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The BA (Hons) Marketing and Public Relations (PR) degree aims to equip you with the knowledge, competencies and skills that are required to be successful in contemporary marketing and PR industries
Course option
Year of entry
Location
CU Coventry (Coventry)
Study mode
Full-time
Sandwich
Duration
4 years full-time
5 years sandwich
UCAS codes
N510
Start date
September 2024
November 2024
January 2025
March 2025
May 2025
June 2025
The Marketing and Public Relations with Foundation Year BA (Hons) course aims to provide you with a solid grounding for building a career in the contemporary marketing and public relations industries.
The foundation year will introduce you to the world of business with a strong focus on management, business communications and marketing in a global context. It creates opportunities for you to develop vital business skills and to put theory, both traditional and contemporary, into practice with real-world scenarios as well as preparing you for study at undergraduate degree level.
We offer a style of education which is flexible and designed to fit around your life, allowing you to benefit from a modern, forward-thinking higher education institution, reinforced by the quality and reputation of Coventry University. We aim to provide career-focused courses, wherever possible, coupled with placement opportunities to help prepare you for the world of work. We are dedicated to making higher education accessible and enjoyable to everyone, so we keep our fees low and made it a policy to cover one module at a time, allowing you to become a specialist in each topic before moving onto the next.
The degree is currently recognised by the following bodies: the CIM and the CIPR for the 2023/2024 intake1.
The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) is the leading representative body for the PR profession and industry in Europe. For the duration of the whole course, students will have access to benefits offered by the professional body such as learning resources and networking and employment opportunities. Please see the following link for further information: Membership
The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) supports, develops and represents marketers, organisations and the profession all over the world. For the duration of the whole course, students will have access to benefits offered by the professional body such as learning resources and networking and employment opportunities. Please see the following link for further information: Contact us I CIM
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
There are two main taught options for this course. It is available as a full-time three-year programme or an optional four-year sandwich course, where you undertake a work placement or a study year in a related field2.
Typical offer for 2024/25 entry.
2024/25 tuition fees
Student | Full-time | Part-time |
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UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | £7,950 | Not available |
International/EU | £16,800 | Not available |
Student | Full-time | Part-time |
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UK, Ireland*, Channel Islands or Isle of Man | £7,950 per year | Not available |
International/EU | Not currently available*** | Not available |
For advice and guidance on tuition fees3 and student loans visit our Undergraduate Finance page and see the university’s Tuition Fee and Refund Terms and Conditions.
We offer a range of international scholarships to students all over the world. For more information, visit our International Scholarships page.
Tuition fees3 cover the cost of your teaching, assessments, facilities and support services. There may be additional costs not covered by this fee such as accommodation and living costs, recommended reading books, stationery, printing and re-assessments should you need them.
If you choose to do a work placement2, you should consider travel and living costs to cover this. There is also a tuition fee3 of £1,250 that will cover your academic support throughout your placement year.
The following are additional costs not included in the tuition fees3:
In order to receive funding for degree with foundation year courses, you will need to complete a four-year degree programme which includes the integrated foundation year, otherwise you may be responsible for your foundation year fees. For further information, please refer to the 'Tuition Fee Loan' details in the 'Funding your undergraduate course' section of our 'Fees and finance' page.
The rights of Irish residents to study in the UK are preserved under the Common Travel Area arrangement. If you are an Irish student and meet the residency criteria, you can study in England, pay the same level of tuition fees as English students and utilise the Tuition Fee Loan.
At CU Coventry, you will have the opportunity to benefit from a modern, forward-thinking higher education institution, and upon graduation, get a degree awarded by Coventry University. Our courses are career-focused and wherever possible include opportunities for you to source internships and placements to help boost your employability and prepare you for the world of work. Our Mile Lane campus is close to Coventry City Centre, Coventry Railway Station and bus links.
All our CU Coventry facilities4 are located at Mile Lane. Our building has been designed to enable collaboration, creativity and innovation to flourish, and includes (subject to availability):
Upon successful completion of this course, you will have had the opportunity to:
Successful completion of the degree programme will allow you access to discounted postgraduate studies at Coventry University.