Programme Structure
i-Marketing +
The āiā element of our programme refers to INTERACTIVE, INTERNATIONAL and INTELLIGENCE. Our programme is practical and digital marketing-oriented. With its discovery-enriched curriculum design, students in CityU Marketing interact and connect with world-class professors, top business leaders, experienced alumni, and executives from partner companies. They are strong in teamwork, presentation, problem-solving, and communication with people of different backgrounds and cultures. As key technologies and trends will drive changes in the marketing industry, our various digital marketing courses are set to prepare students for facing the challenges of the digital marketing environment.
CityU BBA Marketing consists of two main streams:
Global Marketing Stream
The stream aims to equip students with marketing knowledge in a global context. Students are expected to be outgoing and culture-sensitive, and prepared to be exposed to marketing strategies and institutions in various regions and countries. They have to complete a foreign language course and may have a chance to join more than one exchange program during their study period. All of these efforts ensure students are well-equipped and possess a strong foundation to succeed in the future world of work.
Marketing Analytics Stream
The stream aims to prepare students to be big data marketing experts with advanced data analysis skills. They are capable of interpreting and utilizing data to develop effective marketing strategies. Students are expected to be strong in numeric skills and statistical knowledge and be proficient in social media and digital marketing. Students may participate analytics-related internships and professional certification courses outside the program to become certified professionals in the field.
Throughout the 4-year curriculum, our programme provides students with both core and elective marketing courses to help them acquire a fully integrated set of marketing skills. The programme provides academic learning opportunities in the following areas:
Component(s) | Course(s) | No. of Course(s) | No. of Credits |
Gateway Education | Electives | 7 | 21 |
English | 2 | 6 | |
Chinese | 1 | 3 | |
College of Business | College required Courses and Electives | 14 | 42 |
Major | 10 | 30 | |
Free Electives/Minor | 6 | 18 | |
Mini. Total: | 40 Courses | 120 | |
Max. Allowable: | 48 Courses | 144 |