Program Description

Are you interested in an exciting career in the diverse field of marketing, where your expert knowledge and skills can be used to anticipate customer behaviours, create advertising campaigns, manage brand reputation and influence global product demand? If so, then the BSc Marketing with a Foundation Year degree at Swansea University is ideal.

The Foundation Year is an excellent pathway to gaining essential knowledge and skills, before joining Year 1 students of the BSc Marketing degree within the School of Management. If you don’t attain the necessary grades to enrol on to the BSc Marketing course, the BSc Marketing with a Foundation Year degree is for you.

The Foundation Year is taught at The College, located next to the School of Management. Once you complete this year, you will move to the School of Management building for the remainder of your studies.Across the four year course, you will develop an understanding in key marketing and management principles whilst honing your marketing abilities through pursuing specialist topics such as consumer behaviour, social media marketing, market research, marketing communications, application development and international marketing.

With this course you will gain the skills needed for a stimulating career as a marketing practitioner and develop the critical thinking to make well informed strategic marketing decisions that make real world impact.Get ready for exciting career opportunities in a variety of roles including communications, insights, content marketing, customer experience, influencer marketing and digital optimisation.

Admission Requirements

• Arab Students:- Candidates are expected to have achieved one of the following in the relevant curriculum:
  • Al-Thanawaya Al-Amah (GSEC): 60% overall including 60% in 5 relevant subjects
  • American High School: Minimum GPA 2.0 (70%)
  • Cambridge iGCSE: 5 passed with a minimum C grade average
  • IB Certificate: Min 20 Points and must pass mathematics
• Indian Students:-Candidates are expected to have achieved 70% Year XII including Standard XII in English - 70% or above (or equivalent).

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	6

Remarks:

• Indian Students IELTS Waiver::-
  • Only Below State Boards are eligible for IELTS Waiver – Karnataka State, Maharashtra State, Tamil Nadu State, West Bengal State,AP (2018 Board exam onwards only ) Telangana ( 2018 Board exams onwards only )
  • 75% in Standard XII English language from SSCE,CBSE,ICSE,CISCE