BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing)

Studying marketing with Arden means you’ll learn the latest and most in demand skills and competencies required to become a successful marketing professional. On our BA (Hons) Business Management (Marketing), you’ll build your abilities in a step-by-step, logical manner by combining both traditional and digital marketing knowledge with real-world application.  

Through developing your knowledge sequentially with us, you’ll gain the robust knowledge base sought by today’s employers, bringing out your full professional potential. In your first academic year, you’ll develop broad knowledge in key areas of business management, including managing people and an introduction to how modern organisations function. In your subsequent levels, you’ll study traditional and digital marketing tools, strategy planning, innovation, communications, business transformation, and much more. You’ll develop your understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of a range of key marketing functions, including an awareness of the ethical professional environment in which marketers must now operate.  

This course has been developed with input from world-leading organisations and researchers so that you are exposed to the most relevant advancements happening in marketing right now. That means you’ll be able to show future employers that you have the knowledge required to fill current skills gaps in the field. And because you’ll also graduate with a keen awareness of core business areas such as operational planning, finance, and management theory, you’ll have gained important transferable skills that will give you flexible, future-proof career ahead.  

By providing you with knowledge of the fundamentals of business and then developing your core skills and knowledge in modern marketing, we’ll prepare you to become a skilled and informed professional in this exciting and rewarding career choice.

During your studies you’ll gain a wider understanding of marketing functions, operations, and cutting edge technologies. You’ll also develop new personal and professionals attributes in dedicated skills-related modules to help build your soft skills and decision-making abilities. Learning research and data analysis techniques using academic and industry focused texts, articles, and reports, you’ll gain a better understanding of contemporary marketing, management, and overall business functions, with the ability to analyse practical case studies drawn from a range of international organisations.  

As well as developing important soft skills, up-to-date knowledge of business functions, and career planning abilities, you’ll also be encouraged to develop a Personal Development Plan as you work through your degree. With support from our lecturers, this will help you track your progress and identify areas where you excel.  

​On the course, your assessments will be linked to real-world workplace issues and practices. Added to the benefits of our enterprise simulation software and Digital Business Hub, you’ll graduate with hands-on experience in problem solving and identifying areas for business growth – all highly desirable skills for today’s employers.