digital literacy

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: (Individual) Report (Research)  750 words 20% Week 5
Assessment 2: (Individual) Problem Based Written Assignment 1500 words 40% Week 9
End-of-unit assessment task: Written  2000 words 40% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement: Students must successfully complete the Digital Literacy Module in full by the due date and time before they are able to submit Assignment 1.

Learning resource

The texts and reading list for MMK101 can be found via the University Library.

Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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